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- PepsiCo to roll out weather insurance for farmers in 10 states 25 Jul 2008 11:52 GMT
... acquired notoreity for causing the Irish potato famine in the 1850s. Apart from insurance, farmers ... being the potato seed growing capital of India is the target for major expansion by PepsiCo next ...
- FILIPINO FARMERS' GRPS, NGOS SAY WTO PROCESS IS NON TRANSPARENT 25 Jul 2008 09:14 GMT
... only the US, European Union, Canada, Japan, India, Brazil and China continue. "This should not be ... greatly affect the livelihood of billions of poor people around the world," said Jaime Tadeo, Chairperson ...
- Barack Obama stakes claim as new JFK the day before arriving in Britain 25 Jul 2008 08:35 GMT
... Barack Obama stakes claim as new JFK the ... Union or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that detonates ... Afghanistan become the heroin in Berlin. The poverty and violence in Somalia breeds the terror ...
- Millions in East Africa pushed 'towards severe hunger and destitution' - Oxfam 25 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT
... 75,000 children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. The sharp increase in the fuel price ... but is having to import food from India and South Africa. The Ethiopian government has used ... the underlying causes of these crises. Chronic poverty in a world of gross inequality of wealth and ...
- Rice lauds U.S.-India nuclear deal 25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
... Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that a proposed U.S.-India nuclear energy deal is good for both countries ... of its 1.1 billion citizens out of poverty. On Tuesday, Singh was forced to call ...
- India makes rapid strides in eradicating extreme poverty 25 Jul 2008 07:29 GMT
... By Rajeev Ranjan Roy. Delhi, India, 11:30 AM IST India is making impressive progress ... development goals (MDGs) such as eradicating extreme poverty and ensuring universal primary education, says a ...
- Gates launches massive anti-smoking campaign focusing on India 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... massive anti-smoking campaign with special focus on India and China. A world without tobacco "is a ... them out of the reach of the poor people, banning cigarette advertisement, creating smoke-free spaces and ...
- India unwilling to bail out high cost European industry:Nath 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... on market opening in the WTO talks, India today said it is not ready to work ... "On the issue of special product and poverty issues there is no going back and ...
- GATES LAUNCHES ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN FOCUSING ON INDIA, CHINA 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... massive anti-smoking campaign with special focus on India and China. A world without tobacco "is a ... to put them beyond the reach of poor people, banning cigarette advertising, creating smoke-free spaces and ...
- US shifts anti-terrorism push in Pakistan 25 Jul 2008 05:49 GMT
... New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) India is making impressive progress towards achieving the UN's ... development goals (MDGs) such as eradicating extreme poverty and ensuring universal primary education, says a ... 25 : Wildlife authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have captured a man-eater leopard, which they ...
- US House fails to pass oil bill 25 Jul 2008 05:49 GMT
... New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) India is making impressive progress towards achieving the UN's ... development goals (MDGs) such as eradicating extreme poverty and ensuring universal primary education, says a ... 25 : Wildlife authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have captured a man-eater leopard, which they ...
- Bangladesh: Government´s gradual retreat 25 Jul 2008 05:44 GMT
... if it will sign the accord with India without sensing people´s reaction. On the other hand, ... food crisis, and may be even inevitable famine. There is even conspiracy in sending Bangladeshi ...
- Silly mistakes by people in power 25 Jul 2008 05:44 GMT
... Sirajuddowlah would have issued license to East India Company, there might not be any British rule ... subjects were dying almost everyday due to malnutrition or shortage of food. I personally feel ...
- Malnutrition deaths in Madhya Pradesh continuing, say activists 25 Jul 2008 05:11 GMT
... By Sanjay Sharma. Madhya Pradesh, India, 10:31 AM IST As many as 13 malnutrition deaths have taken place in Satna district ... Over 4.1 million families live below the poverty line in the state. The state has with ...
- Obama´s Berlin speech translated! 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... should start with those that have, like India, Pakistan, Israel....But Obama repeated the same old rhetoric that ... this planet". He spoke of rising oceans, famine, terrible storms and the carbon we send ...
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