PM calls for tetrad revolutions in farm, allied sectors

Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 15:30

Aiming to make the country self- sufficient, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for tetrad revolutions of green, saffron, white and blue to boost production in agriculture, power, dairy and fishery sector.

Reliance turns to China to reprise cheap phone revolution in India

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 17:45

Reliance Industries is in talks with Chinese manufacturers to secure cut-price phones that could be sold in packages from $30, as it seeks to repeat the low-cost revolution it unleashed with its first dip into India`s mobile market more than a decade ago.

Second Green Revolution will happen in eastern India: PM Modi

Last Updated: Sunday, May 10, 2015, 17:49

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he foresees the second Green Revolution taking place in eastern Indian states as they have abundant resources and need to develop their economy.

PM Modi bets on GM crops for second green revolution

Last Updated: Sunday, February 22, 2015, 09:34

On a fenced plot not far from Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s home, a field of mustard is in full yellow bloom, representing his government`s reversal of an effective ban on field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops.

Afghanistan`s farmers in Bihar to study farming

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 13:51

Bihar is turning its attention to popularising and promoting organic farming in the state to usher in a new "Green Revolution" in agriculture.

Air strike on market, hospital in Syria`s Aleppo kills 20: NGO

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 20:00

Helicopters dropped TNT-packed barrels on a vegetable market and next to a hospital in Syria`s northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 20 civilians including two children, a monitoring group said.

Iran parliament pushes for changing capital

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 04:26

Iran`s Majlis (parliament) Tuesday voted for the generalities of a plan which calls for changing the political and administrative capital of the country, media reported.

Ukraine risks `full-scale conflict`: Patriarch

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 18:08

The powerful Ukrainian Orthodox Patriarch Filaret warned on Wednesday that continued violence in Kiev could lead to a civil conflict and called on the government to sign a pact with the European Union.

Two missing Norway teens are in Syria, confirms lawyer

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:13

Two teenaged Norwegian sisters who ran away from home in October, saying they wanted to help rebels in Syria, are indeed in the war-wracked country, a lawyer for their family confirmed.

40,000 protest Mexico leader on inauguration anniversary

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 09:10

The protesters joined a rally held by Pena Nieto`s former rival Andres Lopez Obrador of the Party of the Democratic Revolution yesterday.

Ukraine to debate Tymoshenko bill to save EU deal

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 15:49

Ukraine`s parliament was set to debate a bill on Tuesday to let jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko go abroad for treatment in a last-ditch attempt to save a crucial deal with the European Union.