Haryana: India's first cloned desi Gir female calf, Ganga produced at NDRI"Under a project by National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal to work on cloning of indigenous cow breeds such as Gir and Sahiwal, India's ...
28 Mar, 2023, 09.30 AM IST
Bengaluru to face power outage on December 17 & 18. Check regions affected, time slots hereTech city Bengaluru will face a power cut in several areas on December 17, 2022, and December 18, 2022. KPTCL to conduct maintenance work d...
17 Dec, 2022, 01.53 PM IST
Board of Directors appoints Sanjay Gupta as CEO of NCMLSanjay Gupta said, "NCML is a great organization with a rich legacy and it will be my endeavour that we keep serving more and more customer...
14 Sep, 2022, 02.27 PM IST
Seven envoys present credentials via video-conferencing: a new chapter in India’s digital diplomacyThe credential ceremony was conducted via a video-conferencing from the South Block as the envoys stood in front of a large screen one afte...
21 May, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
Agri universities and research institutes are cultivating farm startupsAgriculture universities and research institutes are stepping up to fill the gaps in funding.
09 Dec, 2018, 09.21 PM IST
Milk production up 20% in 2014-2017: Agriculture MinistryPer capita availability of milk rose by 15.6 per cent from 307 gms a day to 355 gms per day between 2013-14 and 2016-17, an official statem...
11 Mar, 2018, 05.54 PM IST
Patanjali to foray into dairy sector: Ramdev"Patanjali is set to enter the dairy business and in this financial year, production will start in three dairy plants - one each in Maharas...
23 Sep, 2016, 10.49 PM IST
India tops milk output in 2014-15, but lags behind in productivity: NDRI dataAt current levels, India continues to top the list of the major milk-producing countries in the world followed by the USA, China, Pakistan ...
10 Feb, 2016, 12.51 PM IST
Meet Swarupa, the cloned calf that's raised milk hopesThe country's premier dairy institute is looking at cloning as a strategy to boost population of high-yielding, elite variety of buffaloes.
06 Sep, 2015, 10.21 AM IST
Fate of Wild Water Buffaloes now depends on 13-year-old surviving adult female AshaIUCN has declared the wild water buffalo an ‘endangered species’ and in India it is among the animals protected with highest priority under...
05 Sep, 2015, 06.37 AM IST
Government should promote ICAR tech to detect detergent in milkThe government's Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new colour-based test for rapid detection of detergent in m...
04 May, 2015, 07.54 PM IST
First Chhattisgarh wild buffalo clone born in HaryanaIndia's first cloning of Chhattisgarh's endangered wild buffalo met success with birth of healthy female calf born on December 12 last at N...
04 Jan, 2015, 09.06 PM IST
Milk production in 2013-14 rises by 6 per cent to 140 million tonnesMilk production in India, the world's largest producer and consumer, stood at 132.4 million tonnes 2012-13, as per National Dairy Developme...
05 Jun, 2014, 05.15 PM IST
- Long delayed, wild buffalo conservation plan to be expedited
The conservation plan with a goal to establish 200 genetically acceptable wild buffaloes in Central India will be finalized in a month by t...
04 Dec, 2013, 03.49 AM IST
- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh should team up to save wild buffaloes: Experts
At a time when wild buffaloes, an endangered mammal species, are facing extinction, the state forest department has joined hands with leadi...
06 Nov, 2012, 02.36 AM IST
- Agri industry incurring Rs 76,500 cr annual loss
The huge loss,despite annual agriculture production of 149 million tons, was mainly due to an inefficient supply chain.
21 Dec, 2009, 05.28 PM IST
Jindal Saw plans Rs 10,000 cr diversificationIndresh Batra, managing director of Jindal SAW, part of the $10 billion OP Jindal group, talks about the company's recent mega diversificat...
29 Sep, 2008, 12.00 AM IST