M S Swaminathan

Rediff.com » News » M S Swaminathan

News for M S Swaminathan

News
Business
Sports

Former DMK minister arrested in land grabbing case

Former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam minister M P Swaminathan was on Monday arrested at Tirupur near Coimbatore in connection with a land grabbing case, police said. The former highways minister was......

MS Swaminathan supports Naidu's hunger strike

Rajya Sabha member and chairman of the Swaminathan Foundation, M S Swaminathan, on Friday extended his support to Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu's indefinite hunger strike but......

Canada varsity honours Green Revolution pioneer

Dr M S Swaminathan, who was among the scientists instrumental in heralding India's Green Revolution, will be conferred with an honourary degree by the University of Alberta, Edmonton, on October 7.......

Swaminathan nominated to Rajya Sabha

Father of India's first green revolution and noted agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament.Swaminathan, 81, till recently the......

Swaminathan calls for second green revolution

Claiming that behind the notion of surplus food in the country, 200 million people go undernourished, renowned agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan Thursday insisted that the distressed farm......

Why India will never see a 2nd Green Revolution

Forty years ago Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan helped rescue the world from growing famine and a deepening gloom over the future of food supplies. Today, public policy projects itself as......

High prices man-made: Swaminathan

Noted argiculture scientist M S Swaminathan said on Friday the current rise in food inflation is likely to persist for some time in urban India and described price rise as "man-made"."High food......

M S Swaminathan on the perils of Bt brinjal

The father of the Green Revolution explains how the genetically-modified version of brinjal may kill biodiversity.He introduced high-yielding wheat varieties in India to feed a country struggling......

How to attract youngsters to agriculture

The architect of India's green revolution M S Swaminathan has urged more youngsters to join the agriculture sector. He said that a small-farm management revolution will not be possible in the......

Mobile photo albums, the rage!

In July 2004, the Swaminathans in Mumbai were elated to hear that they had become grandparents. Since their daughter was settled in the United States, they were expecting a month-long wait before......

Half point for Sowmya against top seed Tiviakov

Pune based Woman Grandmaster Sowmya Swaminathan snatched half a point against top seed Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov of The Netherlands in an exciting third round game in the Apollo Engineering......

One plus two equals fiasco

Hey, all.Subsequent to writing that piece on the Challenger, I saw, on Rediff, a thoughtful piece by R Swaminathan-- Swami, as we know him-- on the marketing of the event.Coincidentally, two of the......

Mary Ann Gomes wins maiden National chess crown

Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes wonher maiden national title after drawing her final round game against WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty, in the Velammal 38th National Women's Premier Chess Championship,......

Gomes in sight of maiden National crown

Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes of AAI inched closer to her maiden National Premier Chess Championship title as she drew with International Master Eesha Karavade of Maharashtra in the tenth and......

Asian Chess: Negi leads after beating Kunte

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi chalked out an easy victory over fellow Indian Abhijeet Kunte to maintain a clean slate after the second round of the Asian Individual Chess Championship in Mashhad,......

People speak for m s swaminathan

QNA

Q. Who was the father of Operation Flood? 1APJ Abdul Kalam 2M. S. Swaminathan 3Dr Verghese Kurien 4KPS Gill
Time Pass: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-was-the-father-of-operation-flood--1apj-abdul-kalam-2m.-/23992781/answers/

Q. Politics: If you are the deciding authority to selct President of India , whom will you select? why?
Hitler: A. Dr Verghese Kurien more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/politics-if-you-are-the-deciding-authority-to-selct-presiden/23127544/answers/23992804

Q. Survey: Suppose if you were a Voter to elect the President of India, you would vote for whom?... Here is the list of candidates in the Ballot paper:-1. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam2. Dr. Man Mohan Singh3. Pranab Mukherjee 4. Hamid Ansari5. PA Sangma6, Somnath Chatterjee,7. Other candidate (pls specify the name)
Joseph Chacko: A. 1. Dr. APJ ...... 2. Dr. M.S Swaminathan ......... 3. Somanath Cheterjee ....... 4. Ramjeth Malani ..... 5. Dr. M M Singh ....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/survey-suppose-if-you-were-a-voter-to-elect-the-president-of/23113971/answers/23127560

Q. 'Wings of Fire' and 'Ignited Minds' books are authored by which Indian scientist ? (A) H.G.Khurana (B) M.S.Swaminathan (C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (D) S.Chandrasekhar
Krit: A. 1Dr. APJ would be my first choice ...... apart from this one more cadidate is there Dr. M.S Swaminathan ........... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/wings-of-fire-and-ignited-minds-books-are-authored-by-which-/22661958/answers/23113980

Web results for M S Swaminathan

Support vs procurement

The government's move to get the mandate of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) reviewed afresh by an expert panel needs to be... ...

http://www.smartinvestor.in/market/Features-176770-Featuresdet-Support_vs_procurement.htm

Fair price shop owners to protest Food Security Bill

statesman news serviceKOLKATA, 17 MAY: Ration dealers in the state will stage a demonstration along national highways on 20 May, the day the state... ...

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456860&catid=72

Wanted, an Afghan statesman

On the eve of the decisive transitions political, security and economic in Afghanistan next year when NATO drawdown will take place, an... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/wanted-an-afghan-statesman/article4721527.ece

TWAD Board Workers Union opposes permanent posts for contract workers

The (TWAD) Board Workers Union has opposed appointing contract workers for permanent posts. A group of union members submitted a petition to the... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/twad-board-workers-union-opposes-permanent-posts-for-contract-workers/article4720629.ece

Master of 64 squares to guide Indian team

For Lanka Ravi, the first International Master from Andhra Pradesh, it was a pleasant surprise when he was named as coach of the Indian team (men... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/master-of-64-squares-to-guide-indian-team/article4718693.ece

See All

Rediff News