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India's first 'Kisan Rail' flagged off from Maharashtra's Devlali for Patn
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Agricultural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday flagged off India's first "Kisan Rail" from Devlali in Maharashtra's Nashik at 11 am on Friday for Danapur in Bihar's capital Patna via video conferencing.
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Looking forward to start exciting journey in incredible India: new Israel
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 7 (ANI): India and Israel have so much in common from Hi-Tech sectors to shared agricultural challenges to the challenge of coronavirus, said newly-appointed Israel Embassy spokesperson, Muhamed Heib, adding that he is looking forward to work on these issues with in
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Vice President calls for reorienting agricultural priorities towards more
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday highlighted the need to constantly review the country's food, agriculture and trade policies according to the times. He also called for reorienting agricultural priorities towards more nutrition-sensitive food.
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Engineering testing lab ensures quality machinery for farmers in J-K
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, has set up an agriculture engineering testing lab for the testing of agriculture machinery at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAS
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Punjab Youth Congress to hold dharnas on August 4 against 'anti-farmer' or
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The Punjab Youth Congress is set to hold statewide dharnas on August 4 to oppose the recently promulgated agricultural ordinances, which it termed as "anti-farmer."
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J-K: Construction of road connecting Kathua to NH 44 resumed
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 31 (ANI): Construction of a road connecting Kathua district here to National Highway 44 was resumed in Jammu and Kashmir after a two months hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rajana Gupta, Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department (Roads
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Locust control operations carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Raja
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Locust control operations have been carried out at 37 places in 11 districts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana during the night of July 30, and have so far covered over 4.56 hectares in 10 states, a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfa
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Chhattisgarh: 3 arrested for chopping up, burying elephant 5 yrs ago
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Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 28 (ANI): Three villagers have been arrested for chopping up and burying an elephant which was electrocuted to death, over almost five years ago, and attempting to sell its teeth recently, police said. The tusker had died after coming in contact with
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India needs infrastructure push, sustained increase in farm incomes: RBI
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New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday called for stepping up investments in the infrastructure sector and focus on the management of surplus agricultural produce to kickstart the economy reeling under the impact of COVID-19 crisis.
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Alliance for Agri Innovation celebrates 25 years of growing GM crops
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI), a special interest group of Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) celebrates 25 years of planting biotech crops globally.
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Wazir Advisors announces the launch of Agriculture, Dairy and Food Process
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Wazir Advisors, one of India's leading management consulting firms focused on the apparel, textiles, consumer goods and skilling sectors, today announced the launch of its Agriculture, Dairy and Food Processing vertical.
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Punjab Govt to start rejuvenation project of polluted Buddha Nullah in Lud
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 26 (ANI): The Punjab Government will start a rejuvenation project for the polluted Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana next month, Ludhiana Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu said.
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