New Delhi, Feb.28 : Reacting to the Union Budget today, environment watchdog Greenpeace said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has not only missed a historical opportunity to ring in a concrete policy to address the soil health crisis but also failed to respond to the aspirations of the farmers in the country. “On the one hand the Finance Minister has talked about deterioration in soil health due to indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and on the other he continues to promote chemical fertilizers.
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Feb.28 : Lawmakers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party and Jammu State Morcha boycotted Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra’s address in the state assembly on Monday. They were protesting against the state government’s “anti-national act” of stopping BJP leaders from hoisting the national flag at Lal Chowk and preventing leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitely from entering the city on January 26.
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Peshawar, Feb 28: A Pakistan court on Monday rejected the bail application of US citizen Aaron Mark De Haven, who was arrested by Peshawar police for overstaying his visa. “The bail application of Aaron Mark De Haven has been rejected because he had no legal documents,” the Dawn quoted the public prosecutor, as saying.
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Nagpur, Feb 28 – Zimbabwe defeated Canada by a massive 175 runs in their Group A World Cup match here Monday. Chasing 298/9, Canada were bowled out for 123 in 42.1 overs.
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Melbourne, Feb 28 : A study has revealed that parents who give their children food to quieten them down could be setting them up for a lifetime of weight problems. The research conducted for British weight loss group Slimming World suggested that the widely used tactic can lead to a bad diet in adulthood, low self-esteem, comfort-eating and eating disorders, while it will also teach children to use food as a “source of solace” which fills an emotional void, reports the Age.
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Nagpur, Feb 28: Zimbabwean wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu hit 98 on Monday to help his side thrash Canada by 175 runs in their World Cup Group A encounter at Nagpur’s Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. Zimbabwe scored 298-9 in their 50 overs after winning the toss and choosing to bat, while Canada was all out for 123 in 42.1 overs.
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Washington, Feb.28 : Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, who ruined many people, has claimed that the people he scammed were greedy and thinks that he is the one people should feel sorry for. He said that hiding the whole billion-dollar scheme secret from his family was a major burden.
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New Delhi, Feb 28 : Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday proposed to allocate a sum of Rs. 200 crore from the National Clean Energy Fund as Centre’s contribution in 2011-12 for launching environmental pollution remediation programmes.
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London, Feb 28 : Actress Rosario Dawson was photographed grabbing actor Paul Rudd’s crotch while he in turn grabbed actress Eva Mendes’ right breast at the Spirit Awards. It all started when Rudd, 41, and Mendes, 36, arrived at the podium to present the Best Screenplay prize at the bash held to honour independent filmmakers, the Sun reported.
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