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Here's how Bamboo is bringing development in Jharkhand
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Bamboo which is known as green gold is a strong, profitable, renewable as well as environment-friendly crop that can be easily grown for various purposes. Bamboo is also considered to be the most durable material on earth.
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Kejriwal urges Punjab, Haryana CMs to take urgent action on crop stubble b
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday wrote to his counterparts in Punjab, Haryana, and the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar urging them to take urgent action on the issue of crop stubble burning.
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Non-Muslims not allowed to rent, purchase property in Karachi's posh areas
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Sept 25 (ANI): In yet another case of religious intolerance in Pakistan, notices have cropped up in various affluent localities of the financial capital Karachi which asked people not to rent or sell their property to non-Muslims.
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Kharif foodgrain production estimated at 140.57 million tonnes in 2019-20
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): India's Kharif foodgrain production in the 2019-20 crop year is estimated at 140.57 million tonnes, which is 8.44 million tonnes more than the average foodgrain production of the previous five years.
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Varanasi: Rise in water level of Ganga in village Ramna ruins crop
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi [Uttar Pradesh], Sept 22 (ANI): The rise in the water level for a week in the river Ganga has started devastating the crops in village Ramna in the ongoing Kharif season.
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Odisha: Herd of wild elephants wreaks havoc in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj/ Keonjhar (Odisha) Sept 22 (ANI): A herd of wild elephants have been wreaking havoc in Odisha's Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts causing 20 deaths and damage to several houses and crops in the past few months.
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UP farmers begin march towards Kisan Ghat in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): A large group of farmers from various parts of Uttar Pradesh started their march on Saturday morning from Sector 69, Noida, towards Kisan Ghat in New Delhi, over their demands of payment of sugarcane crop dues, full loan waiver and making elec
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States should take advantage of favourable weather conditions for better R
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said on Friday that a record 285 million tonnes production of food grains has been achieved so far and urged the states to take advantage of favorable weather conditions for better produ
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Monsoon fury: Onion prices surge in Delhi, Bihar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): The retail price of onion shot up to Rs 70 per kilogram in the capital on Friday due to a reduced supply of the crop owing to incessant rains and floods in many parts of the country.
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Chhattisgarh: Villagers install elephant statue to keep pachyderms from de
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): In order to prevent elephants from wreaking havoc in their fields and destroying crops, villagers here have installed a statue of an elephant near their farms with a firm belief that it will ward off the herd from devouring their crops.
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Rajasthan govt declares 40 villages in 4 districts as "lacking"
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Sept 18 (ANI): The Rajasthan government has issued a notification declaring 40 villages in four districts of the state as "lacking" taking into account the amount of damage to crops owing to heavy rains.
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NCLT approves merger of Monsanto India with Bayer CropScience
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): German chemical and pharma major Bayer AG has said that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the merger plan of its subsidiary with biotech company Monsanto India Ltd.
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