Chhattisgarh government launches scheme to develop 'gauthans' into rural industrial parks"In the first phase of the programme, 300 such facilities are being developed across the state for which a provision of Rs 600 crore has be...
02 Oct, 2022, 05.14 PM IST
India to become 3rd largest economy in a few years, cooperative sector to play crucial role, says Amit ShahHe asked the dairy industry to adopt professionalism, latest technology, computerization, and digital payment in a big way else it could fa...
13 Sep, 2022, 11.39 AM IST
Study reveals live phone calls effective than pre-recorded public messages during Covid-19The lab that conducts research on the well-being of workers and productivity of firms in labour incentive industries surveyed 914 women mig...
18 Aug, 2021, 08.31 PM IST
National Milk Day and the man who made it possibleThe Milk Day was fixed in 2014 when the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Indian Dairy Association (IDA), along with 22 state le...
22 Nov, 2019, 11.42 PM IST
Zero-budget farming: Budget 2019 makes potentially game-changing announcements for farmersFarm distress had turned out to be a huge issue in the Lok Sabha elections, forcing Modi to announce PM-KISAN scheme under which it is offe...
06 Jul, 2019, 08.45 AM IST
View: Don’t lynch the livestock business with export bansHindutva & animal rights activists have asked shipping Ministry to ban livestock exports from all ports last week.
19 Aug, 2018, 08.52 PM IST
UP govt moots use of cow urine to make medicinesAfter its proposal to make floor cleaners using cow urine, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to give a push to the use of cow urine ...
04 Feb, 2018, 04.01 PM IST
'Cow protectors' not involved in violence: RSS chief Mohan BhagwatIt is unfair to link "cow protectors" or the entire activity of cow protection with violent incidents or communal feelings without knowing ...
30 Sep, 2017, 11.04 PM IST
How people have tried to profit from human and animal waste productsCivets are found here too and, according to reports, some coffee producers now want to use them to make an Indian version of kopi luwak.
16 Sep, 2017, 09.05 AM IST
China surpasses India in biogas plants, exposing hypocrisy of gau rakshaksEconomist TK Moulik explained that India had been among the pioneers in biogas technology but it had taken the Chinese a mere decade to ove...
23 May, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
Government undertaking research to promote use of cow urine, Lok Sabha toldA pharmaceutical product containing cow urine distillate with anti-oxidant property is available in the market and that four US patents hav...
25 Nov, 2016, 07.36 PM IST
Holy cow urine industry gets boost from Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu agendaIn cow-worshiping India, the increased protection and reverence given to the cows have become a source of inter-faith conflict, given its c...
18 Jul, 2016, 11.39 AM IST
Entrepreneurs launch web series, online reality programme backing new business ideasEntrepreneurs, bitten by the startup bug and enterprises seeking to leverage India’s startup boom, have launched similar web series or webi...
29 Jun, 2016, 10.16 AM IST
Junagadh Agricultural University scientists find gold in Gir cow urineThe analysis of urine samples of 400 Gir cows done at the Food Testing Laboratory of JAU showed traces of gold ranging from three mg to 10 ...
28 Jun, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
Maharashtra's contention that cattle have value past milk is an urban fantasyIn the HC, the BJP-run state has insisted that the ban is not religious in motivation which would be discriminatory but purely practical.
28 Apr, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
Mango farmers bear domino effect of beef ban rendering cattle a less viable prospectIn the High Court the BJP run state has insisted that the ban is not religious in motivation – which would be discriminatory – but purely p...
25 Apr, 2015, 02.24 AM IST
UDF, LDF raise voice against cow slaughter banSome BJP leaders in Kerala have sought to justify the Narendra Modi Government's move by citing environment and health grounds.
15 Mar, 2015, 01.21 PM IST