The highest water-use efficiency of more than $ 50 per cubic metre is in Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, Denmark, Finland, and Great Britain while the lowest is in Central and South Asia, including India, at less than $ 10 per cubic metre.
India and the United States settled a dispute on Thursday that had paralysed the World Trade Organization and risked derailing a $1 trillion package of reforms.
State newspaper, China Daily, said in a report the US ban violated Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement, that mandates how governments can apply food safety, animal and plant health measures, as well as most-favored-nation treatment and general elimination of quantitative restrictions provided under the WTO framework.
'We should send a thousand million messages for the black people. I'm embarrassed and ashamed of what the white people have done for the black people'
Bollywood actors are looking forward to the festival of Holi, and have already made their plans for the day.
'COVID-19 and diabetes have a very intricate relationship.' 'People with diabetes tend to get the most severe forms of COVID-19.'
Spain's Angela Ponce, 26, is the first transgender contestant in the history of the Miss Universe pageant.
National brands prefer the acquisition route since the southern market is culturally different, reports T E Narasimhan from Chennai.
It will never be possible to recreate an exact account of this epic battle to remember and honour other brave jawans, but one thing that the nation will always do is to bow down their heads in respect and reverence at the war memorial at Chushul called 'The Rezang La War Memorial -- Ahir Dham'.
Margaret A Hamburg, the first commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) to visit India officially, will meet heads of major domestic pharma companies such as Ranbaxy, Wockhardt, Cadila Healthcare and Lupin in New Delhi.
The US agreed to India's proposal on food security issues at WTO on Thursday.
P Rajendran looks back on the 11 plus years he worked with Arthur J Pais, the India Abroad and Rediff.com editor, who passed into the ages on January 8.
To justify that farmers must burn if they are not paid cash incentive is doing injustice to them and to the lungs of the children of the country, notes Sunita Narain.
Yoga acharya Shameem Akthar takes at a look at what you can do to avoid the pitfall of obesity.
Darkness pervades India's first 'Seeing in Dark' restaurant-theatre built in the upscale Vastrapur area in Ahmedabad where visitors can experience life without light just like a visually impaired person.
From using bio-fuels to revamping in-flight food and drinks services, eschewing mass-produced chicken/eggs in favour of local, farm-raised options to offering eco-friendly toys for children, airlines try out inventive measures to encourage carbon-neutral practices.
The government may consider revoking the licences of the companies manufacturing softdrinks in India if the report indicates presence of pesticides beyond the permissible level
Choose the right kind of exercises. Ten minutes is all you need.
The European Union on Thursday raised concern over its trade with India on two areas, differing tax rates in states and entry barriers for processed food items. Both, it said, are major concerns.
These girls are so H-O-T you just can't take your eyes off them!
Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a 50,000-strong Indian diaspora at the Dubai cricket stadium, his fans collected in large numbers to watch their 'rockstar'.
It is a simple vegetarian spread 'with less spices and oil' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi while his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif is having halal meat dishes during their stay in Nepal for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit.
In the last few decades, India has emerged as the world capital for heart diseases. Here's how you can keep yours in top form.
While Unilever has been aggressive, both organically and inorganically in the country, P&G's approach has been about achieving 'balanced growth' in terms of top line and bottom line.
Here are some recipes ideas for Sattvic dishes, which contribute to the maintenance of Sattva guna -- the state of being calm and peaceful.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Skip impersonal hotels and enjoy your next India holiday from the comfort of a home, says Puja Banta
Having headed into the match tied on 47 league goals with West Ham's former stalwart Paolo Di Canio, Antonio was delighted to have surpassed the Italian as he celebrated by lifting a cardboard cut-out of himself at the side of the pitch.
"You have an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. You worked in a bank in New York. What made you give up all that and pursue acting?" 'A little bit of courage and a lot of stupidity.'
'Today, everybody is on the computer, everybody on the mobile.' 'There is very less physical activity.' 'The treatment most effective in reducing heart disease is exercise.' 'It is very, very, important.'
We know it's mad, mad world and these images prove it!
Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co will invest Rs 6,247.5 crore to buy a 1.4 per cent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd's retail arm -- the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led firm's third such deal in less than two days.
More important is to diversify the country's farm production base.
Reliance has around 100 Delight stores in the country.
This is the second investment by General Atlantic in a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, following a Rs 6,598.38 crore investment in Jio Platforms announced earlier this year.
The woman fell into a week-long coma and had to undergo liver transplant after consuming the poisonous mushrooms.
On the occasion of Chinese president Xi Jinping's two-day visit, Indian exporters are looking for a big boost in export of agricultural commodities, especially the ones that have been impacted by the ongoing trade war between the United States and China.
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