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PM Modi speech on 73rd Independence Day: Key Highlights
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Delivering an inspiring and 92-minutes long speech from the ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of 73rd Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday touched upon a wide variety of subjects including abrogation of Article 370, terrorism, corr
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French envoy confers Indian chef with Chevalier de I'Ordre
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): French Ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler on Monday conferred Indian chef Priyam Chatterjee with the distinction of Chevalier de I'Ordre du Merite Agricole, also known as the Order of Agricultural Merit.
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Maharashtra floods: 40,000 trucks struck, 1 lakh hectares of agricultural
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta informed that nearly 40,000 trucks are stuck on National Highway-4 and approximately 1 lakh hectares of agricultural land is affected due to flood.
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China suspends purchase of US farm products after Trump's tariffs
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 6 (ANI): China on Tuesday announced that its firms have suspended purchases of US agricultural products nearly a week after President Donald Trump announced his decision to slap additional tariffs on Chinese exports.
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Rajasthan govt waives off short-term agricultural farm loans of over Rs 7,
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 26 (ANI): Cooperative Minister Udayalal Awjana on Friday said that the Rajasthan government has waived short term loans of Rs 7,179 crores of state farmers.
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Average monthly income per agricultural household is less than Rs 6,500, s
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The average monthly income per agricultural household from all sources is less than Rs. 6,500, said Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday.
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Researchers develop eco-friendly process to remove pollutants from water
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Researchers developed a wastewater treatment process that uses a common agricultural byproduct to effectively remove pollutants and environmental hormones, known as endocrine disruptors.
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Bihar floods: Agri Minister Prem Kumar to hold emergency meeting in Madhub
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Madhubani (Bihar) [India], July 19 (ANI): Bihar Agricultural Minister Prem Kumar has called an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the flood situation in the state.
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Chief Ministers call for radical reforms to transform agriculture sector
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Several chief ministers on Thursday called for radical reforms to transform agricultural sector with massive thrust on private investments, technological interventions and robust marketing infrastructure across the country.
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Congress member seeks reduction in GST on fertilisers, tractors
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 16 (ANI): Congress member Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday accused the government of paying "lip service" to the cause of farmers and said GST on fertilisers and agriculture machinery should either be reduced to zero or brought in the lowest slab.
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MP: 4 children dead, 1 rescued after they drown in Mandla
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mandla (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): Of the five children drowned in a flooded agricultural field in Bichhiya, four of them lost their lives here on Sunday.
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CCEA approves PMGSY-III to improve road linkages with rural markets, schoo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the launch of the third phase of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to improve road linkages in rural areas for faster movement to facilities such as Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), schools a
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