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Alliance for Agri Innovation celebrates 25 years of growing GM crops
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI), a special interest group of Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) celebrates 25 years of planting biotech crops globally.
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Andhra: YSRCP leader alleges party MLA of destroying his crop
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): Former YSRCP president of Andhra Pradesh's Narasaraopet mandal, Sankar Yadav, on Sunday alleged that party MLA Gopireddy Srinivas Reddy and his aides have destroyed 2.5 acres of subabul (fast-growing tree), causing Rs 5 lakh loss to him.
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Bharti Axa bags Rs 800 cr insurance mandate from Maharashtra, Karnataka go
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Bharti Axa General Insurance said on Friday the company has received Rs 800 crore worth crop insurance mandate from the state governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka to insure their farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
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Haryana govt makes PMFBY voluntary for farmers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], July 24 (ANI): The Haryana government has announced that getting insurance of crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the state will now depend entirely on farmers' wish, an official release said.
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Over 24 lakh people in 24 districts affected by Assam floods, says ASDMA
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): The floods in Assam have affected 24 districts, causing damages to 1,09,600.53 hectares of crop area and affecting over 24 lakh people in the state.
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Cloudburst in Uttarakhand village, crops damaged
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand) [India], July 17 (ANI): Cloudburst and heavy rains wreaked havoc in Kansari village in the Kedarnath valley on Friday.
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Assam: Locals protest poor condition of Dibrugarh road, sow paddy on it
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], July 17 (ANI): Locals on Thursday took to sowing paddy crop on a muddy road in Dibrugarh's Chabua to protest against its poor condition and to seek urgent government intervention.
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Climate change will cause more extreme wet, dry seasons: Study
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
South Carolina [USA], July 14 (ANI): According to a new study, the world can expect more rainfall as the climate changes. It can also expect more water to evaporate, complicating efforts to manage reservoirs and irrigate crops in a growing world.
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Decision to promote crop diversification has got boost with court judgment
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], July 11 (ANI): Haryana government said on Friday that its decision to promote crop diversification and encouraging the farmers to shift from water-guzzling crops to water-efficient crops has got a major boost by a decision of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Locust control operations carried out in more than 2.75 lakh hectares area
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Locust control operations were carried out in more than 2.75 lakh hectares area in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Haryana and Bihar from April 11 till July 6, 2020, according to the Union Min
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Rajasthan: Locusts destroy crops in Dholpur
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dholpur (Rajasthan) [India], July 7 (ANI): Locust swarms on Monday attacked Sarmathura area of Dholpur district in Rajasthan, creating panic among farmers.
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Poster attacking RJD's Tejashwi Yadav crops up in Patna on party's 24th Fo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 5 (ANI): A poster war has broken out between the ruling Janata Dal (United) and its main opposition in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) an example of which was visible on the streets of Patna on Sunday.
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