Kim Jong-il begins Russia visit
August 21st, 2011 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is on his first trip to Russia since 2002, the Kremlin said.Kim is expected to visit a dam in the ... Read more...
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Floods destroy crops in Pakistan
August 23rd, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) The devastation caused by flash floods in Pakistan is likely to result in severe food shortage across the country in the next couple of months as crops spread ... Read more...
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Bharti Group chief Sunil Mittal gets Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence
December 15th, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.16 (ANI): Bharti group Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Mittal was conferred upon Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2009 ... Read more...
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Global warming may leave half of world’’s population without food by 2100
January 9th, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Global warming is likely to give rise to severe food shortage by the end of this century, according to researchers, who claim that the rapidly warming climate ... Read more...
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Over 250,000 Nepalis facing severe food crunch: World Food Programme
June 20th, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Kathmandu, June 20 (Xinhua) More than 250,000 people in nine districts in Nepal are now facing a severe food shortage due to crop failures, the Nepal unit of World Food Programme (WFP) ... Read more...
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Myanmar needs $243 mn in agricultural aid: FAO
May 14th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bangkok, May 14 (DPA) Myanmar's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy Delta - the country's rice bowl - will need more than $200 million in agricultural aid soon to prevent a severe food shortage this year ... Read more...
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