New Delhi: When the temperature soars, dehydration becomes one of the major problems. An expert suggests that people consider food as a source of water."One should drink plenty of water in the summers. The solid
New Delhi: The Maharashtra government has given ‘no objection certificate' for field trial of five genetically modified (GM) crops—brinjal, maize, rice, chickpea and cotton—in the state.Since June 2011, it has been made mandatory for companies
Agartala: Transport bottlenecks have forced India's northeastern states to procure much needed rice from neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh.The Indian government has floated bids to import rice from Myanmar for Manipur and Mizoram. The Food Corporation
New Delhi: Finance Ministe P. Chidambaram today announced that services provided by Cord Blood Banks will be considered as part of health care services and they shall be exempt from service tax. Presenting the interim
Bangalore, July 11: The ruling Congress government in Karnataka yesterday began distributing 30 kg of rice at Re.1 a kg for the below poverty line (BPL) families in the state, fulfilling one of its promises
Bangalore, Jul 9: Former Infosys CFO T V Mohandas Pai on Monday asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to rise above politics and call off implementation of Congress government's scheme to provide 30 kg rice per month
Washington, June 6: In a snub to the Republicans, President Barack Obama named long time confidante Susan Rice, who had courted political controversy with her remarks on the Benghazi terrorist attack, as his national security
Bangalore, May 13: Thirty kg of rice per month will be sold at Re.1 per kg for BPL (below poverty line) families across Karnataka from June 1, newly sworn-in state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced here
Amritsar, Oct 7: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today demanded that the state's farmers be allowed to export wheat and rice to Gulf countries through the Attari-Wagah border.Addressing a press conference here, he
Thiruvanathapuram, March 21: Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan welcomed the high court order to set aside the Eelection Commission decision to restrain the state government from extending rice at Rs.2 per kg to fresh
New Delhi, Nov 19: In disclosures which can add to its troubles, government today admitted that PSU officials did not follow transparent norms in export of non-basmati rice to some African countries during UPA-I tenure,
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