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Best Agrolife Ltd. bagged the Award for Fastest Growing Company at PMFAI-S
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): Best Agrolife Ltd., one of India's leading agrochemical players, has recently bagged the award for Fastest Growing company. BAL received this recognition at PMFAI-SML Annual Agchem Awards 2022. Pesticides Manufacturers & Formulators Associat
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Staggered payments, rise in input costs, stray cattle menace continue to g
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 13 (ANI): Several sugarcane farmers belonging from the western region of Uttar Pradesh say that besides other issues, the one that bothers them most are issues related to delay in payments by mills, rise in cost of fertilizer and pesticides.
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Faulty BRCA genes, known to increase breast cancer risk, now linked to pro
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Cambridge [England], January 26 (ANI): If outside factors like exposure to pesticides, smog and pollution weren't enough, internal factors like faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, have now been linked to several other cancers, including those that affect men.
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Lifetime workplace exposure to pesticides linked to heightened COPD risk:
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Stockport (Greater Manchester) [UK], January 26 (ANI): Toxic effects by pesticide exposure have been known to range from mild symptoms, like minor skin irritation or other allergic symptoms, to more severe symptoms, like strong headache, dizziness, or nausea.
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Pesticide associated with chronic kidney disease: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], January 1 (ANI): A new study by the University of Queensland has found that a commonly available pesticide is linked to an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Narendra Singh Tomar releases SoP for use of drones for crop protection
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday released the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for use of drones in pesticide application for crop protection and for spraying soil and crop nutrients.
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Special camp to vaccinate animals organised in J-K's Udhampur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 18 (ANI): A special vaccination camp to vaccinate animals was organised in Meer village under the Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Control Programme.
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Punjab CM increases compensation for cotton growers affected by pest attac
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 17 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi on Wednesday announced to enhance the compensation amount from Rs 12,000 to Rs 17,000 per acre besides 10 per cent of the relief to the farm labourers involved in the picking of cotton, informed an officia
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'Make in India' startup to manufacture 1000 drones for agriculture sector
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 2 (ANI): Garuda Aerospace, a startup under the 'Make in India' campaign is manufacturing 1000 drones for the agriculture sector that would be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Nemi Organic all set to revamp your health with chemical-free products
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI/Target Media): The food we consume plays an important role in our well-being and one of the major reasons of increasing health problems, even in the younger generation, is the fact that the nutritional value of our food has declined considerably. Some peopl
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China to ban shipments of sugar, Java apples from Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 19 (ANI): China will suspend sugar apples and Java apples from Taiwan from Monday, claiming that multiple inspections detected quarantine pests in the two subtropical fruits this year.
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Study finds common pesticide may contribute to global obesity crisis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hamilton [Canada], August 28 (ANI): A study led by McMaster University scientists has found that a commonly-used pesticide could be partially responsible for the global obesity crisis.
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