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Pollution in Delhi because of crop burning in Punjab, Haryana, UP: Jain
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): Delhi's Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Friday said the rise in pollution in the city was because of the crops being burnt in neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh.
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Crop procurement facilities bring cheer to Punjab farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab)[India], Nov.4 (ANI): Punjab, which is rightly termed the 'Food Bowl of India', continues to grow a variety of crops, fruits and vegetables, making the nation self-sufficient.
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BSF helps distraught farmers to grow crops amid tension on border
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ataari (Punjab) [India], Oct. 4 (ANI): Even as the situation in the border areas remain highly tensed, the Border Security Forces yesterday allowed the farmers in the border areas to cross the fencing to harvest their crop.
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Unable to harvest crops, 'scared' farmers in Jammu reeling from
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct. 2 (ANI): Following the present situation at the Indo-Pak International border and the Line of Control (LoC) after the surgical strike on PoK militants camps, people residing along the Hiranagar border have started migrating after getting alert from th
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Kathua farmers worried for their crops as India-Pakistan ties on downswing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir),[India] Oct.1 (ANI): Farmers living in the border areas along the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) are a worried lot these days, fearing that their cultivable or harvested crops will be extensively damaged should India and Pakistan expand the
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Rajouri youth take up self-employment, make small agricultural tools to ea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept. 30 (ANI): Youth in the Thandi Kassi area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district have taken up self-employment by making small instruments of iron for them to be used in the farming of crops.
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Andhra: Rains cause major crop damage in Guntur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guntur (AP) [India], Sept. 25 (ANI): The continuous rains in the state of Andhra Pradesh have caused severe damage to the standing crops in Guntur district on Sunday morning.
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Govt. announces MSP of Kharif Crops applicable from Sept.1
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.16 (ANI): The Centre has decided that the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Kharif Crops grown in 2016 will be applicable from September 1, 2016.
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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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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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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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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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