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Ludhiana DC Varinder Kumar Sharma urges farmers to sell paddy straw instea
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Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 15 (ANI): Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Thursday urged farmers to sell paddy straw to companies that generate electricity from it, instead of burning it.
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IMD issues rainfall, strong wind warning over Maharashtra today, tomorrow
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a rainfall and strong wind warning over Maharashtra for today and tomorrow. It also said that there can be damage to crops and disruption of daily activities in the affected areas.
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Despite low rain, valley reaps 'record-breaking' paddy crop
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 13 (ANI): Despite low rainfall in the region, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are expecting a "record-breaking" harvest of 10 lakh metric tonnes of paddy this season.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urges UP govt to ensure proper prices for farmers' p
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 13 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday requested the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure proper procurement prices for the paddy crop of farmers in the state otherwise her party will launch an agitation.
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Govt procured nearly 43 lakh tonne Kharif paddy from 3.57 lakh farmers at
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New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): As the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21 begins, as much as 42.55 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy has been purchased from 3.57 lakh farmers at a minimum support price valued at Rs 8032.62 crore, a statement from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Foo
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Punjab School Education Department intensifies campaign to make farmers aw
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): The Punjab School Education Department on Monday said that it has intensified its campaign to make the farmers aware about the harmful effects of paddy straw burning on the environment.
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Telangana Cabinet decides to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in vill
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Telangana Cabinet which met here on Saturday decided to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in villages, in a bid to ensure that farmers do not face problems in the view of the ongoing Covid-pandemic.
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Certain pre-existing conditions may increase mortality risk for COVID-19 p
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Pennsylvania [US], October 9 (ANI): A new study conducted on COVID-19 patients has confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient's risk of dying from the virus.
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TDP cadre sow paddy on damaged road to protest against poor condition of r
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Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 8 (ANI): In order to register their protest against the poor condition of the road in Jujjuru village at Veerulapadu in Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers planted paddy in the potholes.
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Punjab CM directs procurement agencies to pay pending dues of farmers
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI): With the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday sanctioning a Cash Credit Limit (CCL) amount of Rs 30,220.82 crore for procurement of paddy in the Kharif marketing season 2020-21 for the month of October, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh
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Telangana CM KC Rao assures farmers of purchasing paddy crop of the season
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 7 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday made an assurance that the paddy crop this season would be purchased on a large scale at the village level. He said that since the Corona fear is still lingering on, various government
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23 pc more paddy procured than last year in Kharif marketing season: Govt
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): A total of 23 per cent more paddy has been procured so far than last year during Kharif marketing season, Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Food and Public Distribution Department said on Wednesday.
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