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Vegan family opens up about being bullied over choice of lifestyle
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 15 (ANI): The argument about consuming less meat and more plant-based foods has been going on for ages now. But what happens if that argument takes an ugly shape leading to you being bullied for your choice of lifestyle?
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Using no pesticides, this lady grows almost 15 varieties of veggies on her
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sept 8 (ANI): In a bid to consume non-contaminated and healthy food, Padma Suresh, a housewife, grows almost 15 popular vegetable varieties in her mini terrace kitchen garden in Trivandrum, Kerala.
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Chhattisgarh CM announces several initiatives to be taken for boosting Ind
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced several initiatives for boosting up the industrial sector and certain achievements which have already been accomplished by the state government in other core sectors including farming and automobile sectors.
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Palm oil farming not good for environment: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): Palm oil has become part of our daily lives, but a recent study serves as a reminder that intensive farming of this crop has a major impact on the environment.
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Bhopal: Youths start organic market to bridge gap between farmers, consume
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): A group of youth in Bhopal has started an organic market in order to help farmers, producing crops through organic farming, to get access to better markets. The farmers who produce organic crops are being invited to sell their products in this m
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Manipur farmer transforms his life through fish farming
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The state of Manipur is home to the largest freshwater lake-the Loktak Lake. Fishery and aquaculture farming plays an important role in the socio-economic life of the people and the state.
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Madagascar welcomes new dynamism of bilateral cooperation instilled by Ind
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], Aug 16 (ANI): Madagascar has welcomed the new dynamism of bilateral cooperation instilled by Indian government since the beginning of its second term, and sought the support of New Delhi for the development of its several key projects in the field of e-governance,
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From Silicon Valley to Gujarat: Couple contribute to environmental conserv
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Nadiad (Gujarat) [India], July 27 (ANI): Leaving their plush jobs in Silicon Valley, a couple is now running an organic farm here to fulfil their dream of contributing to environmental conservation.
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Punjab Agriculture University develops kitchen garden without soil
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 25 (ANI): Punjab Agriculture University has developed a kitchen garden without soil in which all-season vegetables can be grown.
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CCEA takes 5 major decisions, approves FRP of sugarcane at Rs 275 per quin
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): In a fillip to India's sugarcane farming sector the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane at Rs 275 per quintal and the government has decided to create a buffer stock of
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Farmers in Mungeshpur using toxic drain water for growing vegetables
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Risking their lives, farmers in Mungeshpur village in Delhi are using toxic water coming from Mungeshpur drain, one of the longest in north-west Delhi and part of the Najafgarh basin, for growing vegetables due to lack of groundwater for farming and to sa
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CM Kamal Nath allocates budget to promote cattle farming in MP
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath in his first state budget allocated Rs 132 crores for the promotion of cattle farming and livestock. He has also decided to pay Rs 20 per day for cow protection which was earlier Rs 1.
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