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Has the fizz gone out of the Bangalore air show?

Will Aero India 2013, the aeronautical jamboree that kicks off in Bangalore on Wednesday, be relatively subdued? Since 2005, zing has been imparted to successive versions of this biennial air show......

'Real farmers are not part of the Cauvery agitation'

'Ours is an unrecognised body. From politicians to the tribunal, nobody has acknowledged us. Nobody is even willing to talk to us. We have not been invited to any meeting. Even if we come out with......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

Right time to move decisively against corruption: PM

Following is the transcript of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the Governors' Conference at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Sunday October 30, 2011New DelhiI am happy to address the closing......

Why the land acquisition bill is flawed

The Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 argues for a perfect land market, unrestrained urbanisation and industrialization, says activist Gopal Krishna. On September 7,......

Icrisat HQ to remain in India

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) will continue to maintain its headquarters at Patancheru in India, while enhancing its research activities and impact......

Bill Gates visits Hyderabad-based vaccine maker

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates visited Biological E Ltd, a city-based vaccine manufacturer, late in the evening on Thursday.Gates who is also Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,......

Why Bellary is to bleed again

It’s sleepless nights again for the residents of Kamtur village. Located on the fringes of the Kumaraswamy forest range, one of the six iron ore-bearing mountaintops in Karnataka’s......

Carbon threshold crossed

While long term solution depends on each one of us altering our consumption patterns, the future depends on next generation technologists and entrepreneurs creating business models that naturally......

New toilets aid crop productivity in Sundarbans

The newly-introduced ECOSAN toilets in the remote islands of Sundarbans are not only providing a hygienic sanitary option to villagers, most of whom used to defecate in the open, but are also......

'Sad that Modi is an object of vilification'

'The suspension of Modi was necessary for a free and fair inquiry. It's not a punishment. If his reply convinces the board, the inquiry proceedings will be dropped if there are others guilty, we......

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RACHANAexposer
Q. Please write the Full form ICRISAT ??
RACHANAexposer:  A.  more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/please-write-the-full-form-icrisat-/25179643/answers/

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Q. Per capita food consumption of world population is as follow:-1964-66 ---------->2358 kcal/capita/day1974-76 ------------> 2435 kcal/capita/day1984-86 -------------> 2655 kcal/capita/day1997-99 -------------> 2803 kcal/capita/day2015 ---------> 2940 kcal/capita/day (Estimated)2030 ----------> 3050 kcal/capita/day (Estimated)What does this imply?(All data are adapted from FAO Yearly Journal.)
RACHANAexposer:  A. A recent comprehensive assessment of the impact of climate change on agriculture, made by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/per-capita-food-consumption-of-world-population-is-as-follow/25179643/answers/16757663

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Q. The Cultivation of food grains is year by year is in decreasing will it affect to future economy?
Sweet Tamarind:  A. Though the climate change has begun to create problems for food production all over the world, but the developing countries, especially of South...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-cultivation-of-food-grains-is-year-by-year-is-in-decreas/16757546/answers/16756214

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Q. What is \"Green Revolution\"?
Vijayasundarr Vijayasundarr:  A. In 1961 India was on the brink of mass famine. Borlaug was invited to India by the adviser to the Indian minister of agriculture M. S. Swaminathan....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-quotgreen-revolutionquot/16756081/answers/15885442

Tanushree Mitra
Q. What is the Indian contribution towards chemistry ?
Tanushree Mitra:  A. Indian researchers in chemistry and chemical engineering contributed to 1,889 journals as covered in the 1990 and 1994 databases. The impact...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-indian-contribution-towards-chemistry-/15872769/answers/14141629

  Web results for International Crops Research Institute
Shri Pawar Calls for Strengthening International Research Institutions, Sharing Knowledge India has Achieved an Overall Agricultural Growth of More than 3.5 % during the Last Five Years Statement of Agriculture Minister Shri Sharad Pawar at

Shri Pawar also highlighted Indias recent initiatives in the field of agriculture that have led to more than 3.5% growth in the last five years.... ...

http://webnewswire.com/node/1679033
EU, U.S. leaders launch trade talks, France digs in on culture

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland A trans-Atlantic free trade agreement was first considered three decades ago but was knocked down by France in the... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/eu-u-s-leaders-launch-trade-talks-france-digs-in-on-culture-880377.html
Google Launches Internet Beaming Balloons

It was the culmination of 18 months' work on what Google calls Project Loon, in recognition of how whacky the idea may sound. Developed in the... ...

http://www.convergenceplus.com/technology.html
FAO

These spores, similar in appearance to rust, infect the plant tissues, hindering photosynthesis and decreasing the crop's ability to produce grain.... ...

http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Strong-wheat-output-could-be-hampered-by-wheat-rusts-FAO/5707299213
Rice research investment delivers sixfold return

( From http://www.rxpgnews.com ) A US$12 million investment in rice research has returned more than $70 million in benefits to rice farmers and... ...

http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/Rice-research-investment-delivers-sixfold-return_642402.shtml

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