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Vice President inaugurates Bengaluru Tech Summit 2021; calls for technolo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 18 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday urged scientists, technocrats and entrepreneurs to come out with new ideas and innovations to create knowledge wealth and economic wealth for the progress of humanity and betterment of society.
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Central funds not properly utilized during previous Left regime: Narendra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 17 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday expressed his disappointment over the previous Left Front government in Tripura and said that the Central government's funds released for the state's development were not properly used
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Ministry of Agriculture backed Startup IG Drones is helping farmers to boo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI/Target Media): The RAFTAAR Scheme since its inception has empowered several startups in India including IG Drones - India's Leading Enterprise Drone Solution Provider, for its agri-tech solution that operates at scale and focuses on lowering farming costs.
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Disciplinary action will be initiated against officials involved in malpra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 13 (ANI): Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha on Saturday said that disciplinary action would be initiated against those officials who were allegedly involved in malpractices in Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) supply.
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World food import bill to reach record high in 2021
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI): The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said the global food trade should hit an all-time record high in both volume and value terms.
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Cong govt moves resolution against Centre's farm laws in Punjab Assembly
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 11 (ANI): Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha moved a resolution against the Centre's three farm laws in Punjab Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
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75 nutrition smart villages will strengthen India's campaign against malnu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday announced the "Nutrition Smart Village" programme to reach out to 75 villages across India with the objective of promoting nutritional awareness, education and behavioural change in rural ar
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UAE endorses policy action agenda for transition to sustainable food and a
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 10 (ANI/WAM): Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, announced the UAE's endorsement of the Policy Action Agenda for Transition to Sustainable Food and Agriculture, at a high-level event on 'Accelerating a just rural transition t
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Farmer who conserved, preserved medicinal plants gets ICAR award
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], November 9 (ANI): A 64-year-old farmer from Manchale village in Sagar Taluk of Shivamogga district has been selected for the National Genome Saviour award this year for conserving more than 200 medicinal plants and preserving 30 varieties in his small agricult
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'Seed Mother' Rahibai Soma Popere honoured with Padma Shri award
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Rahibai Soma Popere, a tribal farmer, received the Padma Shri Award, in the field of agriculture, from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.
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Haryana officials visit farms to douse stubble fires in fields, create awa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kaithal (Haryana) [India], November 6 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture Department officials on Saturday visited farms to douse off fires set to stubble piled up in fields in Kaithal and also create awareness about the hazards of stubble burning and government schemes in this regard.
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For first time in J-K, Modi govt promoting agri start-ups for youth: Union
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday said that concerted and technology-based effort has been made to promote the agriculture sector for young start-ups in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time in the last few years under the leadership of Prime Mini
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