SOUTH ASIA

News 360° - Briefs

Afghanistan seeks aid in the name of poppy

Resource mobilisation can help Africa be self-sufficient

African Development Forum discusses ways to reduce dependence on foreign donors

There’s biodiversity in our backyard and it can help us fight malnourishment

Green leafy veggies are rich in vitamins and minerals

Destruction of mangroves causes damages of up to $42 billion each year

UN report recommends implementation of policies and laws to protect mangroves

Science and Technology - Briefs

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UPA's development report card

A look at the progress of the Congress-led alliance's flagship programmes

Cigarettes with additives pollute air more: study

Fifteen chemicals increased by 20 per cent or more in air with the cigarettes

YAWN!

The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India

Drought-tolerant maize launched in African countries

Flour fortification important for Indonesia, says UNICEF

MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar could have been prevented

Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom

In short

South Asia

Disease threatens wheat crops across the world

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan

Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops

Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament

Uzbek farmers face criminal charges for not growing cotton, wheat

US approves new drug that can cure even drug resistant TB

Experts, activists seek new regime for its rational use

Return of bird flu in India raises alarm

No confirmation yet on whether virus is a mutant one

COVID-19: US FDA grants emergency authorisation for remdesivir

EUA doesn't equal final nod; China trial painted different picture

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

Anganwadis in Attappady fail to deliver

Report of Comptroller and Auditor General points to neglect by state