For Valio, 2018 was variable. The global milk market supply exceeded demand, which reflected in the prices for both Finnish and export sales. We continued to see moderate growth in our turnover, and we launched completely new categories during the year. We continued our sustainability work throughout the supply chain, and we initiated partnerships in […]
By Dr. Rachna Pande As technology has rapidly progressed in the past (odd 60 to 70 years), chemicals are being extensively used in industry, agriculture and even homes. They have been beneficial in multiple ways, but now more and more health hazards are also being linked to these chemicals by scientific studies. The most common […]
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May’s time as Conservative Party leader ended Friday, not with a bang but a whimper. May, who announced her departure two weeks ago after her career was undone by the Brexit mess, formally stepped down in a private exchange of letters with the party, leaving almost a dozen […]
By Masara Kim Soon after the Nigerian government denied having a N100 billion deal with Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) to end armed banditry in the country, sister body of the local nomadic Fulani group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore confirmed demanding the amount from the government. Mr Saleh Alhassan, the Secretary of the MAKH […]
Uses Unconventional Water Resources To Address Water Need The United Nations examines that if the global untenable anxiety on water resources across the world continues, poverty-stricken and marginalized populations will be excessively affected. Hence, the international body in its recent summit provides evidence of the need to adapt approaches, in both policy and practice, to […]
When the Niger Delta Biodiversity Conservation programme was launched by the UNDP in 2014, having Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers as principal states in the Niger Delta to enjoy the programme, little did many believe that the programme would earnestly help in protecting the region’s flora and fauna that were almost heading to extinction. […]
By Dr. Rachna Pande “Ego”, as per dictionary means perception of self in relation to outside. As per famous psychologist Sigmund Freud, it is a component of the mind with which one relates to others. The word “ego” simply means exaggerated, grand, opinion of self. If that remains limited to one’s mind, fine. But when […]
Dr. Rachna Pande She was a young woman of 36 years old, coming to consult for an ulcer on the genitals which was persistent for almost a year now. I demanded that her husband be brought here for counseling as he was the most likely source for transmitting this infection. The information which I got […]
The environment and the atmosphere in Buguma in Kalabari of Rivers State look modish, mist and film. The natives are fertile in their cultures and traditions without any pretense in upholding them, especially the Owu-Aru-Sun festival held every twenty years, with marine spirits prying as masquerades. The people have fishing as their primordial enterprise, while […]
The World Bank, an agency of the United Nations, has through its Climate Business Plan (ACBP) spent billions of dollars to help Africa stay out of climate change risks before 2030 and 2050, when global warming was conjectured to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius, ODIMEGWU ONWUMERE writes There was apprehension all over the world at a […]