Comments of Prof M S Swaminathan, Former Member of Rajya Sabha on the Union Budget 2018-19 presented by the Finance Minister to both houses of Parliament on 1st February 2018

Minister Pandiarajan pitches for Bharat Ratna for the agriculture scientist

There is a need to implement nutrition initiatives in a ‘Mission Mode’, moving to a ‘Nutrition Revolution’ said Prof M S Swaminathan, Founder MSSRF. Speaking at the Tamil Nadu Nutrition alliance meeting organized by MSSRF, in partnership with UNICEF, Prof Swaminathan pointed out that there was adequate food but malnutrition persisted due to other issues.

It may take six years to actually see a tiger, or you may see six tigers in one visit – that is the unpredictability of trying to photograph the elusive national animal.

Mathematician Ramajuman’s work inspired productions in the form of opera, play, films and documentaries, each with their point of view said Prof Krishnaswami Alladi, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida.

Some years ago in a remote village in Koraput district in Odisha, a group of women gathered to pray in front of something that was going to make a big difference to their lives.

For the small group of media professionals, an early morning walk in a 10 ha Botanical Garden, listening to sounds of birds was just one of the activities at the three-day media workshop on “Bringing Biodiversity into the Media Space”.