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United States Of America Wastes 27% Of Food

The grocery bills are constantly rising. Food banks are running short of donations and there are riots in the poor countries through out the world. Do you have any idea that what is ending up in the landfill in the United States? Americans waste around 27% of the food available for consumption according to the […]

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Increasing Prosperity In India Has Led To Global Food Crisis - Bush

Increasing Prosperity In India had led to better diets, greater demand and increasing prices, all of which had contributed to the worldwide food crisis.
Goerge Bush says “India has around 350 million people which is more than America’s entire population. When you start getting wealth, you start demanding, better nutrition, better food. And so demand is […]

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Poverty In India

Poverty can be defined as a situation when certain sections of people are unable to satisfy the basic needs of life. The poverty measurement differs from country to country. According to an expert group of Planning Commission, poverty line in rural areas are drawn with an intake of 2400 calories in rural areas and 2100 […]

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Politics In India

The government politics are extremely sick. In their five year ruling, the government has to think about wellbeing of the poor people or middle families only at the time when elections are near. The whole system is adjusted only to benefit themselves rather the people of India. In all the four years, they have not […]

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London Is The Dirtiest And The Most Expensive City In Europe

The most expensive and the dirtiest city in Europe is London while the most boring city award was given to Brussels, according to a British Survey(By 1100 travellers) which was published two days back. It did not surprise me at all because majority of the people I met from UK have told me how dirty […]

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Delhi And Mumbai Among World’s Dirtiest Cities

A survey published by Forbes Magazine lists Mumbai and Delhi among the world’s 25 dirtiest cities. Oh, how unfortunately news for an Indian like me. But does anybody care? Does anyone realise that our cities have turned into massive slums with open sewers and garbage dumps? Often the visitors complain but we argue with them […]

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India Is Less Corrupt Than China : Survey

Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan are the least corrupted among the 13 major Asian economies. India ranked 8th, far better than the 10th placed China in a survey conducted by Regional Think-Tank.
On the scale of ‘0 to 10′, Singapore topped with just 1.13, followed by Hong Kong (1.80) and Japan (2.25). India was ranked 8th […]

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