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AIIMS Bhubaneswar introduces millets in diet of students, patients to prom
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar has introduced millets in the diet of it's students and admitted patients in an aim to provide healthy and nutritious food to the students and indoor patients.
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Anil Agarwal Foundation launches initiative to enhance nutritional quality
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 27 (ANI/NewsReach): The UN FAO has marked the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. This has happened on India's request. By advocating millets on international platforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a road map for tackling food secu
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MoS External Affairs stresses India's Millet diplomacy can solve food cris
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Saturday said that Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has been transformed into a distinct "international legal personality", adding that India's Millet diplomacy ha
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Indian Army to reintroduce millet flour in ration of soldiers
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
With a view of promoting the consumption of millets in light of the UN declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets, the Indian Army has steered the introduction of Millets Flour in the rations of soldiers, an official statement said on Wednesday.
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Agriculture minister Tomar directs NAFED to promote millet year globally
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has directed its agency National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) to promote the 'International Year of Millets 2023' on a global scale.
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Efficient processing, market access, better shelf life vital for millets:
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheaded the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution for declaring the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets and the proposal of India was supported by 72 countries.
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India, World Food Programme sign MoU during Global Millets Conference
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, on Sunday, lauded the work of WFP in promoting food self-sufficiency and supporting governmental and global efforts to ensure long-term solutions to the challenge of hunger.
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India hosts roundtable on millets to strategise production and consumption
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheaded the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution for declaring the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets and the proposal of India was supported by 72 countries.
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Indian Embassy in Kathmandu virtually participates in inauguration of Glob
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Inaugurated and addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu organized an event to mark the occasion which was attended by more than 50 distinguished guests.
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Millet is gateway to prosperity of small farmers, says PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Shree Anna (Millets) means gateway to the prosperity of small farmers.
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India assuming global leadership: Guyana President at Global Millets Confe
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
India is the largest millet producer globally and is also assuming global leadership in advancing the objective of the International Year of Millets, the President of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali said in a virtual address at the Global Millets (Shri Anna) Conference in New Delhi on Saturday
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First time since independence, govt paying attention to needs of millet fa
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India's Millet Mission will become a blessing for 2.5 crore marginal farmers. After independence, this is for the first time that a government is paying attention to the needs of millet-producing farmers, he added.
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