Be humane, employ people: Goa church
June 28th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 28 (IANS) The Goa Church Thursday asked the BJP government to show "humane consideration" and employ the 200-odd field supervisors in the mining and geology department whose ... Read more...
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IGNOU online course on sustainable science
June 19th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has started its admission process for an online diploma course in sustainable science, an official said Tuesday.The last ... Read more...
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Awareness campaign on marine biodiversity in Kerala May 22
May 8th, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) will organise an awareness campaign on marine life in the nine coastal districts of the state May 22, on the ... Read more...
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From streets to stage: Living, breathing and dancing Tagore
May 1st, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was often derided as "elitist" by a section of ultra-Left intellectuals during his time, is bridging the class divide in a ... Read more...
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Assam small tea growers mull creating own brand
March 23rd, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 23 (IANS) Small tea growers in Assam might soon create a brand of their own to make their presence felt in the Indian as well as the international ... Read more...
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Government’s major thrust on livelihood security, health: President
March 12th, 2012 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government will work for providing livelihood security to the vast majority of the population and will continue to work for the removal of ... Read more...
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Tech Expo displays innovations easily replicable in Africa (With Images)
March 1st, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A machine for making low-cost sanitary napkins, an eco-friendly refrigerator, a clay cooker and a solar dryer - these are some of the cheap and ... Read more...
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Japan to continue supporting forestry projects in India
December 2nd, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Friday said it will continue to support forestry projects in India by making focussed efforts to rejuvenate the forests ... Read more...
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Axis Bank begins skill training scheme in Bengal
August 13th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) Axis Bank and micro finance institution Bandhan Saturday jointly launched a Rs.100 crore initiative for providing skill training and assets to marginalised and excluded people in ... Read more...
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Orissa to resume work at Posco site
July 1st, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (IANS) The Orissa government said Friday it is likely to resume work at the site of the $12 billion Posco project as a group of protesting villagers ... Read more...
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Deadlock over Posco land acquisition continues
June 25th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 25 (IANS) The deadlock over land acquisition for the Posco steel project in Orissa continued Saturday with the administration yet to find a resolution to the crisis, ... Read more...
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Orissa halts land acquisition for Posco
June 21st, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) The Orissa government Tuesday halted land acquisition for Posco's $12 billion project in Jagatsinghpur due to opposition from locals, an official said.
"We have halted it indefinitely ... Read more...
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Card with a message: Nidhi Kaila’s mission for the blind
May 25th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) She is an IIM-Kolkata alumnus, a devoted mother, a working woman and an avid blogger. But Nidhi Kaila still finds time for a cause close ... Read more...
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GMR group head Rao donates Rs.1,540 crore for philanthropy (Lead)
March 22nd, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 22 (IANS) India's leading infrastructure major GMR Group chairman G.M.R. Rao Tuesday pledged Rs.1,540 crore ($340 million) to create an endowment for philanthropic activities.The grant will be given ... Read more...
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G.M.Rao to create $340 mn fund for charitable activities
March 22nd, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 22 (IANS) In a major philanthropic act, G.M Rao, chairman of Bangalore-based infrastructure major GMR Group, Tuesday said he will create an endowment fund worth $340 million (Rs.1,540 ... Read more...
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EU: we cannot lose sight of Thai refugee camps
March 11th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- The European Union (EU) on Friday announced that its Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation and Crisis Response, will arrive in Thailand on Saturday to visit camps hosting ... Read more...
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Posco, industry welcome conditional nod to Orissa project
January 31st, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Welcoming the conditional clearance to its $12 billion steel project in Orissa, the Indian subsidiary of South Korean steel major Posco said Monday that it will resolve ... Read more...
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Posco’s $12 bn Orissa project gets conditional nod (Second Lead)
January 31st, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (IANS) The environment ministry Monday gave conditional clearance to South Korean steel major Posco's $12 billion project in Orissa, the biggest foreign direct investment in the country. ... Read more...
