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New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The head of the United Nations agricultural agency on Tuesday called for great use of agroecology, biotechnology and other creative tools to eradicate hunger, fight malnutrition and achieve sustainable agriculture more
HSI India and PFA welcome India decision to end repeat animal testing of drugs

New Delhi, Mar 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Leading animal protection organizations Human Society International (HSI) and People for Animal (PFA) on Friday lauded the move by the Union Ministry ...

House updated about special facilities for the disabled in Indian Railways

New Delhi, Mar 16 (IBNS) Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday said that the improvement/augmentation of amenities at station ...

International Food and Hospitality Fair 2016 opens in New Delhi

New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS) Inaugurating the International Food and Hospitality Fair -- AAHAR 2016, on Tuesday, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, the Union Food Processing Industries Minister, Hars ...

Astronauts Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a year in space

Washington, Mar 2 (IBNS) NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboar ...

American Center screens The Revolutionary Optimists

Kolkata, Apr 12 (JEN): The American Center Kolkata along with Prayasam, a nonprofit organization working with children for their rights and empowerment, recently screened the documentary 'Th ...

Azad flags off mother & child tracking facility

New Delhi, Feb 1 (JEN):Indian Health & Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday inaugurated a 'Mother and Child Tracking Facilitation Center', a project to track the health of preg ...

Struggle finds a new voice with Radio Sangharsh

An initiative of Greenpeace India and CGNetSwara – Radio Sangharsh is a unique initiative tapping the potential of mobile phones in raising issues that concern the common man in Mahan ...

Kolkata kids find their way back to school

Kolkata, Nov 20 (JEN): Saika Parveen, a school dropout had no clue about her future. Fortunately, one day she was directed to a Child Friendly Learning Centre.

Big B gifts power to homes on B'day

Mumbai, Oct 11 (JEN): Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who turned 71 years on Friday, celebrated the day by announcing to reach solar power electricity to 3000 homes in India by funding ...