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Children Starve As Millions Of Gaza Inhabitants Face Famine Threat
Nearly 166 million people worldwide are estimated to need urgent action against hunger, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global partnership which measures food insecurity.
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Supreme Court To Pronounce Verdict On Plea For Welfare Measures For Migrants On Tuesday
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce Tuesday its verdict on a plea seeking directions to the Centre and states to ensure food security, cash transfers and other welfare measures for migrant workers hit hard again during the second covid wave
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"Must Ensure No One Faces Hunger": Sonia Gandhi Writes To PM Modi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said it must be ensured that "no one faces hunger" because of the coronavirus lockdown
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Judges Can't Run Government, Ask For Miracles, Centre To Top Court
Judges cannot run a government and ask it to do "miracles", Attorney General K K Venugopal today told the Supreme Court while opposing fresh pleas being made by NGO 'Swaraj Abhiyan' in a PIL for relief measures in drought-hit states.
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Centre to Soon Initiate Process for Making Ethanol from Farm Waste
The move will also create tremendous demand for farm waste.
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Over 100 Activists Write To PM Narendra Modi Over Drought Situation
Over 100 activists, economists and sociologists asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to respond to the drought in several states and urged him to implement traditional relief measures as well as the National Food Security Act and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in letter and spirit.
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US Regulator Found No Issues With Maharashtra Plant: Wockhardt
Drug maker Wockhardt Ltd on Wednesday said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not found any issues with respect to data security and control measures at Chikalthana plant in a recent inspection, but suggested continuous voluntary compliance for "desired quality culture".
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India Wants Final Solution to Food Security Issue in World Trade Organisation
India on Wednesday clarified that its decision not to ratify WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) is aimed at ensuring that the country's efforts to ensure food security remain consistent with its international obligations.
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Modi factor: Government may unleash more populist measures
Last month, the Rs 1.25 lakh crore-Food Security Bill was passed by Parliament, which many analysts said was done with an eye on the upcoming national elections due in 2014.
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What will those not covered by Food Bill eat? Spectrum or coal?: BJP's MM Joshi
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi today tore into the government on the Food Security Bill, calling it a half-baked measure designed to fool people for votes.
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North Korea warns US of retaliation over rocket launch
North Korea accused the US of hostility on Tuesday for suspending an agreement to provide food aid following Pyongyang's widely criticized rocket launch, and warned of retaliatory measures in response. North Korea's Foreign Ministry also rejected the UN Security Council's condemnation of Friday's launch of a long-range rocket as "unreasonable," an...
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Children Starve As Millions Of Gaza Inhabitants Face Famine Threat
Nearly 166 million people worldwide are estimated to need urgent action against hunger, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global partnership which measures food insecurity.
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Supreme Court To Pronounce Verdict On Plea For Welfare Measures For Migrants On Tuesday
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce Tuesday its verdict on a plea seeking directions to the Centre and states to ensure food security, cash transfers and other welfare measures for migrant workers hit hard again during the second covid wave
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"Must Ensure No One Faces Hunger": Sonia Gandhi Writes To PM Modi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said it must be ensured that "no one faces hunger" because of the coronavirus lockdown
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Judges Can't Run Government, Ask For Miracles, Centre To Top Court
Judges cannot run a government and ask it to do "miracles", Attorney General K K Venugopal today told the Supreme Court while opposing fresh pleas being made by NGO 'Swaraj Abhiyan' in a PIL for relief measures in drought-hit states.
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Centre to Soon Initiate Process for Making Ethanol from Farm Waste
The move will also create tremendous demand for farm waste.
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Over 100 Activists Write To PM Narendra Modi Over Drought Situation
Over 100 activists, economists and sociologists asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to respond to the drought in several states and urged him to implement traditional relief measures as well as the National Food Security Act and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in letter and spirit.
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US Regulator Found No Issues With Maharashtra Plant: Wockhardt
Drug maker Wockhardt Ltd on Wednesday said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not found any issues with respect to data security and control measures at Chikalthana plant in a recent inspection, but suggested continuous voluntary compliance for "desired quality culture".
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India Wants Final Solution to Food Security Issue in World Trade Organisation
India on Wednesday clarified that its decision not to ratify WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) is aimed at ensuring that the country's efforts to ensure food security remain consistent with its international obligations.
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Modi factor: Government may unleash more populist measures
Last month, the Rs 1.25 lakh crore-Food Security Bill was passed by Parliament, which many analysts said was done with an eye on the upcoming national elections due in 2014.
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What will those not covered by Food Bill eat? Spectrum or coal?: BJP's MM Joshi
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi today tore into the government on the Food Security Bill, calling it a half-baked measure designed to fool people for votes.
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North Korea warns US of retaliation over rocket launch
North Korea accused the US of hostility on Tuesday for suspending an agreement to provide food aid following Pyongyang's widely criticized rocket launch, and warned of retaliatory measures in response. North Korea's Foreign Ministry also rejected the UN Security Council's condemnation of Friday's launch of a long-range rocket as "unreasonable," an...
