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‘Food Fortification a potent way to fight hidden hunger’

10:47 pm April 1, 2021

New Delhi: A worldwide shift to combat hidden hunger needs to be launched by processing food in a way that micronutrient shortages are adequately addressed. Micronutrients can be mixed with staple foods like rice, oil, milk, wheat flour, as well as condiments like salt, for a very low cost. This was stated by experts in […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Pakistan PM Khan desires peace with arch-rival India

10:55 pm March 30, 2021

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday replied to a letter written by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, and said Islamabad desires peaceful relations with New Delhi, an official source told a news agency. Modi had written to Khan on the occasion of Pakistan’s Republic Day on March 23, also calling for peaceful relations […]

Judicial probe against Central agencies ‘unfortunate’- Rajnath Singh

12:19 pm March 28, 2021

Thiruv: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the Kerala government’s decision to recommend a judicial inquiry against central probe agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the gold and dollar smuggling cases, was ”unfortunate” and amounts to challenging the federal structure of the Constitution. Singh, who is in Kerala to campaign for the […]

Counting underway for Karnataka MLC polls

In a battle for prestige, AIADMK’s Jayakumar seeks to retain Royapuram seat

12:08 pm March 28, 2021

Chennai: The electoral battle for Royapuram, an arterial northern part of of the city, has become very prestigious for the opposition DMK, which is desperately attempting to wrest back the seat it lost to AIADMK’s D Jayakumar way back in 2001. Elections to 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 6, […]

BJP MLA Arun Narang thrashed, clothes torn by protesting farmers in Punjab

BJP MLA thrashed, clothes torn by protesting farmers in Punjab

10:33 pm March 27, 2021

Chandigarh: A BJP MLA in Punjab was allegedly thrashed and his clothes torn by a group of farmers at Malout in Muktsar district on Saturday, police said. When Abohar legislator Arun Narang reached Malout along with local leaders to address a press conference, they got surrounded by a group of protesting farmers and black ink […]