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Bangladesh students channel revolutionary spirit into flood relief effortsThe torrential rains that triggered the floods have wreaked havoc across 11 districts, including Feni, Chittagong, and Sylhet, and the magn...
Floods force 300,000 in Bangladesh to take refuge in relief sheltersHighways and rail lines were damaged between the capital Dhaka and the main port city of Chittagong, making access to badly flooded distric...
Sonia Gandhi to chair meeting of opposition partiesCongress interim chief Sonia Gandhi will be holding a meeting with the opposition parties on Friday to discuss several issues.
The way out of farm protests: How to make it a win-win for both farmers and Modi govtIf instead of tinkering with farm laws in a heavy-handed manner, GoI laid out a more comprehensive strategy to usher in a second Green Revo...
It may be time for a socially funded and entrepreneurially-driven approach: VS Parthasarathy, M&MVS Parthasarathy, Group CFO, M&M, says socially funded means 20 private equity foreign funds, government institutions, public sector put to...
India heading towards becoming major agricultural importer after two failed monsoonsIndia is heading towards becoming a major agricultural importer after two failed monsoons. The country has started shopping around globe fo...
India needs a new green revolution: Anand MahindraA majority of Indian population is dependent on agriculture for livelihood, Mahindra said.
Skymet's web drive to help farmers with weather forecastSkymet also prepared a four-minute short film which follows the story of a young girl who was in constant fear that her father, a farmer, m...
Monsoon below expectations: For Punjab and Haryana, below-par rain for past 16 yearsIMD's monsoon update predicts 85 per cent seasonal rains for northwest India, indicating that rain woes for Punjab and Haryana could contin...
Government supervising work on water conservation schemes: Devendra Fadnavis'Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan' is the flagship program of Fadnavis who has set a target to rid Maharashtra of drought within a period of five ye...
Budget 2014: Rural irrigation scheme to cut dependence on monsoonAnother measure is the 'Soil Health Card' will carry crop-wise recommendations of nutrients/fertilizers required for farms in a particular ...
Pranab Mukherjee cautions not to ignore farm sectorMukherjee underscored that it was vital that the farm sector grows at a much faster pace for alleviating poverty, promoting inclusive growt...
- Bihar's Rs 150 lakh cr agri roadmap launch likely next month
The five-year agriculture roadmap prepared by the Bihar government, probably first of its kind in the country, at an estimated cost of Rs 1...
- US to invest $1 trillion in India: Nirupama Rao
US will invest $1 trillion towards infrastructure development in India to meet the needs of a growing population, said Nirupama Rao, India'...
- Economic Survey 2011 for more reforms, faster government clearance
The survey called for creation of a National Forest Land Bank with clear paper work and title to reduce approval time for forest clearance.
- Farm sector growth to rebound to 5.4% this fiscal
The Economic Survey on Friday pegged the country's agriculture sector growth at 5.4 percent this fiscal, as against 0.4 percent in the prev...
- US offers farm expertise for 'evergreen' revolution in India
The US today offered its advanced farm technology, research and other related expertise to make the revolution "evergreen."