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Nagaland gets soaked in festive mood for Moatsu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagaland [India], May 9 (ANI): People of Nagaland celebrated the 'Moatsu festival' or spring festival in a three-day long celebration with full fervour at Chuchuyimlang Village of Nagaland. Lt Gen (Retd) SM Mehta, CEO Hans Foundation, New Delhi was the chief guest at the event.
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Climate extremes play crucial role in global crop yield: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 3 (ANI): Researchers have calculated the effect of extreme climatic conditions such as drought or heat waves on the yield of staple crops worldwide.
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Bihar: Litchi farmers in Muzaffarpur demands government support
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], 30 April (ANI): Distressed by poor facilities, the farmers of India's biggest hub for Litchi are demanding for the organised marketplace to sell their crops.
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Shimla: Farmers protest, demand better prices
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Framers staged a protest here on Monday demanding the implementation of Swaminathan Committee report and a hike in minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.
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Scientists develop a method to boost seed oil yield in crops
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 20 (ANI): Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), have developed a method to increase the yield of natural oils in seeds by 15 per cent in laboratory condition.
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Maharashtra: 3 farmers dead after inhaling poisonous gas in water pipeline
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Three persons died on Tuesday after they inhaled poisonous gas in a manhole of a pipeline being used to draw water for their crops in Chikal area of Aurangabad, a corporation official said.
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Cyclone Idai: Toll rises to 150 in Malawi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], Mar 18 (ANI): The toll in Cyclone Idai, which ravaged South Africa with flash floods, sweeping away houses and destroying trees and crops, earlier this week, has risen to 150 in Malawi alone.
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Cyclone Idai: Death toll rises to 65 in Zimbabwe
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], Mar 18 (ANI): The death toll from Cyclone Idai which ravaged Zimbabwe earlier this week rose to 65, officials confirmed on Sunday.
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24 dead, 40 missing after cyclone ravages Zimbabwe
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], Mar 17 (ANI): A tropical cyclone left a trail of destruction in eastern Zimbabwe, with flash floods sweeping away houses and destroying trees and crops, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds of others. At least 40 people are also missing in the calamity, authorities said
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Karnataka CM meets PM Modi, seeks release of funds
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and appealed for release of pending funds under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for drought rel
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Frequent change in weather costing dearer to crops and farmers
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Moradabad/Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 4 (ANI): Rain, hailstorm and frequent change in weather have cost dearer to the farmers in the districts of Moradabad and Agra as their seasonal vegetables and crops are being damaged by it.
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KCR instructs to release water from Nagarjuna Sagar to save crop in Khamma
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday instructed the Chief Secretary Shailendra Kumar Joshi to release water from the left canal of Nagarjuna Sagar to save the crops cultivated in the two lakh acre area in Khammam District.
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