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Gadkari calls upon automobile manufacturer to develop eco-friendly vehicle
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and MSME Nitin Gadkari called upon the automobile manufacturers to produce eco-friendly vehicles that can utilize the agro-based fuels produced from bio-mass agricultural-based like paddy straw (Parali), etc.
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B'luru flat fraud case: ED attaches agricultural land worth Rs 7 crore in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday provisionally attached an immovable property in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri district in connection with a money-laundering probe into an alleged flat buyers' cheating case in Bengaluru.
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Delhi Minister writes to Paswan over supply of onions by NAFED
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 28 (ANI): Delhi Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday wrote to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan requesting him to direct National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) to continue supplying of onions at Rs 15.60 per kilogram in the national capit
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Kavlekar invites traders in Doha to invest in Goa's agriculture projects
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Nov 23 (ANI): Goa Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Babu Kavlekar has invited Goan Business Community residing in the Gulf country to invest in agricultural projects in his state.
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Rajasthan: Woman beaten up in Barmer for grazing cattle in field
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): A woman was allegedly beaten by her family members for grazing cattle in the agricultural land in Barmer district of Rajasthan on Friday.
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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, 3 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, 3 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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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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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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Nirmala Sitharaman says Centre committed to growth of farmers, urges state
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Central Government is committed to rural development and has put farmer's upliftment on a larger map.
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