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Research shows that property values rise with the proximity to protected green space. (University of Georgia 2003) The economic impact of agriculture in Hillsborough County (Tampa) is the same as having a Super Bowl each month of the year. (Economic Ste [...]

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The first-ever annual employment survey by the Labour Bureau under the Union Ministry of Labour points to a “jobless economic growth” last fiscal year. During the bureau’s survey period 2009-10 — also the year in which India’s gross domestic pro [...]

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Interesting Facts about India India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization) [...]

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National Nutrition Month 2011 The theme for March 2011 is "Eat Right with Color." National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. The campaign focuses attent [...]

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High prices of food items, especially onions, led to a sharp spike in India's annual food inflation to 18.32 percent for the week ended Dec 25, compared to 14.44 percent the week before. The fifth straight week of rise in food inflation rate, based on who [...]

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PM says economy may grow 9-10 percent from 2011/12 The economy is likely to grow between 9 and 10 percent from the next fiscal year that starts from April 1, after growing 8.5 percent in the current fiscal year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Satur [...]

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