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Posco welcomes conditional nod for Orissa project
January 31st, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (IANS) South Korean steel major Posco Monday welcomed the conditional approval of the environment ministry to its $12 billion project in Orissa, and said it was committed to create ... Read more...
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Micro finance has great potential, says SBI chief
October 30th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Regulators should take steps to sort out the controversies surrounding micro finance institutions (MFI), as they play an important role in economic growth, State Bank of ... Read more...
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Textile show planned at Games opening ceremony
September 28th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The first 10 minutes of the 2010 Commonwealth Games' opening ceremony will exhibit the rich textiles and traditional crafts of India, presenting 5,000 years of the country's ... Read more...
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Travel industry seeks better infrastructure, tax sops
September 4th, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Udaipur, Sep 4 (IANS) The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), the apex body of the travel and tourism industry, has recommended vigorous development of infrastructure, logical taxation and creation of land ... Read more...
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First set of 2,000 rural youth placed under special skills project (With Image)
August 19th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) NIS Sparta, an educational training institution and part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG), Thursday announced the placement of 2,000 underprivileged youth from rural areas ... Read more...
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PM assures Karunanidhi on Sri Lankan Tamils issue
July 16th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi that his government will do all that it can to enable the Sri Lankan Tamils ... Read more...
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Global award for Indian space agency’s commercial arm
May 14th, 2010 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 14 (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) commercial arm Antrix Corporation bagged the Globe Sustainability Research Award 2010, set up by Stockholm-based Global Forum, for fostering sustainable development, the ... Read more...
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Majuli Island farmers take to vegetable farming for livelihood
March 9th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by ANI
Jorhat (Assam), Mar 9 (ANI): Farmers in Majuli Island here have engaged themselves in vegetable farming in a big way to earn a sustainable livelihood.
The educated youth of the 144 villages ... Read more...
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Fair Trade practice just got fairer in Mumbai
February 9th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Feb 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): International Resources for Fairer Trade (IRFT) organized a cultural event with Fair Trade woven into the fabric of "Maharastrachi Parampara" presented by MARG group. Bollywood star ... Read more...
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CIRDAP call for holistic approach to ensure development of rural poor
January 28th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Jan 28(ANI): The Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) member countries on Thursday echoed their voice for a holistic approach to ensure sustainable livelihood for rural ... Read more...
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IGNOU helps coastal community upgrade skills, fight disaster
January 27th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) In an effort to enable the coastal community in Tamil Nadu upgrade their skills and provide them with long-term, sustainable livelihood options, the Indira Gandhi National ... Read more...
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A new dawn for the Poompuhar fishing community
January 2nd, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Jan 2 (IANS) The fishing community in Poompuhar, one of the coastal districts affected by the 2004 tsunami, is now looking forward to a new beginning in 2010, thanks ... Read more...
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Indian activist Ruchira Gupta wins Clinton Global Citizen Award
September 25th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) An Indian journalist and activist Ruchira Gupta has been awarded the Third Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for her work against human trafficking in four Indian states.
Former ... Read more...
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Microfinance summit in October, focus on poor
July 5th, 2009 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The latest edition of the Microfinance India Summit will be held in Delhi Oct 26-28, and will focus on providing financial services to low-income groups, the organisers ... Read more...
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School education needs to improve: Gursharan Kaur
June 12th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Branding child labour as a major issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife, Gursharan Kaur Friday said India needs to strengthen elementary education to tackle the social ... Read more...
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Vedanta’s CSR changing lives of farmers in Orissa’s Kalahandi
March 20th, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lanjigarh (Orissa), March 20 (IANS) Janak Sahu, a paddy farmer in Harekrushnapur village, used to practice single crop farming for around 140 days. The rest of the year he worked as a ... Read more...
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Nagalands Lady Bug Toy Production Unit transforming live of young girls
March 12th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by ANI
By Vibou Ganguly Kohima, March 12 (ANI): Dedicated to the cause of providing employment and a sustainable livelihood to young girls of Nagaland, a toy production unit here is making a ... Read more...
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