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Punjab: Revenue official held hostage by farmers released on written assur
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
A revenue official, who visited a village in the Faridkot district of Punjab, was held hostage by a group of farmers. Farmers agreed to free the official only after getting written assurance from the administration.
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Punjab: Farmers blame government for worsening air quality amid rising bre
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
People blame the Punjab government as breathing problems increase amid worsening air quality in Punjab.
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Human Rights Commission summons Chief Secretar
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The NHRC issued the directives in consideration of a report and the material on record received from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in response to its notice issued on June 22, 2022, following media reports which claimed that air pollution is a
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Punjab: Faridkot farmers hold Patwari hostage for over 24 hours for inspec
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The farmers demanded a written assurance of no challan over the burning of their stubble and said that the official will not be set free until their demands are met.
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Telangana CM KCR releases video to back poaching charges against BJP
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Telangana Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao released a video from farmhouses where BJP allegedly tried to poach four Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs last month.
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"Only Beej se Baazar Tak approach can create emplotement, increase farmer'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chief Minister Yogi said that the new food processing policy to be soon introduced by the state government will pay special attention to the concerns raised by the entrepreneurs in the MSME sector.
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Delhi air pollution: Simple dos and don'ts to stay healthy when there's sm
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The smoke in the air due to industrialization and scenarios like farm fires when merged with fog, especially in winter create smog that comes with a bundle of severe conditions in humans, and animals and has the capability to kill plants. Smog has a direct effect on the respiratory system
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No order on Salman Khan's plea in defamation case as judge retires; Case t
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The judge presiding over Salman Khan's defamation case against his neighbour is going to retire on Friday. In the last hearing the judge had reserved the order on the matter, and on Thursday, he said it wouldn't be possible to pronounce the verdict in the matter and that the matter will be h
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Punjab: Local farmers hits out at government over poor stubble management
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Local farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district expressed their dissatisfaction over Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led state government's failure to find an alternative to the stubble burning problem.
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KissanPro won the Best Agritech Startup for industry partnership
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): KissanPro won the "Agritech startup for Industry partnership" award in the 5th edition of the prestigious FICCI Summit and Awards for Agri Startups, Award ceremony was held in Federation house, New Delhi and award winners were felicitated by Kail
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Delhi wakes up to thick smog, air quality index dips to 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital at 8 am was at 364 (in the 'Very Poor' category) and at 7 am the recorded AQI stood at 408 ('Severe'). Unfavorable meteorological conditions with slower wind speed and sudden spike in farm fire incidents are attributed to the dip in air
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Benchmark for successful diplomacy is when consumer pays less for petrol:
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Delivering an address at IIM Calcutta, Jaishankar said that the benchmark for successful diplomacy is when an Indian consumer pays less money for petrol and the farmers are assured of fertilizer at the right time.
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