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Watch: Bill Gates Makes Roti From Scratch, Delights Indian Foodies
In a video shared by popular blogger Eitan Bernath, American businessman Bill Gates was seen cooking roti from scratch in true Indian style.
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5 High-Protein, Low-Carb Paneer Salad Recipes You Can Include In Your Weight Loss Diet
The whole idea of eating salad is to feed yourself with healthy foods that accelerate your weight loss process. Paneer fits the bill perfectly. Apart from being low in carbs, low in fats and low in calories, paneer is also a great source of protein.
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Bills On Right To Refuse, Non-Vegetarian Food, Cow Population In Lok Sabha
Employees should be able to switch off once they leave their offices or during holidays; no non-vegetarian food should be served at government events; and there should an authority to stabilise population of cows. These were some of the private members' bills introduced in the Lok Sabha today.
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US Congress Sends "Right To Try" Experimental Drug Bill To President Donald Trump
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to expand terminally ill patients' right to try experimental drugs not yet approved by US authorities, a controversial move that enjoys support from President Donald Trump.
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HIV/AIDS Bill Passed in Lok Sabha: 8 Rights The New Bill Grants
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017 has finally been passed in the Lok Sabha on 12th April, 2017.
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Schooling Now Means 'Just Come, Eat, Go', Says Minister Prakash Javadekar
Mid-day meal was introduced for school students to check drop-out rates and provide children from economically weaker sections with nourishment. But now schooling appears to have become more about food and less about education, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Prakash Javadekar said today amid a controversy about tying up mid-day meal...
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Mental Health Bill 2016: The Parliament Decriminalises Attempt to Commit Suicide
The Bill gives mentally ill people a right to confidentiality in respect to mental health, mental health care, treatment and physical healthcare.
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HIV and AIDS Bill Passed: 5 Things You Should Know About The Disease
While the government is taking adequate steps to safeguard the rights of HIV and AIDS patients, the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4) shows that men have more knowledge about the disease than women.
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Food security bill gets nod from President Pranab Mukherjee
The landmark Food Security Bill, aimed at giving a legal right on highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country's population, today received the President's nod.
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Land Acquisition Bill debate in Lok Sabha today: Top 10 facts
After scoring a major victory by getting its landmark food security scheme cleared by the Lok Sabha this week, the government hopes today to push through another reform that could serve as a mega vote-getter in the national elections. Voting on amendments to the land acquisition bill is on in Parliament right now.
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DMK sets condition to support Food Security Bill
DMK president M Karunanidhi today said the party would support the Food Security Bill only if it does not affect the rights of the state.
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Congress fast-tracks food security rollout, but will it be a gamechanger?
If the UPA government wants Right to Food to be their trump card in the next Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party clearly wants to own it.
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Karnataka government, opposition in war of words over rice scheme
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today launched the ambitious 'Anna Bhagya' scheme in Bangalore. The scheme covers nearly 1 crore families which have the below poverty line or BPL ration card, where in each family can get upto 30 kilos of rice at Re 1 per kg. The scheme will cost the state exchequer more than Rs 4400 crore a year.
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Cabinet meet begins, likely to clear ordinance for Food Security Bill
The union cabinet, which is meeting right now, is expected to clear an ordinance to give life to the ruling Congress' ambitious Food Security Bill.
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Oil price fixing right should be taken back from oil companies
The Janata Dal state unit today demanded the Centre take immediate steps to take back the price fixing right of oil companies in view of their proposed decision to hike prices. Speaking to reporters here, state unit president Mathew T Thomas alleged the Centre was protecting business interests of oil firms and had been remaining a 'mute spectator' ...
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Watch: Bill Gates Makes Roti From Scratch, Delights Indian Foodies
In a video shared by popular blogger Eitan Bernath, American businessman Bill Gates was seen cooking roti from scratch in true Indian style.
-
5 High-Protein, Low-Carb Paneer Salad Recipes You Can Include In Your Weight Loss Diet
The whole idea of eating salad is to feed yourself with healthy foods that accelerate your weight loss process. Paneer fits the bill perfectly. Apart from being low in carbs, low in fats and low in calories, paneer is also a great source of protein.
-
Bills On Right To Refuse, Non-Vegetarian Food, Cow Population In Lok Sabha
Employees should be able to switch off once they leave their offices or during holidays; no non-vegetarian food should be served at government events; and there should an authority to stabilise population of cows. These were some of the private members' bills introduced in the Lok Sabha today.
-
US Congress Sends "Right To Try" Experimental Drug Bill To President Donald Trump
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to expand terminally ill patients' right to try experimental drugs not yet approved by US authorities, a controversial move that enjoys support from President Donald Trump.
-
HIV/AIDS Bill Passed in Lok Sabha: 8 Rights The New Bill Grants
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017 has finally been passed in the Lok Sabha on 12th April, 2017.
-
Schooling Now Means 'Just Come, Eat, Go', Says Minister Prakash Javadekar
Mid-day meal was introduced for school students to check drop-out rates and provide children from economically weaker sections with nourishment. But now schooling appears to have become more about food and less about education, Union Minister for Human Resources Development Prakash Javadekar said today amid a controversy about tying up mid-day meal...
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Mental Health Bill 2016: The Parliament Decriminalises Attempt to Commit Suicide
The Bill gives mentally ill people a right to confidentiality in respect to mental health, mental health care, treatment and physical healthcare.
-
HIV and AIDS Bill Passed: 5 Things You Should Know About The Disease
While the government is taking adequate steps to safeguard the rights of HIV and AIDS patients, the National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4) shows that men have more knowledge about the disease than women.
-
Food security bill gets nod from President Pranab Mukherjee
The landmark Food Security Bill, aimed at giving a legal right on highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country's population, today received the President's nod.
-
Land Acquisition Bill debate in Lok Sabha today: Top 10 facts
After scoring a major victory by getting its landmark food security scheme cleared by the Lok Sabha this week, the government hopes today to push through another reform that could serve as a mega vote-getter in the national elections. Voting on amendments to the land acquisition bill is on in Parliament right now.
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DMK sets condition to support Food Security Bill
DMK president M Karunanidhi today said the party would support the Food Security Bill only if it does not affect the rights of the state.
-
Congress fast-tracks food security rollout, but will it be a gamechanger?
If the UPA government wants Right to Food to be their trump card in the next Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party clearly wants to own it.
-
Karnataka government, opposition in war of words over rice scheme
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today launched the ambitious 'Anna Bhagya' scheme in Bangalore. The scheme covers nearly 1 crore families which have the below poverty line or BPL ration card, where in each family can get upto 30 kilos of rice at Re 1 per kg. The scheme will cost the state exchequer more than Rs 4400 crore a year.
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Cabinet meet begins, likely to clear ordinance for Food Security Bill
The union cabinet, which is meeting right now, is expected to clear an ordinance to give life to the ruling Congress' ambitious Food Security Bill.
-
Oil price fixing right should be taken back from oil companies
The Janata Dal state unit today demanded the Centre take immediate steps to take back the price fixing right of oil companies in view of their proposed decision to hike prices. Speaking to reporters here, state unit president Mathew T Thomas alleged the Centre was protecting business interests of oil firms and had been remaining a 'mute spectator' ...
