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Metal pollution poses new danger to corals in warming oceans: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 20 (ANI): Agricultural runoff, especially the metal copper and marine plant leaching from boat hulls pose as an emerging threat to Coral Sea fans in the waters around Puerto Rico.
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Pilot study on Zero Budget Natural Farming initiated at 4 locations: Naren
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Union Agricultural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said that a study on Evaluation of Zero Budget Natural Farming practices in Basmati/ coarse rice-wheat system from Rabi Season 2017 has been initiated at 4 locations.
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A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural aban
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 19 (ANI): Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new research.
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UP: Official runs over vegetables in Naveen Mandi, put on 'waiting for pos
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Days after an official vehicle of the Mandi Secretary in Hapur allegedly ran over farm produce during an anti-encroachment drive, the State Agricultural Produce Market Board on Monday put the officer concerned on "waiting for posting order".
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All ministers in BJP-JJP govt in Haryana are 'crorepatis': ADR
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): All 12 ministers in the BJP-JJP coalition government in Haryana are crorepatis with Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Jai Prakash Dalal having highest assets of over Rs 76 crore and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chuatala having assets of over Rs 74
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Punjab: Rs 19.09 cr compensation to 29,343 farmers for not burning paddy r
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has so far disbursed over Rs 19.09 crore to 29,343 non-basmati paddy cultivating small and marginal farmers from across the state, who have not burnt the paddy residue.
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Chhattisgarh CM urges Centre to procure rice from state for central pool
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 15 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday met Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Food Minister Ramvilas Paswan in New Delhi and urged them to procure rice from Chhattisgarh for the central pool.
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U'khand: Governor urges GB Pant University of Agriculture to take strict a
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya urged the Vice-Chancellor of G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar to take strict action in the case, where a girl student complained against her warden.
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9 people dead, over 15 lakh hectares of farmland damaged due to 'Bulbul':
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Nine people have lost their lives while more than 15 lakh hectares of agricultural land and five lakh houses have been destroyed due to cyclone Bulbul that caused widespread damage to West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday.
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Sharad Pawar reviews crop damage due to unseasonal rains in Nagpur
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday visited Nagpur in Maharashtra to take stock of crops damage caused due to unseasonal rains.
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Turkish birds imported to boost poultry farming in Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): In a bid to boost poultry farming in Kashmir, the scientists of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) have imported Turkey to distribute among farmers and train them in its farming.
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Chhattisgarh CM to meet President Kovind, Agri Minister over procurement o
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in the national capital on Thursday over procurement of paddy and rice.
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