Bengaluru's trash talk

City administration makes fresh promises to get an extension to dump its waste at Mandur village. But will the five-month breather be enough for Bengaluru to overcome its g...

Madhuri Dixit joins MP government’s Mamta Abhiyan

The Madhya Pradesh government has recently launched several initiatives to help different sections of the society. It is also using noted celebrities to strengthen the rela...

India world No 2 in global fish production

The Government is planning to develop a policy for aquaculture growth in the country, Union minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh said here today. Addressing after ina...

5th Jagran Film Festival To Open On 5th July In New Delhi

The festival will travel to 14 cities across India

New Delhi, India: The festival that created a furore with its vast span ...

FAO report shows how climate change is impacting small fishers

Outlook for fisheries and aquaculture better than for other food sectors, but UN agency calls for adaptation and mitigation to secure future food requirements Climate chang...

Punjab farmers try religious route to shun pesticides

Ask religious institutions to grow organic crops and accept organic crops as donation for langars In Pandori Ragsangh village in Amritsar, farmer leader Gurlal Singh takes ...

Stars Call To End Animal Experiment Secrecy

The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) has welcomed support from Ricky Gervais and Paul O’Grady, who have joined the NAVS campaign to end secrecy in animal expe...

Disadvantaged groups have little access to public goods, says India exclusion report

Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled; report confirms A recent report by a Delhi NGO undermines government claims on...

Treat TB like HIV, say activists

Treatment Action Campaign, Section 27, and Médecins Sans Frontières are calling for civil society, which forced the government in 2002 to give antiretrovirals...