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Top Agricultural Institutions Ranked in NIRF 2024: ICAR-IARI Leads the Chart

Top Agricultural Institutions Ranked in NIRF 2024: ICAR-IARI Leads the Chart

The NIRF 2024 rankings highlight India’s top agricultural institutions, with ICAR-IARI...

APEDA facilitates first shipment of ready to drink fig juice to poland

APEDA facilitates first shipment of ready to drink fig juice to poland

APEDA facilitated the export of India’s first ready-to-drink fig juice, made from...

PM Modi emphasizes the need to transform the agriculture sector

PM Modi emphasizes the need to transform the agriculture sector

Prime Minister Modi mentioned that the government has launched initiatives to promote...

PM releases 109 high yielding, resilient and biofortified varieties of crops

PM releases 109 high yielding, resilient and biofortified varieties of crops

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released 109 high yielding, climate resilient and biofortified...

Tomato Prices Plummet, Farmers Now Getting Rs 400 to 600 Per Crate

Tomato Prices Plummet, Farmers Now Getting Rs 400 to 600 Per Crate

Over the past 15 days, wholesale prices have dropped by 40 percent. Where the average...

Monsoon lags in north west india, 5 percent less rain, punjab-haryana most affected

Monsoon lags in north west india, 5 percent less rain, punjab-haryana most affected

Monsoon rains in North West and North East India remain below normal, impacting...

Onion production drops by 20 percent in FY 2023-24

Onion production drops by 20 percent in FY 2023-24

Onion production in India declined by 19.84 per cent to 242.12 lakh tonnes in FY...

Jayant chaudhary urges government to allow sugar exports amid favorable production estimates

Jayant chaudhary urges government to allow sugar exports amid favorable production estimates

Amid favorable sugar production estimates, Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary urged...

Wholesale onion prices fell 21 percent in a month, retail prices still high

Wholesale onion prices fell 21 percent in a month, retail prices still high

In Maharashtra, wholesale onion prices have dropped by 21 percent in the last month...

Need to promote natural farming and use of recycled water in agriculture: Bhagirath Choudhary

Need to promote natural farming and use of recycled water in agriculture: Bhagirath Choudhary

Bhagirath Choudhary, Minister of State for Agriculture, highlighted agriculture's...

Rising tomato prices push veg thali cost up by 11  percent

Rising tomato prices push veg thali cost up by 11 percent

In July 2024, the cost of a veg thali rose by 11 percent to Rs 32.26 due to a 55...

Congress to bring privilege motion against union agriculture minister for misleading the house

Congress to bring privilege motion against union agriculture minister for misleading the house

The Congress party announced to bring a privilege motion against Union Agriculture...

Potato prices drop 55 percent, Farmers struggle with Rs 1800-2000 per quintal

Potato prices drop 55 percent, Farmers struggle with Rs 1800-2000 per quintal

Potato prices have dropped 55 percent in the last 20 days, from Rs 2600-2800 to...

Agriculture GDP growth of India is the highest in the world, says Ramesh Chand of NITI Aayog

Agriculture GDP growth of India is the highest in the world, says Ramesh Chand of NITI Aayog

India's agricultural GDP growth has outpaced the global average for the past decade,...

ICAE 2024: PM Modi emphasizes the critical role of small farmers in ensuring food security

ICAE 2024: PM Modi emphasizes the critical role of small farmers in ensuring food security

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized the critical role of India’s small farmers,...

Government Expands Price Monitoring to 16 More Commodities, Including Besan, Ghee and Banana

Government Expands Price Monitoring to 16 More Commodities, Including Besan, Ghee and Banana

Already 22 commodities were being covered under monitoring of daily prices. Now,...

UP Farmers to Get Loans at 6% Interest Under Krishak Samriddhi Yojana, Announces CM Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that small and marginal farmers will get long-term loans at an effective interest...

States

177 Talukas in Karnataka Drought-Hit, Could Reach 200; Maharashtra May Face 100% Drought by September-End

Drought conditions are intensifying across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, with Karnataka set to raise drought-hit taluks...

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Public Sector, Regional Rural Banks to Remain Open on Sunday, September 27 Ahead of Proposed Strike

Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks will remain open on Sunday, September 27, ahead of the proposed three-day nationwide...

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More than 451,000 Heat Deaths Projected from Super El Niño; India Fourth Among Countries Worst Hit

The Climate Impact Lab projects more than 451,000 additional heat-related deaths globally over the next six months due to Super El...

International

Maharashtra Sets up Cabinet Panel to Fast-Track Drought Relief, Preliminary Notification Expected by Saturday

Maharashtra has formed a cabinet sub-committee headed by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule to oversee drought relief, assess...

States

As Sugar Prices Fall, Industry Denies Excessive Profits From Brief Price Peak

Retail sugar prices have fallen 11-12% ahead of the festive season, prompting ISMA and NFCSF to deny that mills made excessive profits...

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