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Modern bread wheat originated around 10,000 years ago: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 5 (ANI): After mapping the genome of wheat, scientists have reconstructed its breeding history. They examined the genetic diversity of wheat varieties and discovered which cereals our ancestors cultivated, where today's wheat comes from, and what the Cold War ha
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Hema Malini in full campaign mode, seen working in field with workers harv
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician and BJP Member of Parliament (MP) from Mathura parliamentary constituency, Hema Malini who kickstarted her poll campaigning on Sunday was seen lending a hand to women working in a wheat field, carrying bundles of freshly h
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Russia ships over 2000 tonnes of wheat as humanitarian aid to NK
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Mar 4 (ANI): In the wake of the North Korea food crisis, Russia has contributed over 2000 tonnes of wheat to the country as part of humanitarian aid.
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Foodgrain production increases to 281 million tonnes in 2018-19
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Total food grain production India is estimated at 281.37 million tonnes during 2018-19 as compared to 277.49 million tonnes in the previous fiscal, the government said on Thursday.
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43% of N Korea's population food insecure: UN
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Pyongyang [DPR Korea], Feb 13 (ANI): A United Nations report, on Wednesday, revealed that around 43 per cent of North Korea's population is "food insecure", with one out of five children facing "chronic malnutrition".
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Punjab farmers complete 77 pc of wheat sowing in record time
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The sowing of wheat in Punjab has been completed in an area of 26.20 lakh hectares, which is 77 per cent of the total area to be sown under wheat, said Jasbir Singh Bains, Director, Agriculture, in a statement.
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Lucknow: Two arrested, 18 suspended for negligence in purchase of wheat
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): Two people have been arrested and 18 others were suspended over negligence in the purchase of wheat in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.
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Adtiyanath pays surprise visit to Sultanpur
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 24 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to the wheat purchase center in Sultanpur.
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One crore students to get subsidised wheat, rice in hostels
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Central Government on Monday announced that they will provide 15 kg of wheat and rice per month to students in all hostels including at least two-third of students from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
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This technique may boost wheat production
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 7 (ANI): In order to enhance plant growth, a team of researchers has suggested that purified single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in water improved the early growth of wheatgrass, but in presence of contaminants, those same nanotubes could do great harm.
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A long-lasting solution to wheat's 'rusty' new problem
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): Scientists say they're close to producing super varieties of wheat that will resist a virulent fungus which leaves behind fields of withered black stems.
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First shipment from India arrives in Afghanistan Via Chabahar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 11 (ANI): The first shipment of wheat from India transshipped via Iran's Chabahar Port arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday.
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