In 1822, Europeans brought honey bees to Australia as agricultural heroes; 200 years later, researchers found they were helping tree death spread faster than windNew research published in NeoBiota suggests western honey bees may be helping spread myrtle rust, a destructive fungal disease threatening ...
11 Jun, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
Vietnam rice prices rise on El Nino concerns; Bangladesh rates stay high amid heatwaveBangladesh is also seeing high prices as a heatwave impacts crops and rains damage existing supplies. India's prices remain steady with goo...
06 Jun, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
What do China's new US farm purchases mean for global trade? | An explainerChina will purchase over $17 billion in US farm goods yearly for three years. This deal boosts agricultural trade significantly. Purchases ...
18 May, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh Rain News: Yellow alert in Ghaziabad, Noida; more rainfall likely in Lucknow, Kanpur as 104 killed due to thunderstorms, strong windsRain in Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh braces for more heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds as the IMD issues orange alerts for Lu...
14 May, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh viral video: Man flung several feet into the air during thunderstorm. WatchPowerful thunderstorms swept across Uttar Pradesh, causing widespread destruction. At least 89 people died in the severe weather. Prayagraj...
14 May, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
Specialty chemicals: Is China still the same threat, or is this a contrarian moment? 7 stocks to be brought back on the watchlistWhen it comes to the Indian speciality chemicals sector, China and its dumping matters. But there have been subtle but significant changes ...
13 May, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
Parrots are 'wild animals', rules HC; orders Maharashtra govt to compensate farmer for crop damageThe Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra government to compensate a farmer for parrot damage to his pomegranate trees, classifying...
26 Apr, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
Extreme heat threatens global food systems, UN agencies warnFarmers and fishers are struggling as heatwaves become more frequent and intense. Yields are falling, and harvests are failing. The United ...
24 Apr, 2026, 10.34 AM IST
Centre expands PM Fasal Bima Yojana to cover crop loss from wild animals and waterloggingAnnouncing major relief for farmers, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that, on the initiative of Prime Minis...
21 Nov, 2025, 08.41 AM IST
MP forest department wants to allow killing of nilgai, wild boars which damage cropsFollowing strict rules issued in 2000 and 2003 pertaining to the hunting of blue bulls and boars, respectively, no animal was killed, Princ...
30 Jan, 2022, 11.32 AM IST
Haryana paid Rs 2,696 crore to farmers for crop damage: Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant ChautalaThe Deputy Chief Minister said that Haryana being an agrarian State, the state government is conscious of its responsibility to safeguard t...
03 Mar, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
Punjab eases shooting permits of animal to save cropsThe state government has also approved introduction of sterilisation of bulls by the Animal Husbandry Department to control the menace of s...
14 Jul, 2017, 05.10 PM IST
Maneka Gandhi objects to permission for culling animals damaging life, propertyThe Federation of Indian Animals Protection Organisations has been protesting against the culling permissions.
10 Jun, 2016, 03.43 AM IST
Weather office issues ‘multi-hazard warning’ of hailstorms, strong winds“An intense western disturbance currently lying over Iran and the neighbourhood would affect the Indian subcontinent from 11th (March),” th...
10 Mar, 2016, 12.54 AM IST
841 deaths due to animal attacks from 2012-15: GovtState governments provide ex gratia relief in respect of damage to crops and loss of human lives suffered by the victims of attacks by wild...
04 Aug, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
- Wild boars count underway as TN farmers demand culling
After repeated complaints from farmers across the state that wild boars have been uprooting their crops, the government has taken up a stud...
17 Feb, 2015, 05.09 AM IST
- Bihar grants permission to kill rampaging neelgais
The Bihar State Wildlife Board has decided to give permission to affected farmers, who have licensed weapons, to kill rampaging neelgais.
13 Jan, 2013, 10.52 PM IST