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APEDA organises buyer-seller meet to promote dragon fruit export
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has organised a buyer-seller meet in Bengaluru to promote the export of dragon fruit from India, according to an official statement released on Friday.
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Study reveals why heat makes us sleepy
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Neurobiologists have found that fruit flies are pre-programmed to take a nap in the middle of the day. The new article explores a 'thermometer' circuit for hot temperatures.
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France loses up to 35 per cent of vegetable crops due to drought: Associat
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 17 (ANI/Sputnik): France's fruit and vegetable crops have fallen by nearly 35 per cent due to the extreme drought this summer, Jacques Rouchausse, president of the French national association of vegetable producers, Legumes de France, said on Tuesday.
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Ageing neutralizes sex differences in the brain, suggests study
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Linkoping [Sweden], August 14 (ANI): A team of researchers from Linkoping University suggested that male and female fruit flies' brains become desexualized as they age. Both sexes endure age-related changes, however, the male brain gets more feminised than the female brain becomes masculine.
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Study compares impact of different diets on health, environment
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): Which diet is better: moderately reduce meat consumption and eat more fruit, vegetables and wholegrain products or eating more fish and seafood? Or even switch completely to a vegan diet? A new study shows that the answer to these questions is not as clear-c
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In place of meat products, fruits, dry fruits included in menu for midday
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court has been informed by the Lakshwadeep administration that the decision was taken to exclude meat from the menu of midday meals in schools in the islands and to include fruits and dry fruits instead.
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Wheat prices in India stabilised, export restrictions bore fruit
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Wholesale prices of wheat in the domestic mandis have managed to fall from their lifetime highs and have stabilized as the central government timely brought in a slew of policy interventions on the exports of the foodgrain.
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CU UCRD's bio-insecticide to revolutionise India's fruit production
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], August 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): There is no doubt that horticulture is considered a good option as compared to food crops, but the infestation of insects and bees on fruits has affected horticulture badly. Fruits like guava and mango are cultivated in various states of India
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Ageing neutralizes sex differences in the brain: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Linkoping [Sweden], August 10 (ANI): Fruit flies' brains become desexualized as they get older, both male and female. Both sexes experience age-related changes, but the male brain becomes more feminized to a larger extent than the female brain becomes masculine. A study conducted by a res
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Why China avoids banning Taiwanese chip imports
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 9 (ANI): China has imposed economic sanctions against Taiwan following a trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island but avoided its chip industry altogether. China suspended the import of some fruits and fish from Taiwan and banned the export of natural sand
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Mumbai: Three held for defrauding gangster Chhota Shakeel's close aide
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 9 (ANI): Mumbai Police arrested three people on Monday for defrauding gangster Chhota Shakeel's close aide Salim Fruit of Rs 50 lakh by pretending to save him from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation.
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Check out 'astonishing' health benefits of grapes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Fresno (California) [US], August 9 (ANI): Dr John Pezzuto and his Western New England University team recently published studies that demonstrate "astonishing" effects of grape consumption as well as "remarkable" impacts on health and lifespans.
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