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11 killed in multi-vehicle crash in Mirzapur; brake failure in truck suspected to be triggerA devastating road accident in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, claimed eleven lives, including children. A truck's suspected brake failure trigger...- Uttar Pradesh: Police deployed outside reopened temple in SambhalA Lord Shiv and Hanuman temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, closed since 1978, has reopened after authorities discovered it during ...
- Permaculture activists aim to scale up coverage area, eye Chhatisgarh, OdishaActivists are planning to have awareness programs for farmers and are calling for including farming as a subject in state schools.
- Anil Dave was not in favour of GM mustard: Vandana ShivaDescribing Monsanto and Bayer - two multinational companies pushing GM crops in India - as a "cartel", Shiva said they "monopolised" GM cro...
- 'GM Mustard has no chance with revelation of more facts'Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) A day after an international civil society initiative concluded that US-based biotech giant Monsanto's activities ...
- Navdanya welcomes CCI order on buyout of Monsanto by Bayer AGEnvironment activist Vandana Shiva said that it will stop creation of a global mega monopoly on seeds and agri-chemicals.
- Government blamed for ‘mishandling’ dal crisisEnvironmental activist Vandana Shiva has blamed the government for mishandling the 'dal' crisis and instead advocated support to farmers.
- ISKCON Govardhan Eco village to hold two-day meet on spiritual ecologyThe closing session will feature Union Minister for Rural development and Panchayatiraj Sudarshan Bhagat and politician and former IPS offi...
- FDI in multi-brand retail: Government mulls free sourcing from wholesale ventureThe FDI policy allows wholesale trading firms to sell to their group retail venture but limit such sales to 25% of total turnover.It does n...
- PIL against Walmart for reaching end customers via Bharti RetailA social activist has filed a case in the Delhi HC alleging that the US-based Walmart is carrying retailing to the end consumer through Bha...
- HC issues notice to centre, private firms over violation of FDI policy in multi-brand retailHC sought replies of the Centre, pvt firms on a plea for a probe against the firms for allegedly carrying out trading in multi-brand sector.
- Bardhan, Karat to address anti-POSCO rally on June 22With South Korean steel major POSCO completing three years of signing an MoU with Orissa government on June 22, opponents are planning a ra...
- Growth rate for majority has been 2%, argues Vandana ShivaEven as the UPA government tries to explain the soaring inflation as a natural corollary of the high GDP growth, critics dismiss this as a ...
- Experts cast doubts over GM crops' role in inflation controlGenetically modified (GM) crops do not help increase the production level and therefore are not an effective solution to check inflation th...
- GM crops not the solution for fighting inflation: ExpertsGenetically modified crops do not help increase the production level and therefore are not an effective solution to check inflation that ha...
- SC seeks basis for exemption of GM food from safety testThe Supreme Court has sought an explanation from Centre as to why its notification exempting the genetically modified (GM) food substances ...
- Farm activists criticise proposal to start farming abroadThe proposal to allow domestic industry to start farming in other countries for bringing food items such as pulses back to India has drawn ...
- SC refuses stay on importsThe Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the government's decision to import 10 lakh tonne of wheat by August this year, even as the C...
- Farm activist urges SC to ban wheat importFarm activist Vandana Shiva has moved the Supreme Court, seeking quashing of government's decision to import one million tonnes of wheat by...
- SC issues notice to ag min on wheat importThe Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Union agriculture ministry on a petition seeking quashing of tenders for the import of 57 lakh...
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