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Assam CM asks DCs to assess damage to crops by 'armyworms'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sept. 13 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday directed Deputy Commissioners to personally inspect the farming lands to assess the damage caused by the swarming caterpillar or armyworms.
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AAP's Punjab farmer manifesto promises waiving off farmers' debt
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moga (Punjab) [India], Sept. 11 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday released the party's 31-point farmers' manifesto in Moga, Punjab, promising several benefits.
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Rain wreaks havoc in Bastar, farmers demand compensation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bastar (Chhattisgarh),[India] Sept. 11 (ANI): Continuous rainfall in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region from the past two days has caused extensive damage to the standing crop, affecting more that 500 farmers.
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BJP calls on Centre, Bihar to join hands to resolve flood-linked crisis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug. 29 (ANI): Floods in Bihar have claimed 156 lives so far, and affected the lives of lakhs of people in 12 districts. Given the extent of the damage to life, livestock, crops and property, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday appealed to both the Centre and th
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Viv Richards proud of Windies' fighting spirit against India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kingston, Aug 5 (ANI): West Indies cricket legend Sir Viv Richards has heaped praise on his nation's current crop of young players for displaying a great 'fight and character' in the drawn second Test match against India at Sabina Park, Jamaica.
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These rice crops can help farmers cut pollution, costs
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 1 (ANI): With pollution taking its toll on our lives, a team of researchers has turned to rice crops to find a way to put an end to the world's biggest killer.
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No information yet on whereabouts of Father Tom: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has admitted that they have not been able to procure any information yet on the whereabouts of Father Tom, who went missing in Yemen and a purported video of him being tortured by the ISIS cropped up on social media.
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Making continuous efforts to locate Father Tom, will bring him home: Sushm
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): After the purported video of kidnapped Father Tom being tortured by the ISIS cropped up on social media, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday asserted that the Centre was doing everything in its power to bring the Malayalee priest back home safely.
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India loses 15-25 pct potential crop output due to pests, weeds, diseases
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Chairman Standing Committee of Parliament on Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Hukmdev Narayan Yadav called for concerted efforts to forge an R and D-led strategy to save the loss of crops due to pests, weeds and diseases.
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