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Stop Wasting Water! More than five billion people may face water shortage by 2050: UN

October 6, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The United Nations agency warned the world over the future water crisis. The UN in a statement said that “More than five billion people globally are expected to face a shortage of water by 2050.” The World Meteorological Organization on Tuesday said that “climate change increases the global risk of water-related hazards like floods […]

Education

Schools: Union Cabinet’s nod to PM POSHAN Abhiyan worth Rs.1.30 lakh cr

September 29, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the PM POSHAN Abhiyan Yojana for schools, which will be operational for five years and is estimated to cost more than Rs. 1.30 lakh crores. Briefing the media, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the scheme will run from the academic year 2021-22 to 2025-26, inclusive of the […]

Business

Business: Zomato shares zoom on bourses as listing price doubles

July 23, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit Mumbai: After a long time, Indian stock markets had reason to smile on Friday as food delivery firm Zomato saw its share price nearly double in an exceptional first listing of a local unicorn in India, although some careful experts warned that such listing day gains are not sustainable for long. In […]

Business

SAARC: India allows market access to more Bhutanese agri-exports

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Government of India, as a one-time measure, temporarily allowed the import of seven fresh vegetables from Bhutan on Thursday through the plant quarantine station at Jaigaon on the India-Bhutan border. This followed extensive deliberations, including a virtual bilateral trade meeting held in the first week of July, officials said on Saturday. The […]

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Civil supplies: India’s first food grain ATM opens in Gurugram

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: India’s first multi-commodity food grain ATM, called Annapurti, has been installed in the Farrukhnagar area of Gurugram, as part of an initiative of the Haryana government to streamline the supply of food grain at government-run ration shops. Once successful, the state government plans to set up three more grain ATMs across the […]

Business

World Chocolate Day 2021: The four types of chocolates

July 7, 2021 virendra pandit

Avya Mathur New Delhi: The World Chocolate Day, also known as the International Chocolate Day, is celebrated annually on July 7 to mark chocolate’s entry into Europe on this day in the year 1550. The first World Chocolate Day was celebrated in 2009. Enthusiasts celebrate it by gifting chocolates and related delicacies to their […]

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Health: Britain to ban promotion of unhealthy food from April 2022

December 28, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The British government on Monday said that “Britain will ban ‘Buy One Get One Free’ promotions for food from April 2022 – Which increases fat, sugar, salt in the human body. The government will also ban free refills of sugary soft drinks in restaurants. It is the latest plan of the government to […]

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Diwali celebrations: Hindu-Americans donate 294,000 pounds of food

December 15, 2020 virendra pandit

Mukund Patel Chicago: A month after Diwali, it has emerged that the Hindu-Americans donated nearly 294,000 pounds of food items to the needy people to mark the Festival of Lights in the USA. During the season of giving, nearly 180 organizations and individuals collected food for 199 pantries across 26 states and 225 townships in […]