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    Wildlife census in Goa indicates presence of tiger

    Goa’s Forest Department has come across evidence about the possible presence of tiger in the state’s forests during the recent wildlife census. State’s Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Shashi Kumar said “indirect evidence” of tiger’s presence found during the wildlife census. However, the same would be confirmed only in the second phase. “There is […]

    Agriculture

    Asian Farmers Rally to Protest WHO Proposal

    Lisbon: A global movement of opposition to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest tobacco policy is growing by the day, spearheaded by Asian farmers. On Wednesday, September 29, thousands of tobacco farmers in several major Asian cities will gather to say no to a proposal that threatens to send millions of them straight to the […]

    Agriculture

    Apple production set to break record in HP

    Apple crop is set to break all past records in Himachal Pradesh with production crossing 3.85 crore boxes during the current marketing season of June to October, officials said on Sunday. The production was about 90 lakh boxes more than the highest production of 2.67 crore standard boxes (each box comprising 20 kg) in 2007 […]

    Agriculture

    Foodgrain production looks comfortable in kharif 2010: Pawar

    Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the country’s foodgrains production, pegged at 114.63 million tonnes in the kharif season of 2010-11, looks “comfortable”, thanks to widespread rains across the country. “It (production of foodgrains) looks comfortable. Area under crops such as paddy, pulses, oilseeds, cotton and sugarcane is more than last year and the […]

    Environment

    CNBC Launches New Segment Series on Clean Energy

    London, United Kingdom: CNBC, the leading business and financial news channel, has announced the launch of a new global 10-part segment series on clean energy called People, Planet, Profit. The series is sponsored by The Zayed Future Energy Prize, an annual award that celebrates achievements that reflect innovation, long-term vision and leadership in renewable energy […]

    Agriculture

    ITGA : World Health Organization Ploughs on with Bureaucratic Blunder and Slams the Door on 30 Million Farmers

    Lisbon, Portugal — The International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA), representing more than 30 million tobacco farmers around the world, has launched a scathing attack against the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing it of being out of touch with reality and completely ignoring pleas by tobacco farmers in some of the most vulnerable parts of the […]

    Agriculture

    Govt to give diesel subsidy to drought-hit farmers: Pawar

    Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the government will provide Rs 500 crore to drought-hit West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand for extending a subsidy on diesel farmers use to power their water pump-sets. “Every farmer will get Rs 500 per hectare as diesel subsidy,” Pawar said at a conference on the rabi crop season […]

    Agriculture

    Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS) approved

    The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS). The modified NAIS has been formulated, incorporating the necessary changes/modifications in consultation with States to remove the deficiencies and make it more comprehensive and farmer friendly. The Scheme will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme on a pilot basis […]

    Agriculture

    Govt may consider wheat exports on account of space crunch

    The government may consider allowing exports of wheat in the wake of reports about a serious shortage of foodstock storage capacity in the country. “Export of wheat is a matter which we must seriously look into,” Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas told reporters on the sideline of an Assocham event on Wednesday. […]

    Agriculture

    Implementing SC order on foodgrains not possible: Pawar

    The government on Thursday said it is not possible to implement the Supreme Court order that asked the Centre to distribute foodgrain for free to the poorest instead of allowing it to rot due to lack of storage facility. “It’s not possible to implement the Supreme Court order,” Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told […]

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