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"Farmers are burning stubble under compulsion..." NHRC rebukes governments
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
NHRC heard the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday in connection with its suo motu cognizance of unabated air pollution in Delhi-NCR as reported in media.
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Action will be taken against people spreading rumours about fertiliser sho
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that action will be taken against people who spread rumours about the shortage of fertilisers in the state. He made the remark while talking to ANI on Saturday.
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Paddy worth Rs 47,644 cr bought at MSP benefitting 13.5 lakh farmers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
For the Kharif crop of the current marketing season 2022-23, a quantity of 771 lakh tonne Paddy (518 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) has been estimated to be procured as against 759 LMT paddy (510 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) actually procured during 2021-22 (Kharif Crop).
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: SC directs to list Ashish Mishra's plea bef
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday directed to list before the appropriate bench to hear Ashish Mishra's bail plea in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
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Israeli closed-loop cowshed ecosystem sets example for the world in dairy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Israel's Volcani Institute of Ministry of Agriculture has set an example for the world in dairy as the institute's cow farm has all the basic amenities where every cow has insurance and the average production is 50 kg of milk per day.
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Tomar urges BIMSTEC agriculture ministers to cooperate in transforming agr
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
While addressing the Second Agriculture Ministerial-level meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation through video conference, Tomar referred to the importance of millet as a nutritious food and the efforts made by India to promote millet an
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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
During the routine survey conducted during the last fortnight of October by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the country was found free from gregarious as well as solitary desert locust activities. Breeding of locusts too was not reported.
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Naya J-K: Dairy farming opens new employment avenues, makes youth self-rel
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir is an agrarian region the agriculture sector contributes 16.18% to the UT's GDP, of which the dairy sector constitutes more than one-third.
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J-K Trade Promotion Organization organises participation of agri-based pro
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
It worked as an ideal interactive platform between the Farm Producers and the Agro Industry, creating linkages for value creation and value addition.
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Himachal: Employment, education major issues in upcoming assembly polls
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh polls, employment and better education are the two major issues that have emerged as major issues in the upcoming assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh. The youth of Himachal Pradesh is rooting for better education and employment.
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Research: Fertilisers affect how bees see flowers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that chemicals used in agriculture, like fertilizers and pesticides, can change the way bees 'see' a flower, and that this reduces the number of bees visiting a flower.
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Amarja Hills - One of the largest Farmhouse Projects in India aims at addi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 9 (ANI/PRNewswire): Amarja Hills, located at Pawna near Lonavala aims at building over 150 villas in addition to the existing 60 plus villas.
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