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India, Angola hold first joint commission meeting, agree to diversify trad
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 07 (ANI): India and Angola on Monday had a first Joint Commission Meeting during which the two sides agreed to diversify their trade relationship and held discussions over cooperation in health, pharmaceuticals, defence, agriculture, food processing, digitization
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Rs 4,688 crore to be given to MP farmers for damage due to floods
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 6 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Minister Kamal Patel on Sunday said that Rs 4,688 crore would be given to 20 lakh farmers who had been affected by floods caused by heavy monsoon rains on September 16 under the Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Sc
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Tripura CM praises farmer who cultivates watermelon in offseason
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mitai (Tripura) [India], September 4 (ANI): Bhabendra Debnath, a local farmer in the Mitai village of West Tripura cultivated watermelon in offseason, earning praise from Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb who visited all the way from Agartala to this place to meet this farmer.
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Naveen Patnaik holds review meeting over COVID-19, flood situation in Odis
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 4 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the COVID-19 situation in Odisha with senior government officials and emphasised upon creation of livelihood opportunities in different economic sectors such as agriculture, industries and infrastructu
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Global food prices rise in August on firm demand: FAO
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Sep 3 (ANI): Global food prices rose for the third consecutive month in August influenced by generally firmer demand and a weaker US dollar, according to a report released on Thursday by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
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Favourable weather, new varieties of trees improve almond quality in Kashm
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 3 (ANI): A favourable weather and new varieties of trees improved the quality of almonds in Budgam district. Although, the production of almond fruit crops is lower this year than the previous ones but is expected to help growers to get a good re
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Deadline to pay PM crop insurance premium must be extended till Sept 7 in
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 2 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel has demanded to extend the last date of paying the premium for crops insurance scheme -- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to September 7 in 15 districts of the state which have been affected b
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Syngenta led initiative to help farmers sell their produce generates Rs 4.
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 2 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Syngenta India, a leading agriculture company, launched a series of national-level CSR interventions and support programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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GDP shrinks by 23.9 pc in Q1, worst economic contraction in four decades
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): The Indian economy contracted by 23.9 per cent in the April to June quarter (Q1 FY21), marking the first contraction in more than 40 years as COVID-19 pandemic compressed consumer demand and private investments, government data showed on Monday.
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India controlled spread of locust swarms using modern technologies: PM Mod
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country has controlled the spread of locust swarms using modern technologies like drones.
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Rural demand to support economic recovery but cannot substitute for urban
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): As the share of agriculture in India's gross value added is about 17 per cent, rural demand at best can extend support to consumption demand but cannot be a substitute for urban demand, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said on Friday.
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NABARD should assist in setting up of SEZs, Food Processing Units: Telanga
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday said that there is a need to shun the negative attitude related to agriculture and asked National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to regulate farming to achieve country's aim of
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