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Centre proposes doubling of import duty on wheat
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): In a bid to provide relief to farmers, the Centre announced a two-fold increase in the import duty levied on wheat, thereby assisting reduction of cheap shipments and providing positive price signal in the ongoing Rabi season.
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First wheat consignment, India's gift to Afghanistan, says Sushma Swaraj
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): During the flag off of the first consignment of wheat from India to Afghanistan through Chabahar Port, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj on Sunday remarked that it is a gift from Indians to Afghans.
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Sushma Swaraj flags off first wheat consignment to Afghan through Chabahar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, through a joint video conference, on Sunday, flagged off the first shipment of wheat from India to Afghanistan that would be transhipped through the Chaba
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This gene helps hybrid breeding in wheat
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 12 (ANI): Attention farmers! Australian researchers have identified a naturally occurring wheat gene that, when turned off, eliminates self-pollination, but still allows cross-pollination - opening a way for breeding high-yielding hybrid wheat.
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Find out the health benefits of wheat pasta
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): With more gluten-free diets becoming fashionable, together with a lack of genuine understanding of the subject, many people have started to question how healthy wheat pasta really is.
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Colon cancer risk cut by whole grains, upped by processed meats
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 8 (ANI): You may want to add whole grains, such as brown rice or whole wheat bread, to your diet as according to a recent study, they reduce colorectal cancer risk, with the more you eat the lower the risk.
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Colon cancer risk cut by whole grains, upped by processed meats
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 8 (ANI): You may want to add whole grains, such as brown rice or whole-wheat bread, to your diet as according to a recent study, they reduce colorectal cancer risk, with the more you eat the lower the risk.
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Gluten intolerant? Enzyme pill may offer relief
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 8 (ANI): With more and more people avoiding any wheat-based foods that might have uncomfortable side effects, the market for gluten-free foods has exploded in recent years, but a unique enzyme pill promises to change all of that.
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Weather extremes, trade policies were main drivers of wheat price peaks
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Apr 28 (ANI): Price peaks of wheat on the world market are mainly caused by production shocks such as induced for example by droughts, researchers found. These shocks get exacerbated by low storage levels as well as protective trade policies, the analysis of globa
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Sidhu announces compensation to farmers from his pocket
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Othian (Punjab) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Even before the government machinery could move to give compensation to the farmers who lost their standing wheat crop in a fire incident on Saturday, local body minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday announced to give Rs. 24 lakh as compensation to them
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Punjab: BSF helps Pakistani farmers at Attari
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Atari (Punjab) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Putting aside the strained ties between India and Pakistan, the Border Security Force (BSF) deployed in Punjab's Atari sector extended a beautiful gesture by helping Pakistani farmers on Saturday after wheat harvested by them flew across border due
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Decision on imposing import duty on wheat under final stages of considerat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): The decision on whether or not to impose import duty on wheat is under final stages of consideration of the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, a top official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
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