Has Kamdhenu the cow goddess reincarnated? Village in Madhya Pradesh worship ‘divine’ cow who produced milk as a calfWhile the world continues to anticipate the arrival of Kalki, a village in Madhya Pradesh believes that Kamdhenu, the revered bovine deity,...
04 Sep, 2024, 07.31 PM IST
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
Karnataka minister meets UP CM Yogi Adityanath on anti-cow slaughter legislationThe minister, who has already announced that the anti-cow slaughter bill will be introduced during the state legislature session starting f...
03 Dec, 2020, 05.57 PM IST
Great Indian cattle count: An inside storyAn army of veterinary doctors and para-veterinary officials are using tablets to conduct livestock census.
27 Jan, 2019, 10.15 AM IST
White Revolution 3.0?The time has come to have a re-look at the whole policy for Dairy sector and to device steps so that the interests of the Indian farmers an...
25 Nov, 2018, 02.56 PM IST
Military farms' shutdown to hit Rs 800 crore projectThe Frieswal breed, developed by cross-breeding the Holstein Friesian cow of the Netherlands with the Sahiwal of India, is the result of st...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
No cash cow, Army to sell bovines for token amountWhile the special Frieswal cows are believed to be valued at over Rs 1 lakh each, the lack of buyers has finally forced Defence ministry's ...
02 Jul, 2018, 11.56 AM IST
Diversify agriculture into energy sector: Nitin GadkariAlso stressing the need for organic farming, the minister said Indian breeds of cows like Sahiwal and Gir, which were popular in Brazil, ne...
24 Jan, 2018, 08.26 PM IST
Holy cow! Best desi cattle breed to get Rs 5 lakh awardThe Centre has asked all states to send in nominations of individual farmers, gaushalas or cow shelters, and breeders’ societies by March 3...
16 Mar, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
Modi government looks to US technology for increasing domestic cows, milk outputThe Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fishing last week also asked ICAR to create India’s own sex-sorted semen technology.
17 Jun, 2016, 02.54 AM IST
Amul keen on Rs 400 crore project in drought-hit Vidarbha: Nitin GadkariThe Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) markets the Amul brand of milk and dairy products and the Amul Model of dairy dev...
14 Jun, 2016, 07.31 PM IST
Cow conservation to be made part of agricultural syllabus: Sanjeev BaliyanThe Centre will change the syllabus for agricultural studies to include cow conservation, Union minister of state for agriculture Sanjeev B...
13 Dec, 2015, 12.37 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
How & why the NDA government is gearing up for mission to protect and promote the cowFast-tracking a disbursal of Rs 105 crore since September 2014, the ruling BJP-led government has demonstrated its seriousness in conservin...
19 Jul, 2015, 11.35 AM IST
Climate change spurs positive for India: Overseas demand for indigenous cattle risesIndia’s cattle population declined 4% to 190.9 million, according to the 19th livestock census in 2012, the most recent.
11 Nov, 2014, 10.49 AM IST
Red tape sours Indian dairy industry?The Indian govt’s tightened norms on importing high milk yielding cattle breeds have forced many businesses to shelve, defer large dairy fa...
24 Mar, 2014, 09.04 AM IST
- Process of importing cattle from Pakistan began six months back: Parkash Singh Badal
The process of importing cattle from Pak commenced about six months back much before the relations between the two neighbours witnessed a l...
04 May, 2013, 07.01 PM IST