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Menstrual hygiene poor among rural women: Study

Edit The Times of India 01 Nov 2016
Girls and women between the ages of 15 and 24, especially those living in rural areas of the state, need more awareness about menstrual hygiene, a report of the latest National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) has revealed ... The figure in the urban areas of the state is 70.8% and 40.9% in rural Assam ... Due to severe economic backwardness, many women in these districts found even that too steep....

Plant seeds to keep a £1bn industry growing

Edit Scotsman 01 Nov 2016
So how can the full devolution of forestry and changes to Forestry Commission Scotland help? How do we get it right, for our economy, environment and rural communities? Forestry has too long been “out in the cold”, a victim, perhaps, of its ability to provide such a wide range of benefits (economic growth, employment, carbon, biodiversity, ......

Training programme begins at NIRD

Edit The Hindu 01 Nov 2016
Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Jupally Krishna Rao has stated that the Telangana Government is planning to eradicate ......

Fragile State of Food Security in Sierra Leone after Ebola Outbreak

Edit Sierra Express Media 01 Nov 2016
In his keynote speech at the launch ceremony, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS), Professor Monty Jones, said the government was committed to doing what it takes to transform the agriculture sector into an engine for socio-economic growth ... The negative socio-economic impacts of Ebola further exacerbated food insecurity....

William Marvel: Reaganomics for Democrats

Edit Conway Daily Sun 01 Nov 2016
The program involved Laura Knoy interviewing some economic critics on the subject ... Through much of our trip, we also heard a great deal about the economic recovery that is now underway, but it was not evident from what we saw and heard from the people we met ... The epidemic of insupportable debt that precipitated the last economic collapse spreads with the full encouragement of a society that never learns....

DRDA galvanises panchayats for massive afforestation drive

Edit The Hindu 01 Nov 2016
The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) has galvanised panchayats to carry out large-scale afforestation under the Central Government’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Scheme and Green India Mission ... Convergence between Rural Development Ministry and ......

Republican mounts second challenge against Democratic lawmaker

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 01 Nov 2016
... funding to help people rebuild and recover after Hurricane Matthew, fight against the shift of the tax burden and fees from the wealthy and out-of-state corporations to middle class families, assets and funding to support rural economic development efforts in the region, which has the highest unemployment and the slowest return from the recession....

CBSE’s diktat: Don’t burden teachers with non-academic work

Edit The Hindu 01 Nov 2016
“Many times I miss classes. Although another teachers takes over, it is frustrating to be involved in administrative tasks ... During the summer holidays last year, teachers in Karnataka were made to do duty as enumerators for the State government’s ambitious socio-economic survey ... The number was far lower in rural areas where teachers, on an average, spent nine days out of 224 for non-teaching work ... ....

Demo by physically challenged employees

Edit The Hindu 01 Nov 2016
Women, led by Sunitha, president of Kanniyakumari District Rural Women Workers’ Association, held a ......

Bumper year as UNSW sweeps ARC funding (UNSW - The University of New South Wales)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Nov 2016
Research across climate change, alien virus invasions, the incorrect use of child restraints and improved services for at-risk rural youth are among 109 UNSW projects awarded more than $47.8 million in the latest round of Australian Research Council funding ... health and economic outcomes, and generate positive economic benefit for their communities....

Authorities: At least 7 injured in Colonial Pipeline blast

Edit Dayton Daily News 01 Nov 2016
At least seven workers were injured Monday when an explosion occurred along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama, not far where it burst last month, authorities said ... Colonial Pipeline said in a statement that it has shut down its main pipeline in Alabama after the explosion in a rural part of the state outside Birmingham....

Sheriff's Office: 8-9 injured in Colonial Pipeline explosion in Shelby County

Edit AOL 01 Nov 2016
Colonial Pipeline said in a statement that it has shut down its main pipeline in Alabama after the explosion in a rural part of the state outside Birmingham ... Colonial Pipeline said in a statement that it has shut down its main pipeline in Alabama after the explosion in a rural part of the state outside Birmingham....

Jiamei plans major growth in smaller cities, rural areas

Edit China Daily 01 Nov 2016
Jiamei Dental Group, the biggest privately owned chain of dental clinics in China, said it plans to expand in smaller cities and rural areas, and increase its efforts in growing online medical services, because it is bullish on the significant growth potential of the Chinese oral care market ... "We plan to expand fast in smaller cities and rural areas ......
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