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North India continues to face cold wave conditions, respite unlikely this
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Severe cold witnessed in several parts of North India is likely to continue for the next few days, with several parts of the national capital recording two to three-degree drop in temperature on Wednesday.
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Punjab teacher cycles 225 km to join farmers' protest at Tikri border
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Manoj Kumar, who is employed as a teacher in a government school in Punjab's Sangrur district, cycled 225 kilometres to reach Delhi's Tikri border on Monday to express solidarity with the farmers who have been protesting the agricultural laws for over a m
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Fifty pc subsidy on transportation of fruits, vegetables on Kisan Rail
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): The Government of India said on Monday that Kisan Rail has bolstered fast transportation of agricultural produce across the country by providing a seamless supply chain of perishable produce and providing 50 per cent subsidy on transportation of fruits a
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'Debate with farmer leaders in public on new laws':At Singhu protest site,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday visited Singhu border where thousands of farmers have been protesting against the new agricultural laws and threw a challenge to Central government leaders to an open debate with farmer leaders on the far
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MSP will continue, no one can take away land from farmers: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday assured that farmers that the minimum support price (MSP) for their agricultural produce and mandis will continue and asserted that no one can take away land from farmers.
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Goa CM appeals to farming community to promote organic farming
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 26 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday appealed to the farming community to accelerate and promote organic farming in the state resulting in the best quality of agricultural produce that would boost the state's economy.
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Time has come for 'Brand India' to establish itself in global agricultural
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that time has come for "Brand India" to establish itself in the agricultural markets of the world with equal prestige.
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Security forces deployed at Delhi's Ghazipur border
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Security forces have been deployed at Delhi's Ghazipur border on Friday in view of farmers' protest against the new agricultural laws.
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Farmers' protest: If laws were changed by blocking roads, country would go
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): As the farmers have decided to continue their protest until the government repeals three agricultural laws, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tarkishore Prasad said that if laws were changed by blocking roads, the country would go into a "mode of anarchy".
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Central govt not respecting farmers: Pinarayi Vijayan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): As farmers' protest against the Centre's agricultural reforms entered their 28th day on Wednesday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the BJP-led Central government for not 'respecting' the 'annadata'.
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Virtual buyer-seller meet held to boost India-Thailand agri-food trade
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], December 22 (ANI): In a move to boost the exports of India's agricultural and processed food products, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in collaboration with the Indian Embassy in Thailand, organised a virtual Buyer Seller Mee
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At Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia, Tomar says farm acts envisa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the three farm acts brought by the central government are the biggest agricultural reforms in the country so far which will benefit farmers and strengthen Indian agriculture which is the bac
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