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August 14, 2012 12:58 PM
The Agriculture Ministry has prepared contingency plans for 320 districts across the country to overcome severe drought conditions. The concerned States have been advised to prepare location-specific alternatives based on these plans. They have also been asked to be in touch with the agricultural Un...
August 14, 2012 12:54 PM
Maternal Mortality Rate, MMR has come down to 212 in 2010 from 600 in 1990. This was stated in the Rajya Sabha today by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Replying to a question, the Minister said that World Health Organisation has put countries in four groups. India has been put in the group of coun...
August 14, 2012 12:21 PM
The Rajya Sabha has condoled the death of 250 people in the two powerful earthquakes in Iran on Saturday. Making a reference in the House today, the Chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari said, the earthquake which hit several towns had caused extensive damage to houses, property and infrastructure besides ...
August 14, 2012 10:03 AM
RBI Governor D Subbarao has said that deficiency of rainfall is a cause for worry as it might put pressure on some commodities, Delivering a lecture in Thiruvannthapuram yesterday,he said that rain shortfall in parts of Karnataka, interior Gujarat and Rajasthan could put pressure on oil seeds and pl...
August 14, 2012 9:52 AM
Union Human Resource Development, HRD, Minister Kapil Sibal clarified that he was not curtailing the powers of Bar Council of India (BCI) over legal education by introducing the Higher Education and Research (HER) Bill.The Minister said he was not touching the powers of the BCI and the right to give...
August 14, 2012 9:50 AM
Delhi Police released Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters from its detention at Ambedkar Stadium of the national capital last evening. Talking to AIR, Delhi Police , PRO , Rajan Bhagat said that Ramdev and his supporters have been told that they have been freed from the detention. Earlier Ramde...
August 14, 2012 9:31 AM
The President , Mr.Pranab Mukherjee will address the nation this evening on the eve of the 66th Independence Day.The address will be broadcast over all Channels of All India Radio (AIR) in English followed by its Hindi translation from 7 P.M. onwards. In addition, AIR will broadcast the regional lan...
August 14, 2012 9:24 AM
The Indian Institute of Soil Science has developed a web-based system to advise farmers on using the right quantity of fertilizers in soils for a particular type of crop. An official release by the ministry of Agriculture says, the system converts the nutrient data into the quantities of main fertil...
August 14, 2012 9:24 AM
The Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response on Tamil Nadu Government's plea to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority CRA headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and allow release of 25.373 tmfct of water to save standing crops in the state.However, the apex court declined...
August 14, 2012 9:09 AM
RBI Governor D Subbarao has said that deficiency of rainfall is a cause for worry as it might put pressure on some commodities, Delivering a lecture in Thiruvannthapuram yesterday,he said that rain shortfall in parts of Karnataka, interior Gujarat and Rajasthan could put pressure on oil seeds and pl...
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