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November 26th, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov.26 (ANI): Indian organizations representing NGOs, farmers groups, trade unions, health groups and peoples movements today called for an immediate halt to negotiations between India and the European Union ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): To give a boost to trade and investment in the BIMSTEC region, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called for the early conclusion of free trade ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 5 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil today congratulated Senator Barack Obama on his election as the next President of the United States of America.
In her message, the President ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): A new study has found that kids and adults living with adult smokers appear less likely to have daily access to enough healthy food compared with those ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Researchers from the Universities of Jaen and Granada in Spain have shown how wasted olive stones can be used to make bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can ...
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October 24th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
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By Naveen Kapoor
Beijing, Oct 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today assured his Pakistani counterpart Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Indus Water treaty and said that India is committed to ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Oct 20 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil today said that the gram panchayats play an essential role in development of villages by carrying out social mobilization.
Presenting the Nirmal Gram Puraskar ...
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October 16th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said that India''s stand that promotion of bio-energy should not be at the cost of food security.
Addressing at the ...
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October 14th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Tuesday said that the joint declaration to be brought at the end of the third India-Brazil-South Africa ...
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October 7th, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 7 (ANI): Prince Charles of UK has appealed to the Indian farmers to adopt organic farming, with a view to mitigate the ongoing climate change.
According to a report in ...
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October 4th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
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By Pinaki Das
Agartala, Oct 4 (ANI): Militancy hasnt deterred the masses of Tripura to work for social causes, for the people of the State overwhelmingly welcomed the ''traveling film festival'', which ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Less than five percent growth in the agriculture sector is not sufficient for an economy which is growing at eight percent, West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi said Wednesday."We ...
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September 20th, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by ANI
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Kolkata, Sept 20 (ANI): Despite global economic recession, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee feel India is going to emerge as a major economic player, as he said a balanced policy would ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sept.15 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will assess the internal security situation of the country during the two-day conference of Governors, which begins in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Sources ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Aug 16 (IANS) The setting up of a food bank to meet exigencies caused by natural disasters in the region will be discussed by officials of eight South Asian countries at ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad, Aug 15 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Friday assured people that he would prevent any food crisis in the state by continuing his focus on agriculture and irrigation. ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Brussels, Aug 14 (DPA) The European Commission appealed Thursday to all sides in the Georgia-Russia conflict to ensure the safe access of humanitarian aid to the region, with latest estimates out of ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) At a time when India's Green Revolution in agriculture was derided overseas, President Pratibha Patil Thursday pushed for its second version to ensure the country's food security ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Aug 13 (IANS) The Indian fertiliser industry has urged the government to immediately release some funds under the subsidy account to ensure its survival, a top industry official has said. "For ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Aug 13 (DPA) Britain's Prince Charles has warned against the industrial-scale development of genetically modified (GM) food in an unusually outspoken interview published Wednesday. Multinational companies developing GM crops were conducting ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
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Geneva, July 31 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath today stated that the primary objective of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Round was to put the development ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, July 30 (IANS) South Africa Wednesday called on the member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to intensify their fight against the new forms of slavery such as human trafficking. Speaking ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Geneva, July 29 (DPA) The World Trade Organization (WTO) talks here were set to continue Tuesday despite a crisis between the United States on one side and India and China on the ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, July 29 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani assured US President George W. Bush of continued cooperation in the war on terror and also took up the issue ...
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July 13th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Amsterdam, July 13 (ANI): World Bank president Robert Zoellick has said that he expected food prices to remain above 2004 levels until at least 2012.
He repeated that with food and ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) A bill to set up a National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA) is likely to be introduced soon in parliament, eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said Wednesday. "The draft ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Sapporo (Japan), July 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that Indias first priority is spurring economic growth so that it could eradicate dire poverty.
The Prime Minister called on G8 ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
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Sapporo, July 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his intervention at the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) here today said that sustained and accelerated economic growth is critical for all developing ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
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Sapporo, July 9 (ANI): Leaders of the Group of Eight nations today supported a shared vision for long-term cooperative action, including emission reductions, that assures growth, prosperity, and other aspects of ...
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July 6th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi , July 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Manamohan Singh would leave for G-8 summit in Hokkaido in Japan on Monday where he is expected to meet US President George W. ...
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