Bio-technology the only way to combat world hunger: Experts
October 20th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Oct 20 (IANS) Bio-technology needs to be adopted more widely to combat the spectre of global hunger, said agriculturists from all over the world, policy experts, senior US officials ... Read more...
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Postal stamp sought to honour India’s vegetarian heritage
September 28th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has urged the postal department to issue a national stamp honouring the country's vegetarian heritage ahead of ... Read more...
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Brazilian economist new chief of UN food agency
June 27th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Rome, June 26 (IANS) Former Brazilian food security minister Jose Graziano da Silva was elected Sunday as the new director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Xinhua ... Read more...
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Spanish woman stakes ownership claim to the sun
December 2nd, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 2 (IANS) A woman in Spain has claimed that she is the owner of the sun after she got it registered as her property. She now plans to charge people ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How to fight world hunger now and by 2050
February 2nd, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Articles in a special issue of 'Agricultural Water Management' have provided insights and recommendations regarding causes and potential solutions to the hunger crisis, now and by the year ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Brit climate change expert says Copenhagen will be last chance to save Earth
December 2nd, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.2 (ANI): Britain's leading expert on Climate change, Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford, has said the summit on challenges of global warming at Copenhagen, Denmark, could well be the last chance ... Read more...
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Hindus criticize World Hunger Summit for concentrating on Pope
November 13th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Hindus have strongly criticized non-inclusion of world religious leaders, except Pope, in much-publicized and prestigious "World Summit on Food Security" of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations at Rome from ... Read more...
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Hunger in Latin America accompanies lack of social security
October 15th, 2009 - 8:49 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Oct 15 (DPA) The 53 million people suffering hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean would be helped by stronger government policies backing agriculture, including for small individual farmers, the regional ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Bill and Hilary Clinton’s ‘mutual admiration society’!
September 26th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep. 26 (ANI): Describing US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton as "the best public servant our family has produced," former US President Bill Clinton has admitted that his wife ... Read more...
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Iconic Saturn V Rocket to be wrapped with art
August 23rd, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by ANI
Washington, August 23 (ANI): A leading acamadecian has announced a collaborative art project using 8,000 panels to wrap around the Saturn V Moon Rocket, which is one of America's 20th-century icons.The announcement ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Over a billion people hungry: UN agency
June 21st, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 21 (IANS) World hunger is estimated to reach an unprecedented high in 2009 with 1,020 million people going hungry every day, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
FAO ... Read more...
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China serves as model for hunger reduction, says UN agency
May 29th, 2009 - 7:50 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, May 29 (Xinhua) As the world continues to face high food prices, the right blend of government regulation and market forces, like the steps taken in China during the 1970s, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Michelle Obama says her hubby doesnt understand fashion
March 21st, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 21 (ANI): Michelle Obama unveiled another side to her President hubby Barack when she said he was far from understanding fashion.The First Lady amusingly revealed that her better ... Read more...
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Nuclear crop breeding technology to help beat world hunger
December 3rd, 2008 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for increased investment in a nuclear crop breeding technology that could bolster efforts aimed at pulling millions of people ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Pammis letter to Obama talks of marijuana, vegetarianism, and freedom
November 20th, 2008 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 20 (ANI): Canadian-born actress Pamela Anderson has written a very clumsily phrased letter to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama that carries some advices on marijuana legalisation, vegetarianism, freedom and many ... Read more...
Posted in National |
G8 must do more for food security: ActionAid
July 7th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 7 (IANS) As the G8 summit starts in Japan, international NGO ActionAid has appealed to leaders of the world's eight richest countries to take urgent steps to end the current ... Read more...
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Food summit trying to hammer out stand on combating hunger
June 5th, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Rome, June 5 (DPA) Delegates from some 50 nations attending a food summit in Rome were trying Thursday to hammer out a common agreement on how to fight world hunger, which has ... Read more...
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Pope calls for combating global hunger, loyalty of Chinese Catholics
May 25th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Vatican City, May 25 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI Sunday implored the international community to do more to combat world hunger and appealed to Chinese Catholics to remain loyal to the leadership of ... Read more...
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Fertile soil in ancient Amazon site may help to curb global warming
April 11th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 11 (ANI): The discovery of some of the most fertile soil in the world at an ancient site of charcoal deposit in central Amazon, might help to revolutionize farming, ... Read more...
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‘Black gold’ may revolutionise farming, curb global warming
April 11th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Scientists have discovered an extraordinary source of some of the richest, most fertile soil in the world, often called 'black gold'. They simply have to mix charcoal in ... Read more...
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India, China provide new poles of world growth: World Bank
April 3rd, 2008 - 10:49 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, April 3 (IANS) Calling the rising economies of China, India and Brazil "the new stakeholders" in globalisation, the World Bank has pledged to come to their aid "if the ... Read more...
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