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HarvestPlus partners with Grameen Foundation India to empower women throug
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): HarvestPlus and Grameen Foundation India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase food, nutrition, and livelihoods security through the production, consumption, and marketing of conventionally bred biofortified crops in India.
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Ladakh: Polycarbonate greenhouse helps farmers grow vegetables locally
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], February 11 (ANI): Ladakh farmers are reaping benefits with farming with the introduction of the polycarbonate greenhouse by the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) in collaboration with the Agricultural Department Art Thiksey, with the support of Union
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IMF loans can compromise Pakistan's economic sovereignty, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 10 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to provide a USD 6 billion bailout package for Pakistan, but it can adversely affect common livelihoods and can compromise Pakistan's economic sovereignty.
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As humanitarian challenges grip Afghanistan, EU launhches projects to addr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): The European Union has launched projects worth USD 304 million that focus on maintaining education, sustaining livelihoods, and protecting public health in Afghanistan to address the major humanitarian crisis in the country, reported local media.
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40 new Indians enter billionaire club in 2021 while incomes of 84 per cent
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): During 2021, 40 new Indians became billionaires, taking the total count to 142, while 84 per cent of households in the country suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, according to an Oxfam report rel
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Public-private partnership necessary for Disaster Management and mitigatio
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday evening said that Public-private partnership is necessary for Disaster Management and mitigation and for protecting the lives and livelihoods of those affected.
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Protests intensify in Pak's Gwadar against China's CPEC projects
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], November 24 (ANI): Protests have intensified in Pakistan's Gwadar district against China's multi-billion belt project, with people fearing threats to livelihoods from illegal fishing, according to local media reports.
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Massive protests in Pakistan's Gwadar against China's CPEC project
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], November 23 (ANI): Massive protests have erupted in Pakistan's Gwadar district amid the ongoing backlash against China's multi-billion belt project, with people fearing threats to livelihoods from illegal fishing, according to local media.
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Tibetans say China's climate action plan hurts livelihoods, rights of coun
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], November 2 (ANI): Tibetans have said that China is trying to strip them off their lands under the garb of climate mitigation efforts thus jeopardising the basic rights and livelihoods of the countrymen.
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G20 leaders agree in-principle to improve marginal farmers' livelihoods: P
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 1 (ANI): The leaders of G20 nations in principle have agreed to improve livelihoods for small-holder and marginal farmers, while also committing to foster sustainable and resilient food systems and agriculture innovations which are vital to eradicate hunger and poverty
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COVID-19 pandemic 'warning bell' exposed inequalities, governance gaps: Vi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten lives and livelihoods globally, the President of Viet Nam told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that his nation is "vigorously" combating the virus, protecting its people, sustaining economic growth and lea
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J-K govt's 'SAATH' programme aims to create 35,000 jobs to empower rural w
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 22 (ANI): 'SAATH', a rural enterprise acceleration programme for self help groups (SHG) women of J&K was launched on September 1 by Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, said a press release.
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