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Flipkart's Big Billion Days Takes Outdoor Innovation to New Heights. Liter
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 22: Where most brands compete for space on crowded billboards, Flipkart has claimed the skies. In a first-of-its-kind out-of-home (OOH) innovation in India, Flipkart has transformed vast farmlands near Bengaluru and Kanpur airports into giant crop-cir
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Pakistan: Punjab curbs wheat movement, launches geotagging to avert crisis
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Punjab has imposed wheat movement restrictions and launched geotagging of stocks to prevent shortages after floods destroyed crops, Dawn reported. Authorities cracked down on hoarding, boosting flour mill reserves and lowering wheat prices from PKR 3,800 to PKR 3,000 per 40kg, as protests er
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Pakistan: Feudal landlord cripples young camel for drinking water from his
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A feudal landlord in Sindh's Saleh Pat area allegedly subjected a young female camel to brutal torture after it strayed into his farmland in search of water and damaged crops
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"330 bridges washed away, over 1,500 km roads destroyed": J-K CM Omar Abdu
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
J-K CM Omar Abdullah said he would urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce an adequate relief package during his visit, citing widespread losses to lives, roads, bridges, crops, and government infrastructure from recent floods and yatras.
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Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar inspects flood-affected areas in Punjab's
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday visited the flood-affected areas in Punjab's Ajnala. During his visit, he interacted with the locals and reviewed the crop losses due to the floods.
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Will spare no effort in providing assistance to farmers: Union Minister Sh
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday visited the flood-affected areas in Jammu to assess the crop losses faced by the farmers. He said that the central government will spare no effort in providing assistance to the farmers.
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Punjab sanctions over 15,500 crop residue management machines, Super Seede
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a major step towards promoting sustainable agriculture and curbing stubble burning, the Punjab Government has sanctioned 15,613 Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines so far out of 16,837 total applications received from farmers seeking 42,476 machines across the state. Punjab Agriculture
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Pakistan: Government negligence leaves Karachi drowning in rain and inflat
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Seasonal rains have collapsed Karachi's fragile infrastructure, worsening damaged roads and flooding. Crops across Sindh, including cotton, rice, and sugarcane, suffered major losses, fuelling inflation fears. Residents accuse authorities of neglect, with journalist Shams Kareeo saying ri
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Non-life insurance sector continues to witness slowdown in August: Care Ed
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The non-life insurance sector in India continued to experience a slowdown in premium growth in August due to a decline in crop insurance and a softer market for passenger vehicles, Care Edge Ratings said in a report.
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"Withdraw cap limiting compensation for crop damage": Sukhbir Singh Badal
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Terming the flooding of the State as a "Mann-made" tragedy, Badal said "the Chief Minister and his government failed Punjabis at every step, be it cleaning drains and strengthening bundhs before the monsoon rains or providing timely relief to flood-struck farmers. "Now even the compensati
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Israel's PlantArcBio wins US, South Korea patents for crop gene-editing pl
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Israeli ag-biotech firm PlantArcBio announced Thursday that it has secured patents in the United States and South Korea for its DIPPER platform, which optimises gene-editing processes in crops.
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Project Pragati: World's First Sustainable Castor Initiative Transforms Li
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 18: In the dry heartlands of Gujarat--one of India's most prominent agricultural hubs and the largest producer of castor in the world--a quiet revolution in sustainable farming is taking root. Known for its leadership in industrial and export-oriented c
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