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Farmers complain of fake paddy seeds in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Paddy farmers in Machilipatnam, Guduru, and surrounding villages on Monday approached 'Spandana', the grievance redressal cell of state government, complaining that they got some "fake" seeds in the lieu of paddy seeds resulting in loss of their
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Haryana Minister assures help to farmers witnessing crop damage due to uns
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Haryana Cooperation, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare Minister, Dr Banwari Lal on Sunday assured the farmers of all possible help in the wake of crop damage due to unseasonal rain and hailstorm in Rewari district.
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Emphasis on new crop technologies to boost India's climate action - Dr Shi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bushfires in summers are not uncommon for the people living in Australia. But what they witnessed this year was a mega-blaze, burning over five million hectares of land and claiming human lives.
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Chhattisgarh: Denied procurement due to lack of gunny bags, farmers protes
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kawardha (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Scores of farmers in Kawardha district are holding a protest outside the premises of some district collectorate officer over the alleged mismanagement in paddy procurement centers.
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Cabinet nod to revamp Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has has approved the revamping of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) to address the existing challenges in the implementation of Crop Insurance Schemes.
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'Nayak 2 is Back Again' -Filmy poster at the venue of Kerjiwal's swearing-
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the Delhi government at the Ramlila Maidan here, creative posters have cropped up in support of the Aam Admi party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is set to take oath as chief minister for the third consecutive time.
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Himachal govt committed to double farmers income by 2022, says CM Jai Ram
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday said the focus of the state government is to empower farmers organisations and Self Help Groups (SHGs) in order to double the farmers' income by 2022.
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Annual Chilly Mela at Hubli kicks off
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka)[India], Feb 8 (ANI): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and Karnataka state minister Jagadish Shettar on Saturday inaugurated the 'chilly mela' (fair) here, organised by the government to help the chilly farmers of the state market their crops.
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Govt announces formula for fixing MSP for paddy and wheat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday that government has fixed minimum support prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated crops including paddy, wheat for every agricultural year fair & remunerative pr
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Locust-hit Barmer farmers stage protest, demand special relief package
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan ) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Gudamalani of Rajasthan's Barmer district on Wednesday held a day-long demonstration, demanding compensation for their crops lost in the locust attack.
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Pak declares national emergency to combat locusts
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 3 (ANI): The Pakistan government has declared a national emergency to combat swarms of desert locusts destroying crops on a large scale in the eastern province of Punjab, local media reported.
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LGBTQI community stoked about new crop of emojis
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): The LGBTQI community is completely stoked as Apple is expected to bring in a new batch of around 117 emojis.
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