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Amit Shah announces 47-member panel for drafting cooperation policy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced the constitution of a national level committee for drafting of the national cooperation policy document.
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Purple Revolution in J-K brings laurels for farmers
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 4 (ANI): The Lavender Revolution has brought laurels to the farmers in Jammu and Kashmir while covering the whole region purple.
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Balochistan minister rejects PKR 10 billion grant from Pak govt, says "gra
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Balochistan Agriculture Minister Mir Asadullah Baloch on Friday rejected the Rs 10 billion grant announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the rehabilitation of flood victims in the province saying that the grant was nothing compared to the lo
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No eligible farmers should be deprived of PM-Kisan benefits: Union Agri Mi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar during a virtual meeting with the agriculture ministers of the States said that no eligible farmer should be deprived of the benefits of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) sche
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Wheat output in India, second largest grower, rises 1,000 pc since Green R
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): India's wheat production increased almost 1,000 per cent in the past 6 decades - thanks to the Green Revolution of the 1960s.
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NABARD allocates Rs 230 crore for rural infra projects in Mizoram
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], August 29 (ANI): National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has approved an allocation of Rs 230 crore for rural infrastructure projects in Mizoram.
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Trust Nature uniting forest and farming; Athachi wins 'Makers of India-Swa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): Athachi Group, a Palakkad-based group focused on natural farming, has won the 'Makers of India-Swadesh Samman' award at the Swadesh Conclave, in celebration of 75 years of Independence. This is in recognition of the Athachi Group's Trust Nature
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Scientists warn of frequent, intense heatwaves, drought in China due to cl
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 27 (ANI): Amid the severe heatwave and drought on the Chinese mainland, which has severely affected the agriculture sector putting the harvest under "severe threat," scientists have warned that more frequent and intense heatwaves may grip China due to climate change.
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Diversify agriculture towards energy, power sectors: Gadkari
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 27 (ANI): Over-production of sugar is a problem for the economy and thus there is a need to diversify the use of some agricultural produce for the generation of energy and power, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Saturda
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US donates 3,000 metric tons of food to feed Sri Lankan school children
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 27 (ANI): The United States through the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and in partnership with Save the Children, donated 320 metric tons of split yellow peas as a part of 3,000 metric tons of food to nourish school children across Sri Lanka.
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CropLife India Pioneers Farmers' Education Drive on Chili Thrips Managemen
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): CropLife India, an association of 16 R&D driven crop science companies, and the leading voice of the plant science industry in India, pioneered a farmers' education drive on Chili Thrips Management in Andhra Pradesh.
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Leading agriculture technology platform, Harvesting Farmer Network (HFN),
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], August 26 (ANI/PRNewswire): Harvesting Farmer Network (HFN), a leading agriculture technology platform in India, has raised USD 4 million from Social Capital, a Silicon Valley-based technology investment firm managed by Chamath Palihapitiya. This is the first institutiona
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