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60-yr-old farmer found dead outside thermal plant in Bathinda
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): A 60-year-old farmer was found dead outside Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant in Bathinda on Wednesday, police informed on Thursday.
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Shortage of labourers hit paddy farming in Amritsar
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar are facing problems in paddy plantation due to shortage of labour, following mass exodus of migrant labourers across the country due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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Paddy fields in Kerala's Kottayam flooded following heavy rainfall
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], July 2 (ANI): Paddy fields were flooded in Kottayam after widespread rains lashed the region on Thursday, causing huge losses to farmers.
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Andhra: Cotton farmers protest at Nandigama market yard
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 1 (ANI): Cotton farmers held protest at Nandigama market yard on Wednesday alleging that the market yard officials have stopped procuring cotton.
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PM Modi thanks farmers, taxpayers for enabling govt to help poor during lo
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave credit to the farmers and taxpayers for enabling the Centre to provide free foodgrains during the COVID-19 phase to the poor and needy in the country.
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Narendra Singh Tomar flags-off helicopter for locust control operations
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar here on Tuesday flagged off a helicopter for locust control operations in Barmer, Rajasthan.
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Demand for organic produce goes up in K'taka in the midst of COVID-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], June 30 (ANI): The organic farmers' market in Shivamogga in Karnataka has seen a rise in the demand for organic fruits and vegetables in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nepali farmers busy planting paddy as monsoon sets in
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 29 (ANI): Fields near Manohara River in Sankhu in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley these days buzz with sounds of running tractor, people and melodies twining with one another, commonly known as 'Ropain Song', as farmers have begun making rapid progress
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7.65 lakh farmers receive interest-free agricultural loans worth Rs 2,721
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 28 (ANI): The Chattisgarh government on Saturday announced that 7.65 lakh farmers received interest-free agricultural loans worth Rs 2,721 crore for kharif crops in the state.
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Punjab CM urges SAD to set their political compulsions aside in 'interest
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 27 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to set their political compulsions aside and 'follow their heart in the interest of the state and its farmers' on the issue of the farm sector ordinances
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Locust attack: Control operations underway in Rajasthan, Haryana, UP
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare on Saturday informed that swarms of locust was noticed in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, on Friday morning and control teams were deployed for their elimination.
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Apricot harvesting begins in J-K's Budgam
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 27 (ANI): As the monsoon season has begun, the farmers in Kralpora orchards of Budgam district have started apricot harvesting.
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