48 killed in Kenya ethnic clashes
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Aug 22 (IANS) At least 48 people, including 11 children, were killed in a clash involving two communities in Kenya, police said Wednesday.The clash between the Pokomo and Orma ... Read more...
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Tripura offers land, housing to poor families
July 5th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 5 (IANS) Ahead of the assembly polls, scheduled for February next year, the Left Front government in Tripura has decided to provide land with housing facilities to people ... Read more...
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Maharashtra left with only 13 percent water in reservoirs
June 27th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) A day after authorities warned of water rationing in the state capital, Maharashtra Wednesday said tough times may be ahead with only 13 percent water left ... Read more...
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24 killed in Afghan flash floods
June 23rd, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 23 (IANS) At least 24 people were killed and nine others injured Saturday due to heavy rains and flash floods in Afghanistan's western province of Ghor, Xinhua reported.Provincial ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Forced land acquisition will be Mayawati’s Waterloo: Jayant Chaudhary (Interview)
February 27th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
This is the last interview done by IANS political editor George Joseph, who passed away early Monday following a massive heart attack.
By George Joseph
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 27 (IANS) ... Read more...
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Mamata wants Hong Kong style ‘financial district’ in Goa
February 6th, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may be opposed to special economic zones (SEZ) as well as foreign investment in civil aviation and retail, but ... Read more...
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Scientists developing salt-resistant rice
January 23rd, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 23 (IANS) Scientists are developing a salt-resistant rice variety after a huge tsunami last year hit paddy fields in Japan leaving behind a salty sludge.
Farmlands that accumulate ... Read more...
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China’s agriculture-related fiscal spending surges
December 26th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 26 (IANS) China is stepping up fiscal spending on the development of agriculture as well as on the improvement of farmers' livelihoods, in an effort to bridge gaps ... Read more...
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Loan for Tirupur’s effluent treatment plants
December 16th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered release of a Rs.127.40 crore interest-free loan for modernisation of 15 common effluent treatment plants in and around ... Read more...
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Himachal river project gets more funds
December 14th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 14 (IANS) The central government has given the green light for increasing the funding of a river channelisation project in Himachal Pradesh by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), ... Read more...
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Two IITians sowing change in Bihar’s farmlands (Feature)
November 3rd, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 3 (IANS) A degree from IIT was the big ticket of Shashank Kumar and Manish Kumar to white collar jobs. But instead of chasing corporate dreams, the two ... Read more...
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In quest of a larger Bengali identity (IANS Books)
July 31st, 2011 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
Book: "Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib"; Author: Nitish Sengupta; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.650; Pages: 639Not many Bengali-speaking people know of the ... Read more...
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Give elephants their space, urges Madhuri
July 21st, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit has become the brand ambassador for a charity project for the conservation of Asian elephants. She says recent human-elephant conflicts would not ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Land transactions go online in Karnataka to check delays
June 24th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Tumkur (Karnataka), June 24 (IANS) Sale and purchase of land in Karnataka went online Friday with the computerisation of the transaction process in Tumkur district."By integrating Bhoomi software, which has ... Read more...
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Karnataka SMEs to get 30 percent of industrial land
June 22nd, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 21 (IANS) Small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Karnataka will get 30 percent of the land in industrial estates for which 88,000 acres have been identified, state ... Read more...
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Floods kill 50 in China
June 11th, 2011 - 10:08 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 11 (IANS) After droughts, it is now turn for floods in China, wreaking havoc in major agricultural provinces that left at least 50 people dead and 40 missing.The ... Read more...
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Mamata’s swearing-in: Singur, Netai victims’ kin invited
May 19th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Relatives of the victims of Singur, Nandigram and Netai incidents have been invited to Mamata Banerjee's oath-taking as the next chief minister of West Bengal ... Read more...
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Modi thanks Hazare for praise, Sarabhai upset (Lead)
April 12th, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare's praise of Narendra Modi Monday fetched a prompt 'thank you' from the Gujarat chief minister himself but danseuse-activist Mallika Sarabhai, ... Read more...
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Sarabhai asks Hazare to retract Modi praise
April 11th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 11, (IANS) Danseuse and activist Mallika Sarabhai, who was one of the vocal supporters of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption crusade, Monday asked the social reformer to retract ... Read more...
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Ants, termites can boost wheat yields
March 31st, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 31 (IANS) Allowing ants and termites to flourish on farmlands can boost wheat yields by more than a third, a finding that has a direct bearing on food ... Read more...
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Villagers continue to agitate over proposed Jaitapur nuke power project
February 27th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Jaitapur (Maharashtra), Feb.27 (ANI): Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan continues to assure the people of Jaitapur that their farmlands won't be forcefully acquired for a 9,900 megawatt nuclear power project, ... Read more...
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Tripura locals affected by fencing vow to intensify stir
February 12th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 12 (IANS) Villagers in Tripura's border areas affected by the fencing work along the India-Bangladesh frontier continued their relay hunger strike for the 11th day Saturday. They also threatened to ... Read more...
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Tripura residents affected by fencing continue strike
February 4th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 4 (IANS) People affected by the fencing on the India-Bangladesh frontier in Tripura continued their relay hunger strike for the third day Friday demanding immediate rehabilitation."The strike will continue ... Read more...
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Assam celebrates Bihu festival with bonfires, feasting
January 15th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 15 (IANS) Bonfires and community feasts were held across Assam as the state celebrated the harvest festival of Magh Bihu Saturday.Magh Bihu also known as Bhogali Bihu is a two-day ... Read more...
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‘Water mining’ prime culprit in rising sea levels
October 11th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) Global warming is not the only villain in raising sea levels. Much of the swelling seas come from "water mining", the pumping of vast amounts of groundwater from ... Read more...
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As Rahul spoke, farmer suicides continued in Vidarbha
September 8th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 8 (IANS) Five debt-trapped farmers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha area committed suicide even as Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was visiting Akola in the region, a farmer watchdog group said ... Read more...
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Farmlands hacked out of tropical forests, finds study
September 6th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) More than half a million square miles of new farmland - an area as big as Alaska - was created in the developing world between 1980 and 2000.
More ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Canola Oil Production Eyed By Penn State Researchers
September 4th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Sep 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Penn State is looking forward to use canola seed for making edible oil and bio diesel in the near future. A year old research is being ... Read more...
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Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest
September 4th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 4 (ANI): A new study has revealed that more than 80 percent of the farmlands created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came into existence after cutting forests.As a ... Read more...
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India looks at South America for farm revolution
September 3rd, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South America where countries have been able ... Read more...
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Farmers protest in Delhi against land acquisition
August 26th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug. 27 (ANI): Thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh and Harayana States marched towards the Parliament on Thursday to draw Central Government's attention to their plight due to land acquisition ... Read more...
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Rescue work on as floods threaten Punjab, Haryana
August 26th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Work was continuing on war-footing in Haryana and Punjab Thursday to plug fresh breaches in the Satluj and Yamuna rivers and people were evacuated to safer locations from ... Read more...
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Food security stalls China’s quest for new energy
August 23rd, 2010 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 23 (IANS) Corn-based ethanol fuel could help reduce vehicular emissions in China but high production costs and large population have hindered its growth in the country, say experts.
China launched a ... Read more...
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City bees get richer diet than bees from farmlands: Study
August 18th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 18 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that a richer and healthier diet is available for bees in urban and suburban settings as compared to the ones in farmland settings.In ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fight Elephants With Pepper Sprays, UN Suggests
July 20th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Farmers who have to face a hell of a time fending off wild animals now have a solution in hand. According to the United Nations, the ... Read more...
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