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Unable to curb demonstrations, HK administration lure protestors with bett
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Sep 13 (ANI): Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam has promised to prioritise housing and people's livelihoods to appease deep-rooted discontent about the way the Asian financial hub has been governed, as protesters started gearing up for fresh demonstrations on late Friday.
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NIRDPR launches initiative to help rural poor farm holds cope with climate
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 12 (ANI): For the first time in India, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), has launched an initiative to improve the adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate change.
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WayCool Foods launches 'Outgrow' to improve farm-level profitability
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] May 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): WayCool Foods and Products Pvt Ltd has launched Outgrow - a unique farmer engagement program, aimed at transforming livelihoods of small-hold farmers by solving challenges faced during cultivation.
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Hundreds join candle march seeking reopening of mines in Goa
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Seeking the restart of mining, a mass solidarity candle march was organised from Azad Maidan to Miramar circle here on Friday by those who are dependent on mining for their livelihoods. They also voiced their concern over the government inaction in this reg
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Cabinet extends special package to J-K for implementation of DAY-NRLM
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 19, (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the extension of timeline for implementation of the Special Package under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) for Jammu & Kashmir for an
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AIIB to invest USD 140M to improve rural connectivity in Madhya Pradesh
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): Approximately 1.5 million rural residents in Madhya Pradesh will directly benefit from improved livelihoods, education and mobility with the USD 140 million loan approved by the Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in a meeti
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AIF celebrates 15 years of disrupting poverty and catalyzing social and ec
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The American India Foundation (AIF) celebrated 15 Years of building bridges between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development on October 3.
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CropIn Technologies' product gains validation from World Bank
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): CropIn Technologies are the chosen technology partners in a public private partnership project of the Government of India and World Bank for Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaption to Climate Change (SLACC) Project.
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Global wildfires are burning less land
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 30 (ANI): According to a trend that NASA's satellites detected from space, shifting livelihoods across the tropical forest frontiers of South America, the Eurasian Steppe and the savannas of Africa are altering landscapes and leading to a significant decline i
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Employment generated 155 percent more in 2016-17: Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu chaired the third Governing Council meeting of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) here today, to deliberate upon the steps to further strengthen the
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Manipur: Road construction work stopped by Civil Society Organisations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ukhrul (Manipur) [India], April 28 (ANI): Roads are the lifelines of society and good road is the pathway towards development which in returns brings sustainability, economic growth and uplifts the livelihoods of the people.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor requests WB not to cancel funds
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad[ Pakistan], Mar. 6(ANI): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has requested the World Bank (WB) not to terminate the revitalisation of KP and Fata (ERKF) and the Rural Livelihoods and Community Infrastructure Project (RLCIP).
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