‘ Jaipur: Western Rajasthan is widely known for producing high-quality cumin and fennel, but farmers now fear that the identity of these crops could be overshadowed following the recent grant of Geographical Indication (GI) tags…
June 24, 2021 Mumbai: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has sought President Ram Nath Kovind’s intervention to ‘Save Agriculture and Save Democracy’ on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Emergency and the completion…
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Saharanpur, a district mainly known for its hand carved furniture, has now become famous for something else — a unique mango tree that has 121 varieties of fruits growing on it. Unbelievable though…
Lucknow: A new variety of ‘jamun’ (black plum) developed by the Central Institute of Sub-tropical Horticulture (CISH) in Lucknow is now being exported to London. Jamwant, a special variety of black plum, having more than 90…
by Subir Bhaumik
Tiny Mizoram aims to be India’s sports powerhouse and its giving industry status to sports will help this happen, says the state’s sports minister Robert Romawia Royte.Royte,54, is no ordinary politician helming the sports ministry…
Chandigarh, Aug 28 (IANS) Violence between police and protesting farmers in Haryana broke out on Saturday with the former trying to reach Karnal city to protest against a state-level BJP meeting chaired by Chief Minister Manohar…
New Delhi: A day after the central government hiked MSP of wheat and other agricultural produce, the Congress has said it is nothing but a cruel joke. Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said on Thursday, “Nation…
New Delhi: Almost half of the rural agricultural households are indebted across India with an average outstanding loan amount per agricultural household being way more than the below poverty line income for rural India, as…
New Delhi: Global support to producers in the agricultural sector amounts to $540 billion per year, making up 15 per cent of total agricultural production value. By 2030, this is projected to soar up more…
