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UN urged to act as invasive alien weeds threaten rural livelihoods and foo
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At the UNHRC session in Geneva, ECO FAWN Society's Sai Sampath Mettu urged urgent global action against invasive alien weeds, warning they threaten crops, ecosystems, and rural livelihoods. He called for funds, monitoring, and a "Decade of Action" to safeguard food security and peasants'
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India, Brazil "chartering course for future partnership in the next 10 ye
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
He mentioned that the two pillars that India and Brazil focused on are Food security and science, innovation and technology.
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India to host world's largest rice industry event in October; aims to rede
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
India has emerged as the world's top rice producer with a record output of 145 million metric tons, surpassing China. The country now commands over 40 per cent of the global rice trade, with exports reaching 172 nations, making it a cornerstone of global food security.
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Pakistan: Punjab's wheat movement ban sparks flour crisis, provinces prote
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Punjab's curbs on wheat movement have caused flour shortages and soaring prices in other provinces. Critics call the move unconstitutional and against deregulation, while Punjab defends it as essential for food security. KP and Sindh have condemned the restrictions, urging federal interventi
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Italian Chef Valentino Rahim celebrates PM Modi's 75th birthday with trico
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Renowned Italian chef Valentino Rahim marked the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 75th birthday by crafting a unique tricolour millet pizza at Zoya, a celebrated restaurant in Rome, as a tribute to the Prime Minister's global vision for promoting millets as a superfood to address food s
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India-GCC political dialogue sees wideranging discussions, reviews impleme
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Arun Kumar Chatterjee, Secretary (CPV&OIA), visited Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from September 7-8 for the India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Political Dialogue, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Monday. Discussions were held on deepening cooperation
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Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema questions Central government over dela
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a press communique issued here, the Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema emphasised that Punjab, had consistently contributed to the nation's food security and economic strength and deserved timely and adequate assistance in its hour of need.
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India to gift 12 agricultural drones, two mobile soil testing labs to Fiji
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Fijian Prime Minister Rabuka thanked PM Modi for the assistance of 5MT of high-quality cowpea seeds sent by India to support food security and agricultural resilience in Fiji.
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UN Agency classifies Gaza in famine, amid controversy over aid flow, metho
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A new report by the UN-affiliated Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared that famine is occurring in Gaza, the first such classification in the Middle East.
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The Art of Living's Powerful Water Warriors Are Rewriting India's Future
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], August 12: India, the land where rivers once sang through the seasons, is now grappling with a hard truth: water scarcity is no longer a distant threat - it's here. From villages to districts, swathes of the country are grappling with dangerously low groundwate
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UN alerts worsening drought endangering Afghanistan's food security
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
OCHA stated that reduced rainfall and dry soil conditions have significantly impacted rain-fed wheat production and placed livestock at serious risk due to fodder shortages.
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India launches projects partnered with UN under Global Capacity Building I
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on social media platform X, MEA stated, "Fostering South-South cooperation to achieve SDG goals. The first phase of four projects in nine partner countries, under the aegis of 'India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative', was launched today by Secretary (West) @Tanmaya_Lal. He
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