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WTO and Food Security: Prof M S Swaminathan
12/12/2017

Minister Suresh Prabhu deserves our gratitude for indicating at the ongoing Buenos Aires meeting of WTO that there can be no compromise on food security.

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Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
11/12/2017

On 10th December 2017 ICAN was conferred with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 for their efforts to save human kind from nuclear annihilation. Earlier the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded in 1995 to the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs along with the then head of Pugwash

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Making National Nutrition Mission a Success: Prof M S Swaminathan
07/12/2017

December 7, 2017: The Government has approved a National Nutrition Mission with a three-year budget of Rs. 9,000 crore. This is the government’s response to the widespread malnutrition resulting in

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Borlaug- World Food Prize intern wins award for his MSSRF work
07/12/2017

Nick Grandstaff,the World Food Prize intern who interned at MSSRF, Namakkal in July-August 2016, has won the prestigious John Crystal Award for his work.

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Building shared value – Mitsubishi and MSSRF partner for development
06/12/2017

Some years ago in a remote village in Koraput district in Odisha, a group of women gathered to pray in front of something that was going to make a big difference to their lives.

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Remembering Dr J Jayalithaa: Prof M S Swaminathan
05/12/2017

 Today is the death anniversary of Revered Dr J Jayalalithaa, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

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Karshakashree Award and increasing farmers’ incomes: Prof M S Swaminathan
04/12/2017

Drawing lessons from outstanding farm women and men, our Prime Minster had called for doubling the income of farmers in the next five years. Numerous suggestions are being given on how to achieve this goal.

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Millennium Lecture: December 6, 2017
04/12/2017

The Mitsubishi India CMD, Mr. Eisuke Shiozaki, is delivering a Millennium Lecture at MSSRF on December 6, 2017 at 11 am.

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Biodiversity workshop emphasizes need for more media discussion
02/12/2017

For the small group of media professionals, an early morning walk in a 10 ha Botanical Garden, listening to sounds of birds was just one of the activities at the three-day media workshop on “Bringing Biodiversity into the Media Space”.

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GDP and Gross National Happiness: Prof M S Swaminathan
02/12/2017

Economic media are happy that this years’ Q2 GDP went up to 6.3 percent. At the same time, they report that hunger and communicable diseases are increasing in our country.

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Tomato and onion prices and achieving price stability through peri-urban horticulture revolution: Prof M S Swaminathan
30/11/2017

Onion and tomato prices are going up in major cities causing considerable hardship to the poorer and middle class families.

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Media needs to play active role for biodiversity concerns
29/11/2017

A strategy is needed to conserve biodiversity in Wayanad and to make it a model conservation district said Prof M S Swaminathan, Founder MSSRF at a media workshop on biodiversity here.

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