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  • Students unite to support ‘Save The Tiger’ campaign on International Tigers Day

    Hyderabad : In the event of International Tigers Day, Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) – leader in 3D Animation and VFX training, conducted a walk-a-thon today at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad to promote ‘Save the Tiger’ campaign and draw attention towards dwindling number of tigers in the world. Adding to the social cause, […]

    Centre to provide improved weather forecasting services to hill states

    The Centre will provide improved weather forecasting services to hill States in the wake of Uttarakhand tragedy. Addressing the foundation day of the Ministry of Earth Sciences in New Delhi yesterday,Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, S Jaipal Reddy said that recent heavy rainfall and floods which lead to large scale devastation in […]

    Pawar not in favour of onion export ban

    Amid rising onion prices hurting consumers, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said he was not in favour of a ban on onion exports, saying that such a move will hit India’s image as a global supplier of farm produce. The Minister said the rise in onion prices is a “temporary situation” as heavy rains in major […]

    India eyes Iranian market for tea export

    India has been eyeing a growing Iranian market for the export of Indian tea. Over the past two years tea exports from India to Iran have picked up from 7 million kg in 2010-11 to 16.8 million kg in 2012-13. Around 10 per cent of India’s foreign exchange earnings from tea come from exports to […]

    THE PULSES CONCLAVE 2014

      Mumbai : India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the country’s apex body of pulses and grains industry & trade, announced THE PULSES CONCLAVE 2014, the second edition of their conclave for the global pulses industry and trade. The Pulses Conclave 2014, supported by the Government of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public […]

    Record foodgrain output likely on good rain in Jul, Aug:Pawar

    The country will achieve record foodgrain production in kharif season this year if monsoon continues to be good in July and August as projected by the weather office, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said. The Met Department has projected good monsoon in July and August for the entire country, including North-east region which has received deficient […]

    Japan to launch satellites to monitor oceans

    Japan is planning to launch satellites to monitor the world’s oceans as Chinese government ships plied waters around islands controlled by Tokyo and claimed by Beijing. The Cabinet office plans to launch nine satellites in the next five years to counter piracy and monitor the movements of foreign ships intruding into Japanese territorial waters, , […]

    Monsoon 25% excess; more rain in hills, abates in plains

    India’s summer monsoon was 25 pc surplus since its normal onset on 1st June with the weather office predicting heavy rains next weeks in some parts of hill states, including Uttarakhand which was ravaged by floods last month. Barring east and north-eastern India, monsoon has been surplus across the other four broad regions with north-west […]

    Govt for implementation of stringent law to check illegal wild life trading

    Government has emphasised on implementation of stringent law to check illegal wild life trading. Speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the five-day programme on Asian Big Cat Related Crimes oragnised by Interpol and CBI in New Delhi today, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said the existence of illegal wildlife trade undermines efforts made by a country […]

    Cabinet clears Ordinance to implement Food Security Bill

    The govt on Wednesday decided to promulgate an ordinance to give nation’s two-third population the right to 5 kgs of foodgrain every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3 per kg. The Cabinet, which had on last month deferred a decision on the issue, on Wednesday, approved promulgating an ordinance to implement the Food […]