Meet on winter crop strategy in Delhi
September 20th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The central government will chalk out a strategy to maximise the winter crop sowing at a meet Sep 24-25, after delayed rains affected summer crop ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Green revolution to come from rain-fed areas: Rawat
August 1st, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Amid reports of drought-like conditions in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Rajsthan, India's second green revolution would come only from rain-fed regions, Minister of State for ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Manmohan, Thein Sein embark on ‘new journey’ (Third Lead)
May 28th, 2012 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Nay Pyi Taw, May 28 (IANS) India and Myanmar have "embarked on a new journey of bilateral cooperation", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told President Thein Sein here Monday during ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
India, Myanmar ink a dozen agreements (Lead)
May 28th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Nay Pyi Taw, May 28 (IANS) India and Myanmar Monday signed 12 agreements, including on a $500 million credit line, border area development and air services.The agreements were signed ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Allocation for agriculture up 18 percent
March 16th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) According priority to agriculture, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday proposed an 18 percent increase in the total plan outlay of the department to Rs.20,208 ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lift curbs on research in biotech crops: Scientists
February 28th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 27 (IANS) Leading social scientists and biotechnologists Monday urged the Indian government to remove "arbitrary constraints" on conducting research in agri-biotech crops for ensuring food security across ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Amid China tension, India, Myanmar to expand ties
October 12th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Gaya, Oct 12 (IANS) Myanmar President U. Thein Sein Wednesday began his maiden visit to India that is expected to scale up political and economic cooperation between the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
No inventory of Roerich’s paintings, says trust member
October 10th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 10 (IANS) A member of the International Roerich Memorial Trust (IRMT), which manages Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich's estate in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, Monday ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
PMO directs focus on oilseeds, pulses for next Green Revolution
September 16th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Incentives and high-yielding seeds will be given to farmers in 60,000 village clusters each to cultivate oilseeds and pulses in a bid to attain ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
India pledges Myanmar $10 mn, donates 10 rice silos (Second Lead)
June 21st, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Nay Pyi Taw/Yangon, June 21 (IANS) India made its first official contact with the new civilian government in Myanmar Tuesday with visiting External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna pledging $10-million to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Kerala to seize endosulfan stocks
May 23rd, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 (IANS) The Kerala government Monday decided that all stocks of pesticide endosulfan will be seized in the state, Agriculture Minister K.P. Mohanan said."In the first cabinet meeting ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
India, Israel to cooperate in agriculture research (Lead, With Image)
May 3rd, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India and Israel Tuesday agreed to enhance cooperation in agricultural research and boost bilateral trade by easing regulations and removing barriers."Agricultural cooperation with Israel can ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Himachal to have trout processing unit
April 30th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 30 (IANS) Trout cultivation in Himachal Pradesh is set to get a big boost with the central government deciding to set up a processing unit for the fish ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
2010 saw massive coral bleaching in Andamans
January 16th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Richa Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Rising sea surface temperatures due to global warming caused extensive coral bleaching in some of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in 2010, which, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Interaction between farm scientists, industry inadequate: Hooda
December 4th, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 4 (IANS) The interaction between scientists of farming universities in India and industry is inadequate and their collaboration can help in faster economic growth, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Patil to end visit to Syria, to return to New Delhi
November 29th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghDamascus, Nov.29 (ANI): Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will conclude her four-day visit to the Syrian Arab Republic on Monday, and return home later tonight.On Monday, Patil will ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Oxytocin illegal, other ripening agents allowed: Azad
August 20th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) While the government does not approve of the use of oxytocin chemical, other hormones or substances are allowed to be used for ripening fruits and growth of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Haryana to set up farmers’ commission
July 15th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Thursday announced the setting up of a commission that will look into factors responsible for decline in farm income and other problems ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Apex court lawyer gets five-year jail for graft
May 13th, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 13 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Meghalaya Thursday sentenced a Supreme Court lawyer, Halida Khatoon, to five years in jail on charges of trying to ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
President favours agriculture, industry as joint enterprise
February 13th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Saturday called for a joint venture between agriculture and corporate sector to boost farm output that contributes just 18 percent to the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
India, Botswana agree to boost cooperation in agriculture, education
January 10th, 2010 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
Gaborone (Botswana), Jan.10 (ANI): India and Botswana on Saturday signed two Memorandum of Understanding to boost bilateral cooperation in the fields of agriculture and education. The two sides also agreed to set ... Read more...
Posted in World |
India, Malawi strengthen bilateral cooperation through three new pacts
January 9th, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by ANI
By Ashok DixitLilongwe (Malawi), Jan.9 (ANI): India and Malawi today inked three agreements to strengthen bilateral cooperation in key areas of interaction.The agreement signing ceremony, which was witnessed by visiting Indian Vice-President ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Dhaka, Delhi agree on cooperation in agriculture
January 8th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) Bangladesh and India Friday agreed on long-term cooperation in agricultural research and technologies, meant to save crops from natural disasters in vast parts of the two neighbouring ... Read more...
Posted in World |
200 Urdu speaking Blackwater officials cleared at Islamabad airport sans security checks
November 4th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): Over 200 Urdu speaking officials of the private US security company, Blackwater, touched down at Islamabad's international airport late on Tuesday.According to sources, all the officials arrived at ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Meet the Bangladeshi farmer who has killed more than 83,000 rats!
October 1st, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): A Bangladeshi farmer is said to have killed 83,450 rats over nine months in Gazipur, near the capital, Dhaka, and has now launched a nationwide campaign to kill ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Pak NA constitutes sub-committee to probe Blackwater operations
September 30th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.30 (ANI): Pakistan National Assembly's Standing Committee on Human Rights has constituted a five-member sub-committee to investigate the alleged operations of private US security firm Blackwater in the country.The committee, which ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Controversial US firm Blackwater expanding network in Pakistan
September 15th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.15 (ANI): Amid strong reactions from different quarters, US' controversial private security company, Blackwater has increased its presence in Pakistan.According to sources, the company has hired at least seven houses in ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
India, US to cooperate more in agriculture: Clinton
July 19th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said the US and India will explore "new areas of cooperation" in agriculture which she described as "one of the five ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Millet Centre to be set up in Karnataka’s Dharwad area
June 3rd, 2009 - 8:22 pm ICT by ANI
Dharwad, June 3 (ANI): Having come into existence only last year in June in Hyderabad, the State capital of Andhra Pradesh, Millet Network of India (MINI) today has over 90 members in ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Sugarcane farmers to get more for their produce: Pawar (Lead)
February 23rd, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Concerned over the low sugarcane output expected this year, the government is likely to raise prices, which would mean sugar mill owners would have to pay more ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Pawar urges farmers to look for alternative sources of income
February 23rd, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Citing the shortfall in land available for farming, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday urged farmers to look for alternative sources of income.
"You will have to look at ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
India expects robust rice crop in current season
August 29th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rice production will go up significantly in India in the current season, notwithstanding raging floods in Bihar and Punjab, a senior agriculture ministry official said here ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
SAARC members to discuss setting up food bank
August 16th, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 16 (IANS) The setting up of a food bank to meet exigencies caused by natural disasters in the region will be discussed by officials of eight South Asian countries at ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
President remembers pioneers of Green Revolution
July 16th, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil remembered C. Subramanium and Annasaheb P. Shinde for their key role in the Green Revolution, when she addressed scientists of the Indian Council of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Court notice on transfer of land for cricket stadium
July 11th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 11 (IANS) A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Friday issued notices to the Punjab government and Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) on a proposal to transfer agricultural ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |