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India issues Rs 100 coin to celebrate green revolution hero Dr M. S. Swaminathan: Here’s what it looks likeIndia will release a 100 Rupee coin to celebrate M. S. Swaminathan's 100th birthday. The coin will be made of silver, copper, nickel, and z...12 Jul, 2025, 06.59 PM IST- Supreme Court seeks govt response on PIL for implementation of MSP recommendationsThe Supreme Court has requested a response from the government regarding a PIL urging the implementation of the M.S. Swaminathan-led Nation...03 May, 2024, 09.18 PM IST
- President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on ex-Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and P.V. Narasimha RaoPresident Murmu honored Bharat Ratna recipients including Chaudhary Charan Singh, P.V. Narasimha Rao, M.S. Swaminathan, and Karpoori Thakur...30 Mar, 2024, 01.26 PM IST
- Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, Swaminathan will always be 'Bharat ke Ratna': CongressThe Congress on Friday said former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh and Green Revolution pioneer M S Swaminathan were, ar...09 Feb, 2024, 03.04 PM IST
- Swaminathan, the genius who sowed it rightBorn in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu on August 7, 1925, Swaminathan played a significant role in changing the trajectory of the agriculture sec...29 Sep, 2023, 06.16 PM IST
- Swaminathan's vision of Revolution Evergreen remains work in progressM S Swaminathan, the agriculture scientist credited with delivering food security to India, had a vision for a sustainable and economical f...29 Sep, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
- Haunted by HIV, top WHO scientist says world must do better on CovidThe Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist, who today is one of the top WHO officials leading global efforts to coordinate the pandemi...19 May, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
- Stop blaming farmers for pollution in Delhi; need to set up rice bio-parks: Swaminathan"We should stop blaming farmers since it will take us nowhere. Instead we should propose methods which are economically and ecologically de...04 Nov, 2019, 08.48 PM IST
- 250 lawmakers, activists write to Prime Minister raising concerns over MGNREGA fund crunchThe letter was written after a meeting between the lawmakers, activists and civil society members was held to discuss the potential and cha...14 Jan, 2019, 08.54 PM IST
- The best option is direct benefit transfer to farmers, we want govt monkey off our backs: Pushpendra SinghIn 2004, MS Swaminathan’s report came which recommended farmers should get 50% above their cost of production (the committee submitted five...28 Dec, 2018, 12.20 PM IST
- Fulfill farmers' demands or they'd 'wreak havoc ' in 2019 polls: Arvind Kejriwal to PM Narendra ModiThe AAP supremo joined several leaders from the opposition parties at Jantar Mantar here where thousands of farmers from across the country...30 Nov, 2018, 05.12 PM IST
- Indian doctor Soumya Swaminathan new WHO deputy director-generalThe new WHO leadership team was announced on Tuesday by director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was elected to the post in May.04 Oct, 2017, 09.32 AM IST
- Nano-technology will soon make GM obsolete: M.S. SwaminathanNew Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Noted agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan, hailed as the mentor of the Green Revolution that saw India achie...23 Apr, 2017, 12.40 PM IST
- Have strong bio-safety systems for GM crop: SwaminathanEminent Agriculture Scientist M S Swaminathan today urged the government to put in place a strong bio-safety system for genetically modifie...27 Nov, 2015, 07.33 PM IST
- Venkaiah Naidu advocates higher MSP for farmersUrban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said that he favoured minimum support price for farmers to be at least 50 per cent more tha...10 Sep, 2014, 09.49 PM IST
- Foodgrain requirement after implementation of National Food Security Act, 61.23 mn tonnesThe government is implementing a Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee Scheme (PEG) for construction of 204 lakh tonnes of covered storage capaci...16 Dec, 2013, 01.30 PM IST
- Food inflation, inequity major challenges: SwaminathanFood inflation, increasing food production with existing and new technologies and ensuring equitable economic growth are the big challenges...26 Jun, 2010, 06.16 PM IST
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