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Scientist fights global war on hunger

 Dr Amit Roy, president and chief executive officer, International Fertilizer Development Center, could very well be the next Dr Norman Borlaug. Like Nobel Laureate Borlaug -- considered the father......

Dr Swaminathan changed India's destiny from begging bowl to food basket

 "As I was working on agriculture, my family wanted me to take over the management of our plantations. But my aim was to master the art of developing new varieties, that is genetics and breeding. As......

Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

 Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

These Scientists Shaped India

 I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

PM pays tribute to Father of Green Revolution

 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday paid glowing tributes to Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug, recalling that his Green Revolution techniques helped India achieve self-sufficiency in foodgrains,......

Why Dr Kurien Deserves The Bharat Ratna

 It is largely due to his vision and efforts that we have almost quadrupled our per capita milk availability in the last 40 years, points out Shailesh Dobhal. IMAGE: Dr Verghese Kurien cuts a cake......

Gates eyes a greener revolution

 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationsaid on Thursday that the next round of green revolution on the lines of those in India in 60s should be greener than the first. "The next Green Revolution has to......

US to fete Father of Green Revolution

 Dr Norman Borlaug, considered to be the father of the Green Revolution of the 60s, will be honored with the United States' highest civilian honour, the Congressional Gold Medal. He was presented......

Of hunger and its eradication

 The media is celebrating Norman Borlaug as a great hunger-fighter, whose intervention with the 'Green Revolution' is supposed to have eradicated hunger in India. Obviously, the real starvation is......

The man who saved billions from starvation

 Image: Norman Borlaug rescued India from a severe food crisis. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters The work of Norman Borlaug, who helped save billions from starvation, is worth recalling, especially......

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