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FOCUS project in Nagaland for small & marginal farmers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): To help small and marginal farmers to overcome the challenges in the agriculture, the Nagaland government recently launched the Fostering Climate Resilient Upland Farming Systems (FOCUS) project amounting to a total cost of Rs 612.42 crore.
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World's oldest monkeys to help us fight HIV?
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington (USA) Dec 15 (ANI): Turns out, world's oldest monkeys -- the Rhesus macaque -- could be prompted to produce neutralizing antibodies against one strain of HIV that resembles the resilient viral form that most commonly infects people.
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India takes strong steps towards achieving Paris Agreement goals
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Manama [Bahrain], Oct 20 (ANI): Government of India took an important step toward its goals for low-carbon, climate-resilient development with the approval of a US$ 43 million grant from the Green Climate Fund, supporting climate resilience of millions of people living in the coastal states
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When with children, talk in verbs not nouns
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 19 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that using verbs to talk about actions with children, such as encouraging them to help, read, and paint, may make them more resilient.
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Continuous efforts required to make cities inclusive, resilient and sustai
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The government released the 'Swachhta' (cleanliness) ranking for the year 2018. This year also, Indore was the number one 'Swachh' city ahead of 4202 cities in the country.
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UNISDR ARISE Global Board elects India's Nirankar Saxena as member
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (NewsVoir): Nirankar Saxena, Deputy Secretary-General, FICCI has been elected Board Member of UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE).
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Croatia ends Iceland's FIFA World Cup dreams
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 27 (ANI): Ivan Perisic's last-minute goal on Tuesday ensured Croatia's position to the top of Group D of the ongoing FIFA World Cup with maximum points as they knocked out a resilient Iceland with a 2-1 win in Rostov-on-Don.
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Djokovic, Halep advance in French Open
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Wednesday overcame a resilient Jaume Munar in straight sets, while top-ranked Simona Halep also brushed off Alison Riske as the two tennis aces advanced to the next round of the Rolland Garros.
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Collaborative Governance set to take centre stage at 4th Smart Cities Indi
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI-NewsVoir): Today, authorities across the world are focused on evaluating and deploying new-age technologies to make cities smarter and better places to live in than ever before. The 4th Smart Cities India 2018 expo, taking place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, fr
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ASSOCHAM suggests two-pronged approach to boost agri sector
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (ANI): With India and its agriculture and food processing sectors facing grave nutritional challenges, an ASSOCHAM-EY joint report has suggested the Government of India to adopt a two-pronged strategy based on public-private partnership (PPP) mode to promote nutriti
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World Bank signs USD 318 mn loan agreement to support climate resilient ag
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): The Government of India, along with the Government of Tamil Nadu signed a USD 318 million loan agreement with the World Bank on Tuesday, for the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project to promote climate resilient agriculture technologies, impr
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Manila’s rice field lab named after PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], November 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, Philippines and inaugurated 'Shri Narendra Modi Resilient Rice Field Laboratory' on Monday.
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