The Government of India is considering the idea of linking handloom fabric weaving with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to protect the interest of the weavers, Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar ...
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SurePure, South Africa-based firm involved in turbid liquid photopurification, has announced the benefits of using its patented photopurification technology in the South African dairy market. Local firm Oaksprings Dairy, which has been ...
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Indian Trails in association with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is starting the use of eight new motorcoaches, which are said to turn heads, boost ridership, and attract more tourists to Michigan. Like rolling ...
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The competitiveness of the Chinese clothing industry is set to weaken over the next few years as costs rise. As a result, export growth could falter. Rising costs in China are already forcing an increasing number of Western apparel brands ...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a new investment fund to facilitate private equity investments in agriculture-related businesses. The new Rural Business Investment (RBIC) will help USDA in providing ...
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is looking at pushing back deadlines to give small truck fleets a few more years to comply with air quality regulations in California. CARB is holding a meeting later this week to consider ...
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The Government of Swaziland, through the Cotton Board, has raised the price of cotton to be paid to the farmers by seven percent for 2013-14 season. The increase in cotton price, which will benefit about 3,000 farmers, was ...
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The Government of Saskatchewan has approved new trucking regulations that combine rules between Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC through a New West Partnership. "These changes will enable industry to increase efficiency through reduced ...
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UPS Inc. said it is planning to purchase 1,000 propane-fueled delivery trucks and install 50 fueling stations at its facilities, representing a $70 million investment. The trucks will replace diesel- and gasoline-fueled vehicles in ...
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Women living in rural communities are less likely than urban-dwelling women to receive sufficient mental health care, in large part due to limited access to services and societal stigma, according to medicine and public health researchers. ...
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The fourth-largest energy consumer in the world is starting to make some noise on the renewables front.India,with its growing population and GDP,has announced plans to build a massive 4-gigawatt solar photovoltaic plant near Sambhar ...
Although the field of science keeps advancing, it may be the simple telephone that helps save more lives. Anita Kinney, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director for Population Sciences at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, and ...
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Vying for a stake in Prime Minister’s (PM) Youth Business Loan Scheme, the Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) has urged the Government to collaborate together for the disbursement of the loans under the ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Secondhand smoke is the leading cause of childhood illness and premature death, especially in rural areas, University of Kentucky researchers say. Study co-author Ellen Hahn, a professor at the University ...
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A new method invented for energy efficiency savings in an economical way called the biomass briquette plant. The biomass briquette machines with latest technique not only made the costs of the traditional fuels come down but also saves ...