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Action on ground needed to tackle malnutrition: Experts on India showing poor at Global Hunger Index

Action on ground needed to tackle malnutrition: Experts on India showing poor at Global Hunger Index Hunger: the distress associated with a lack of sufficient calories. FAO defines food deprivation, or undernourishment, as the consumption of too few calories to provide the minimum amount of dietary energy that each individual requires to live a healthy […]

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Odisha govt launches social security scheme for sanitation workers

Odisha govt launches social security scheme for sanitation workers The scheme ‘Garima’ was launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Aim of the scheme to promote livelihoods, security and social dignity of sanitation workers and their families. The scheme dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi by CM Naveen Patnaik The Odisha government scheme for sanitation workers, institutionalizing and

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Ancient DNA unveils important missing piece of human history

Ancient DNA unveils important missing piece of human history Genomes  from Neolithic East Asia have unveiled a missing piece of human prehistory According  to a study conducted by Prof. Fu Qiaomei’s team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Advanced ancient DNA capture techniques to retrieve ancient

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SEAWEED FARMING IN INDIA

Seaweed Farming in India What is seaweed? The Seaweeds are macrophytic algae, a primitive type of plants lacking true roots, stems and leaves. Seaweeds are wonder plants of the sea and highly useful plants. Seaweeds grow in the shallow waters. Root system and conducting tissues like land plants are absent in seaweeds.Major seaweed classification Four

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MAJORITIES IN INDIAN PARLIAMENT

Types of Majorities in the Indian Parliament—Indian Politics   Although the Constitution of India does not provide an explicit classification for the kinds of majorities needed for passing various bills, a careful interpretation of the Constitution provides four major types. • They are as follows: • Simple; absolute; effective; special Simple Majority   • This

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GLOBAL TALENT COMPETITIVENESS INDEX

GLOBAL TALENT COMPETITIVENESS INDEX ‘Enable’, ‘attract’, ‘grow’, ‘retain’ are the pillars of the annual bench-marking report called Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). The index is released by INSEAD (Graduate Business School) in partnership with Adecco Group (Human Resource Group) and Google. GTCI was first launched in 2013. At present, 132 countries and 155 cities are

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