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TN: 85-year-old DMK cadre self-immolates in Salem protesting against 'Hind
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday vehemently took on the Centre after an 85-year-old DMK cadre and farmer, demonstrating over Hindi imposition, allegedly self-immolated outside party office in Salem district.
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Over 300 protests carried out across country over farmer demands: SKM
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
SKM informed that it carried out over 300 protests across the country under the 'Raj Bhawan Chalo' call by the body.
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Jaipur: SKM stages march over demand for minimum support price
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday staged a march from the Shaheed Smarak to the Civil Lines here, calling on the government to fufil their demands related to the minimum support price (MSP).
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Transformation alert! Randeep Hooda explains why he's been underweight for
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Remember Randeep Hooda's film 'Sarabjit' (2016)? The actor shed over 20 kg in 28 days to play the role of Sarabjit Singh, a Sikh farmer who was convicted for spying in Pakistan. He literally starved himself to look like real Sarabjit.
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Odisha: BJP protest enters 7th day over farmers' demands
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday protested against the Odisha government for the seventh consecutive day demanding the fulfilment of the farmer's demands.
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Rabi crop prospects good on excess rainfall post monsoon: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rabi crops are mostly sown during October and November and the produce is harvested from January to March depending on the maturity of the commodity.
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Successful Farmer Producer Organisations are those that look beyond the ob
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): A webinar on 'Promoting FPOs for resilient incomes and sustainable farming practices in India' brought together practitioners and experts to discuss emergent challenges and opportunities related to Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)
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Tripura CM inaugurates Post Harvest Management and Rural Collection Center
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday inaugurated the Post Harvest Management Center and Rural Collection Center in Golaghati and aimed at benefitting more than 500 farmers, especially weekly traders.
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Jaishankar points to 3Cs as challenges to food security: Covid, Conflict,
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
While addressing the High Commissioners/Ambassadors based in Delhi during the luncheon hosted jointly by the department of agriculture and farmers welfare and the ministry of external affairs as a pre-launch celebration of the International Year of Millets (IYOM), Jaishankar said, "I see
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Interest subvention on Kisan Credit Card loans for 2022-23, 2023-24 approv
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The interest rate for short-term loans up to Rs 300,000 through Kisan Credit cards (KCC) for farmers will be seven per cent and interest subvention will be 1.5 per cent for the current financial year 2022-23 and the next 2023-24, RBI said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Regularly monitoring price of essential commodities, says Food Secretary
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The market prices of wheat remained continuously higher than the MSP throughout the procurement period across the country and the the farmers could reap higher remuneration for their produce which is the main objective of the government's policy, Union Food Secretary said.
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Tamil Nadu: Forest officers arrest farmer for burying baby elephant died d
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Forest officers on Tuesday arrested a farmer in the Krishnagiri district, accused of digging a hole and burying a four-year-old baby elephant, who died of electrocution, without informing the forest department, officials said.
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