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Title: UK funds food security, solar energy projects in India
Source:The Hindustan Times
Date:24 July 2017

Research projects related to a “second green revolution”, cheap eye tests for diabetes patients and solar energy in India are among several international projects for which funding worth £225 million has been announced by Britain’s apex research body. Considered one of the most ambitious international research programmes, the RCUK (Global Challenges Research Fund of the Research Councils UK) supports projects in the range of £2 million to £8 million over four years. The projects involve experts from India and Britain. The £225 million has been invested in 37 interdisciplinary projects to address challenges in fields such as health, humanitarian crises, conflict, the environment, the economy, domestic violence, society and technology in various countries, RCUK said,




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