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IFC supports MSMEs, farmers with $500 million in COVID-19 response support
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 25 (ANI): The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said that thousands of micro, small, and medium enterprises besides millions of farmers across Asia and the Pacific stand to benefit from its first phase of COVID-19 crisis response funding.
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Madurai's Palamedu town farmers affected due to poor maintenance of Sathiy
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 25 (ANI): Farmers of Palamedu town have been facing trouble for several years due to poor maintenance of the Sathiyar dam.
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Forest department rescues two pythons from Uttarakhand's Haldwani
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Haldwani (Uttarakhand) [India], August 25 (ANI): Two pythons were rescued here from Gaulapar area in Haldwani when farmers were working on their field and later released to a jungle by the forest department on Monday.
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Farmers in Shivamogga face crop damage due to fall armyworms
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Fall armyworms are the latest addition to the long list of pests that threaten the common farmers' livelihood, as farmers from Karnataka's Shivamogga district face crop damage due to vicious attacks by the pests.
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Amravati region villagers complete 250 days of stir against three capitals
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Farmers, women and youth of 29 villages in Amaravati region on Sunday completed 250 days of their agitation in support of their demand for having Amravati as the state capital and opposing the government move to have three capitals.
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West Bengal: Overflowing Silaboti River affects normal life in nearby vill
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal ) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): With the overflowing of the Silaboti river, a number of villages and paddy fields have been affected in the Pathardanga area of West Bengal, say farmers leading to problems for them and other locals.
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Unable to repay loan, Belgaum farmer consumes poison but cannot get admitt
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Belgaum (Karnataka) [India], August 23 (ANI): Unable to repay a loan of Rs 2 lakh, a farmer from Karnataka's Belgaum district consumed poison, but he had to sleep on a bench outside a government hospital in Chikodi as it was giving priority to COVID-19 patients, district health officials sai
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PM Modi extends greeting to farmers on 'Nuakhai Juhar', wishes for their '
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): On the occasion 'Nuakhai Juhar', which is one of the most ancient festivals celebrated in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and areas of neighbouring states to welcome the new crop of the season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his good wishes to the fa
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Coimbatore farmer keeps half-acre of land to grow food for hundreds of wil
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): While most farmers employ tools to keep away hungry creatures from their crops, a 62-year-old farmer in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore has kept aside half an acre of farmland to provide daily feasts to hundreds of wild birds.
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Congress alleges corruption in Kerala govt procuring paddy crops from farm
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 22 (ANI): PT Thomas, Congress MLA on Saturday alleged that the Kerala government has practised corruption to the tune of Rs 73 crores while procuring paddy crops from the farmers.
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Fertilizer, seed, pesticide shops to remain open during weekend lockdown i
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): In a bid to give relief to farmers, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided that during the weekend lockdown on Saturday and Sunday, fertilizer, seed and pesticide shops will remain open.
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Kerala HC orders CBI probe into custodial death of farmer in Pathanamthitt
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged custodial death of PP Mathai, a farmer who was found dead in a well hours after he was allegedly taken into custody by Forest Department officials.
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