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Farmers complain of fake paddy seeds in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Paddy farmers in Machilipatnam, Guduru, and surrounding villages on Monday approached 'Spandana', the grievance redressal cell of state government, complaining that they got some "fake" seeds in the lieu of paddy seeds resulting in loss of their
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Wagga Wagga offers cooking oil grown in non polluted environment
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Nutritious food is not all about greens and fresh, but also ensuring that they are not contaminated with chemicals, similarly healthy cooking oil is not only about good and bad fats but also about the environment and pollution in the region where the
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Japan gears up for New Year celebrations
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 29 (ANI): As 2019 is coming to an end, Hagoita-Ichi Festival was held in Japan to sell 'hagoita', large wooden rectangular paddle made of soapberry seeds and bird feathers that used to play traditional Japanese pastime called hanetsuki.
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Can't support Citizenship (Amendment) Act that sows seeds of divisiveness:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): After West Bengal, Punjab and Kerala chief ministers having categorically said 'No' to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in their respective states, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has said that his government will toe the line taken by hi
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Is sowing seeds through helicopters possible, Delhi HC asks forest departm
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): In order to find a long term solution to the air pollution in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Monday inquired whether darts can be thrown from helicopters to sow seeds in inaccessible forest areas in the city.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman urges farmers to produce oilseeds
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged farmers to produce oilseeds in place of other crops as India particularly imports edible oil and palm oil.
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India has rid itself of a big factor that sowed seeds of terrorism and sep
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Nov 2 (ANI): India has rid itself of a big factor that sowed seeds of terrorism and separatism in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday in reference to the Centre's move to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution that accorded special status to Ja
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National Indigenous Seed Festival kicks off in Manipur
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Oct 13: National Indigenous Seeds Festival kicked off at the Central Agricultural University (CAU) campus, Iroishemba here on Saturday.
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Farmers in Kashmir expecting higher produce of paddy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Paddy production in Kashmir Valley is expected to be 20 per cent higher this year due to better quality of seeds and favourable climatic conditions, state's Director of Agriculture Syed Altaf Ajaz Andrabi has said.
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Hybrid seed varieties augment vegetable cultivation in J-K
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Pleased with a surplus produce, farmers in the Valley are opting for hybrid seeds, which are a major contributor to their profits.
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K'taka: Environmentalist preserves 500 endangered herbal plants, 1500 seed
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): An environmentalist in Karnataka's Shivamogga has preserved endangered species of more than 500 rare herbal plants and about 1500 varieties of seeds which are considered extinct in his house.
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Puducherry: Farmers prepare eco-friendly Ganesha idols that can sprout int
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Puducherry [India] Sept 1 (ANI): In a bid to celebrate an environment-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi festival, farmers of Puducherry have prepared Ganesha idols containing seeds in it.
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