Binod Anand delivers keynote address about STEM youth engagement
Binod Anand delivers keynote address about STEM youth engagement By Jacob Brown and Caitlyn Hall — ; Published September 24, 2024, 7:28 pm ; updated September 25, 2024, 9:56 pm News, Top Stories Binod Anand, secretary general of the Confederation of NGOs of Rural India, gave a keynote address to students in the Business Innovation Building on Tuesday evening. The event was organized as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Lehigh University/United Nations Partnership. Anand co-founded the Centre for Agricultural Transformation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to policy formulation and sustainability through research and innovation. He discussed the
With PM Modi Prime Minister of India
देश के सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय @PMOIndia श्री @narendramodi जी से शिष्टाचार भेट की. मुलाकात के दौरान निर्मित नैनो यूरिया उत्पाद के बारे में बात की, जो किसानों के विकास में क्रांतिकारी साबित होगा व् इससे किसानों की आय दोगुना करने का लक्ष्य पूरा होने की दिशा में प्रगति होगी.
United Nations and Cooperatives: Alignment with Global Goals
The United Nations (UN) has long recognized the critical role of cooperatives in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). By 2025, the relationship between the UN and cooperatives is expected to deepen, leveraging their potential to address global challenges such as poverty, inequality, and climate change. United Nations and Cooperatives: Alignment with Global Goals 1. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Cooperatives directly contribute to multiple SDGs, including: No Poverty (SDG 1): By empowering small-scale producers and ensuring fair distribution of wealth. Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8): Through job creation and promoting worker-owned enterprises. Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10): By fostering
Rain pours misery on standing crops
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi At a time when India is staring at a likely food grain shortage due to less sowing of kharif crops, especially paddy, unexpected rainfall in several States has damaged ready-for-harvesting crops such as rice, soya bean, cotton, pulses, and vegetables. This could further stoke inflation in the fifth largest economy in the world. It is expected that 15 to 20 per cent summer sown crops could be damaged due to unseasonal rain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed that India received 57.3 mm rainfall as against the normal