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Govt raises onion buffer stock target for 2023-24 to 3 lakh tonne
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The central government will maintain 3 lakh tonne onion in the 2023-24 season as buffer stock, Union food minister Piyush Goyal informed Parliament On Wednesday.
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92 Eco-Sensitive Zones, 2 Ecologically Sensitive Areas notified in 13 stat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"As part of the wildlife conservation strategy, in the year 2002, it was decided that an area around each protected area requires to be notified as Eco-Sensitive Zone for creating a buffer as further protection around Protected Areas (PAs)," he added.
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Gratitude has stress-busting effects: Research
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers from Irish universities carried out a study with 68 adults and found that gratitude has a unique stress-buffering effect on both reactions to and recovery from acute psychological stress, which can contribute to the improvement of cardiovascular health.
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Govt to offload 30 lakh tonne wheat in open markets to contain rising pric
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
To address the rising price of wheat and its derivative wheat flour in the country, the Group of Ministers headed by Home Minister Amit Shah met today and discussed the buffer stock position of the foodgrain.
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Amid development and climate change, forests can help manage water: Resear
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In areas near Raleigh projected to see heavier future development, keeping buffers of trees or other greenery around waterways could help slow rushing streams during wet conditions, and keep them flowing during dry ones. However, North Carolina State University researchers behind a recent st
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Forests can help manage water amid development, climate change: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In areas near Raleigh projected to see heavier future development, keeping buffers of trees or other greenery around waterways could help slow rushing streams during wet conditions, and keep them flowing during dry ones. However, North Carolina State University researchers behind a recent st
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Uttarakhand: CBRI team reaches Joshimath to analyse damage caused to build
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"The hotels and houses affected by the land subsidence have been identified. Buildings in the unsafe zone have been vacated and civilians are also being shifted from the buffer zone. Scientists from CBRI Roorkee have been called in to demolish these buildings. The team of CBRI will reach
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Nicosia thanks New Delhi for supporting UN's mandate on Cyprus issue
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Cyprus on Thursday thanked India for supporting the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), wherein Security Council expressed concern over unauthorized activities in the buffer zone separating Greek and Turkish communities in the northern and southern regions o
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Kerala: Govt decides to publish proposed map of ecologically sensitive are
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Kerala government decided to publish the proposed map of an ecologically sensitive area after a high-level meeting on Tuesday.
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"Rs 2.5 lakh crore bonanza conferred on corporate sector, still they are n
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Chidambaram also asked about infrastructure being built by China along the LAC on its side and said if buffer zones along LAC meant that Indian forces cannot patrol to the earlier points.
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Kerala Govt cheating farmers over buffer zone issue: Cong
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
ccusing the Kerala Government of cheating the farmers over the issue of buffer zones along the protected areas, Senior Congress Leader Ramesh Chennithala on Monday said that the Kerala Government is taking a hypocritic stand on the issue.
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Govt says sufficient foodgrain stocks under central pool
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a statement from the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, about 159 lakh million tonne (lmt) of wheat will be available as on January 1, 2023, which is well above the buffer norm requirement of 138 lmt of January 1. As on December 12 2022, around 182 lmt o
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