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Cyclone Tauktae damages mango trees, ruins farmers in Gujarat's Amreli
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Amreli (Gujarat) [India], May 24 (ANI): The strong winds and intense rainfall when Cyclone Tauktae made a landfall recently damaged mango trees and fruits in Amreli and other mango-producing districts in Gujarat.
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AAP extends support to farmers' protest on May 26
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday extended its support to the call given the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to observe a country-wide protest on May 26 to mark the completion of six months of the nationwide protest.
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Punjab CM urges farmers to not hold dharna, says it may turn into COVID su
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 23 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) not to go ahead with their proposed dharna, fearing that it could turn into a COVID-19 super-spreader.
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Telangana BJP slams TRS govt for not procuring paddy yields, leaders prote
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 23 (ANI): Telangana's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit on Sunday staged a protest against the state government, alleging that it has stopped the procurement of farmers' paddy yields.
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12 opposition parties back Samyukta Kisan Morcha's call to observe May 26
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Three days after the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farmers' unions, announced that it will observe May 26 as a 'Black Day For Democracy', opposition parties on Sunday extended their support to the decision of the farmers' body.
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Convoy of farmers leaves Haryana's Karnal to join Tikri border protest
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], May 23 (ANI): Scores of farmers from Karnal in Haryana on Sunday left for Tikri on the state's border with Delhi and the site where farmers have been sitting in protest since last November, demanding a repeal of the Centre's three agricultural laws.
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Pak's rice export association expresses concern over 'shocking, irresponsi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 21 (ANI): The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has expressed concern over a 'shocking and very irresponsible' statement by the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Agriculture Jamshed Cheema, who said that Pakistani farmers are 'intoxicated' with bas
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha writes to PM Modi, seeks resumption of talks
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): The Samyukta Kisan Morcha has written a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking resumption of talks with farmers over their demand for repeal of three new farm laws and said they will be constrained to announce further intensification of the str
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Centre has taken holistic steps for welfare of farmers, opposition misguid
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Friday accused the opposition parties of misguiding farmers on the issue of MSP and new farm laws and lauded the central government for initiating "holistic" steps for their progress.
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India shipped 2.5 MTs of GI certified mangoes to South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): India has shipped a consignment of 2.5 Metric Tonne (MTs) of Geographical Indication (GI) certified Banganapalli and other variety Survarnarekha mangoes sourced from farmers in Krishna and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh, informed Ministry of Commerce a
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Syngenta launches multiple initiatives to strengthen rural health infrastr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI/BusinessWire India): With the second wave of the Covid pandemic gripping rural India in an unprecedented crisis, the country's leading agriculture company Syngenta India has stepped in to provide support to help farmers cope with healthcare challenges.
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Centre formulates Kharif Strategy 2021, additional 6.37 lakh hectare area
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): As part of efforts to to achieve self-sufficiency in edible oils, the Centre has formulated Kharif Strategy 2021 under which an additional 6.37 lakh hectare area will be brought under oilseeds.
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