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What is DEVGRU, and how does SEAL Team 6 work to be able to save US airman from Iran safely? Full explainer of rescue mission, CIA deception, aircraft deployment and SEAL Team 6 structure, recruitment and historyWhat is DEVGRU, and how does SEAL Team 6 work to be able to save US airman from Iran safely? This explainer details the F-15E Strike Eagle ...06 Apr, 2026, 07.09 PM IST- Punjab floods: Rs 20,000 compensation for per acre crop damage; farmers can extract sand from fieldsPunjab government approved Rs 20,000 per acre compensation for flood damage. Farmers can now extract and sell sand from their fields. Bhagw...08 Sep, 2025, 05.12 PM IST
- AAP leader Manish Sisodia says Punjab govt to allow farmers to clear sand from flood-hit fieldsFollowing devastating floods in Punjab, the AAP government plans to allow farmers to remove sand deposits from their inundated fields to fa...08 Sep, 2025, 08.22 AM IST
- Punjab govt to allow flood-hit farmers to mine sand from their fields: Manish SisodiaManish Sisodia announced that Punjab farmers will be permitted to extract and sell sand deposited in their fields by recent floods, address...07 Sep, 2025, 05.56 PM IST
- Small tea growers can avail benefits under the PM-KISAN schemeAssam is the largest producer of tea in India and accounts for 52 percent of India’s tea.22 Jul, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
- Centre amends mining law, exempts several activities from green clearanceMinistry of Environment has said that extraction of ordinary clay or sand by manual mining, by the 'kumhars' (potter) to prepare earthen po...05 Apr, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
- Guar seed prices climb 21% as kharif crop seen weakAcreage is expected to halve to 26 lakh hectares as farmers have shifted to other crops, mainly pulses.18 Aug, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
- Government takes on mining mafia with new rulesEnvironment ministry for the first time delegated power of granting environmental clearances for leases up to 5 hectares to district level ...22 Jan, 2016, 12.31 PM IST
- North America puts its drilling projects on hold, guar slipsGuar prices plunged to seven-year lows as demand waned from the North American-oil drilling industry, which is putting projects on hold ami...04 Dec, 2015, 02.55 AM IST
- Centre issues guidelines on sustainable sand mining, proposes crackdown on illegal minersThe Union environment ministry on Wednesday came out with detailed "guidelines on sustainable sand mining" in the country.10 Sep, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
- Centre to make green nod must for sand, gravel mining below 5 hectaresThe ministry has framed new guidelines for sustainable sand mining following the Supreme Court order, which said no mining lease or renewal...01 Sep, 2015, 02.35 PM IST
- Andhra Pradesh initiates economic empowerment of women through sand miningA pilot sand mining scheme undertaken in East Godavari district under the new Sand Mining Policy-2014 has met with "tremendous success".29 Oct, 2014, 02.57 PM IST
- Illegal sand mining: High stakes, mega bucks fuel illegal ‘dig-load-sell’ sand businessBoom in construction industry has triggered demand for sand, to meet which contractors, with state officials' help, have begun a dig-load-s...11 Aug, 2013, 06.13 AM IST
- Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, states on illegal sand miningSupreme Court today issued notice to Centre and all states seeking their response for framing rules for preventing illegal sand mining on r...03 May, 2013, 10.07 PM IST
- Guar gum industry in a fix as US cos eye substitutesIndia produces 20 million tonne of guar seeds annually from which 6 lakh tonne of guar gum is extracted.06 Dec, 2012, 04.00 AM IST
- Guar price rise keeps away US buyersA sudden surge in guar price last year has kept away the US buyers from lifting the product which is used as a thickening agent used for oi...05 Dec, 2012, 03.15 PM IST
- AP Govt introduces new Sand Mining PolicyThe policy, if implemented effectively, will curb the growing activities of the sand mafia in the state and make sand available to all at a...13 Oct, 2012, 05.56 PM IST
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