World Food Programme report says India tops world hunger chart

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to form three high-level committees to implement the Idukki package, recommended by the M.S. Swaminathan Commission, to rejuvenate agriculture in Idukki district.

New Delhi: The latest report of the Food Insecurity Situation in Rural India has revealed that while the stunting in children, access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities have improved, the prevalence of anaemia has worsened in rural India.

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ALAPPUZHA: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said that the State government will seek help from the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation to prepare project reports for implementing the Kuttanad Package.

Gargi Parsai, NEW DELHI: Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday differed on the approach to strategising adaptation to climate change, at an international conference here.

CHENNAI: The worrisome trends in global hunger, exacerbated by high food prices, must be tackled with a multi-pronged strategy to increase small farm productivity and profitability, raise non-farm incomes and strengthen nutrition safety nets, M.S.Swaminathan, chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, said.

IN RECOGNITION: P.C. Alexander, former Governor of Maharashtra, presenting the Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environmental Protection to B. Muthuraman, managing director, Tata Steel, at a function in Chennai on Tuesday. (From right) M.S. Swaminathan, chairman, MSSRF, and Kumar Asirvatham, president, Rotary Club of Madras East, are in the picture.

CHENNAI: Indian corporates need to be held accountable to society, rather than their shareholders alone, in order to improve their environmental and societal bottom lines, according to B. Muthuraman, managing director of Tata Steel.

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