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BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
Fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs in Southeast AsiaRising energy, freight, and supply chain expenses are escalating seafood prices globally. Governments offer aid, but it's stretched thin, i...
ICMR replaces old system with single window approval for medical studiesThe Indian Council of Medical Research has introduced a unified ethics approval process for multicentre medical studies, replacing the prev...
Turn fog into water: How these women are using an incredible technique to survive in harsh, dry mountainsIn Morocco’s drought-hit Anti-Atlas Mountains, women are changing lives by turning fog into clean drinking water. Using giant mesh nets ins...
Natural diamonds, real change: Driving sustainable impact in IndiaThe diamond industry is prioritizing sustainability, with India leading the charge by integrating a fifth 'C' – conscience – alongside trad...
These 8 private and public banking stocks have an upside of up to 35% in one year, according to analystsThere was a decline in banking stocks during Tuesday’s trading session. The drop came as a reaction to the RBI tightening its bad loan norm...
Bank didn’t believe the account holder was dead, so this Odisha man came back with his dead sister's skeletonA bizarre incident from Odisha’s Keonjhar district has gone viral after a tribal man reportedly exhumed his deceased sister’s skeleton and ...
JD Vance's dodgy H-1B sleight of handUS policies are impacting foreign-trained doctors. Claims of widespread H-1B visa fraud are not fully supported by government data. Recent ...
Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitationMigrant workers are again facing hardship. Protests erupt over low wages and poor conditions. Government policies lag behind rising costs. ...
Climate stress affecting India's economy, aggravating health risks: ReportThe year 2021 was marked by severe heat exposure in India, leading to alarming economic ramifications. An estimated 160 billion labor hours...
ACT collaborates with Karya to build tech-driven livelihood opportunities for rural communitiesKarya has received a Rs 4 crore grant from ACT which it will utilise in building ethical data collection methods to compensate workers from...
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries spends Rs 1,185 cr on CSR in FY22"Through FY 2021-22, RIL put social responsibility initiatives, health and well-being of communities at the top of its agenda," CSR report ...
Income loss top concern for rural communities post COVID-19 lockdown: StudyThe study conducted by the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) and IIMPACT, an NGO, is based on a survey conducted in over 4800 ...
Nabard disburses Rs 12,298 crore so far under Swachh Bharat MissionNabard said the campaign will support the government's SBM-G and Water, Sanitisation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes to enable the vulnerable...
World Bank's $172 million loan to make farming viable in Andhra PradeshThe program will benefit two lakh families of poor and marginalised farmers, agro-entrepreneurs, women and other vulnerable groups.
63 million in India do not have access to clean waterLack of government planning, competing demands, rising population and water-draining agricultural practices are all placing increasing stra...
Ikea Foundation contributes $ 31.5 million for Unicef's programmesThe new grants will focus on early childhood development, child protection, education, and helping adolescents to improve their lives.