Since 1947, achieving food security has been a major goal of our country. This was because the Bengal Famine created awareness of the need for paying priority attention to the elimination of hunger. Our Food Security Act 2013 specially mentions the need for nutritional security.
Poverty is particularly acute for women living in rural households. Women’s poverty is directly related to the absence of economic opportunities and autonomy. Goal of inclusive and sustainable development cannot be reached without addressing rural women’s diverse needs.
The Supreme Court’s order to seal and close 27 resorts operating in corridors used by elephants in the Nilgiris is a necessary step to restore the ecology of these spaces.
There has been a debate on whether foreign assistance should be accepted for relief and reconstruction work following the devastating floods in Kerala.
Nationalism, which had been suppressed by communism, re-emerged in some of the former states of USSR and elsewhere. For example, in Georgia. Most tragic of all was Yugoslavia, which broke up into five different states.
Remarkable events happened in eastern Europe from 1988 to 1991. Communism was swept away by a rising tide of popular opposition and mass demonstrations. The process began in Poland in 1988 when ' Solidarity' trade union organized huge anti-govt strikes.
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