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COVID-19: Maharashtra CM asks universities to find ways to end uncertainty
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 31 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday directed vice-chancellors of non-agricultural universities in the state to find out ways to end uncertainty over holding examinations for the delayed academic session.
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Jagan Mohan Reddy launches Rythu Bharosa Kendras for farmers across Andhra
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 30 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday launched Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) for supplying seeds, fertilizers, etc to agriculture, aquaculture, and horticulture farmers across the State.
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Harsimrat Kaur Badal seeks probe into intra-State seed scam
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 30 (ANI): Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has urged Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh to depute a central team to Punjab to conduct an impartial probe into the intra-State seed scam.
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Locals in Kanpur's rural areas beat utensils to prevent locust attack
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): Locals in rural areas of Kanpur are beating utensils and drums in their agricultural fields as a precautionary measure to ward off locusts.
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4 rakes of agricultural products despatched to Bangladesh: South Central R
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Telangana], May 29 (ANI): Four rakes of essential agricultural products including dry chillies, turmeric and ginger have been successfully loaded and despatched from different stations of the zone to Bangladesh, said South Central Railway (SCR).
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Himachal issues high alert in some districts against probable locust attac
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 29 (ANI): A high alert has been issued in Kangra, Una, Bilaspur and Solan districts after massive swarms of desert locust have been reported destroying crops in adjoining states and that may spread to Himachal Pradesh, Director of Agriculture Dr RK Koun
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Around 50 per cent locust swarms killed in Maharashtra, says state agricul
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dada Bhuse on Thursday informed that around 50 per cent locust swarms were killed in the state by the agriculture department.
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India to get 15 sprayers from Britain to control locust attack
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): In a bid to control the locust attack in the country, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that 15 sprayers will arrive from Britain in the next 15 days.
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Govt plans to declare locust swarm attacks as natural disaster: MP Agricul
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 28 (ANI): The state Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel on Thursday said that the government is planning to declare the locust swarm attacks as natural disaster, following a survey on the losses accrued to them.
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Locust control operations stepped up: Union Agriculture Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Wednesday informed that locust control operations have been stepped up in affected states to combat the menace.
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AP Dy CM Srinivas inspects site for Medical College in Machilipatnam
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister (Health) Alla Kalikrishna Srinivas on Wednesday inspected a site for a Medical College at Agriculture Research Institute in Machilipatnam.
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Pakistan new breeding ground of locusts: Agriculture department Rajasthan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 26 (ANI): Pakistan has become a new breeding ground of locusts, entering Rajasthan from adjoining areas in Pakistan, said BR Kadwa, deputy director of the agriculture department.
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