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    Southern Regional Community Radio Sammelan Marks 20 Years of Community Radio in India

    Revised Policy Guidelines for setting up Community Radio Stations in India Released to ensure growth of the sector and financial sustainability of Community Radio...
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    Most white and sticky rice varieties have high GI which poses risks to people with diabetes, but now, researchers found genes in rice key...
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    Of Portraits and Rulers – How British Artists Created a Niche Market for Themselves

    These paintings were not mere decorations. They testified remarkable victories, the succession of authorities, or simply as goodwill gestures towards friendship. By Arpita Pandey Ever since...
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    Food Security

    Dalit Migrant Labour Depends on a System that Perpetuates Poverty

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    Agri-business

    Hit by Climate Change, Authorities Seek to Improve Saffron Yields in Kashmir

    Saffron farmers, who grow the “king of spices” in fields sprawling across several thousand hectares, mainly in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, have been complaining...
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    Democracy

    Ministry of Panchayati Raj introduces Panchayat Development Index

    MoPR’s localization of sustainable development goals (LSDG) initiative, emphasis has been laid for capacity building and training of the PRI representatives to formulate theme-based...
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    Human rights

    729 Districts Free of Manual Scavenging

    A protocol has been developed, highlighting the minimum standards in mechanization of sewer and septic tank cleaning operations to minimize the need for hazardous...
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    E-governance

    Government Considers AI a Kinetic Enabler for Growth, Says Minister

    The Government considers Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be kinetic enabler for the growth of the country’s digital economy, investments and jobs. The government has...
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