Posts By Hindustan Times
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174EnglishIncrease in wheat MSP: Punjab farmers reject hike for rabi crops as ‘peanuts’
Even as the Centre hiked minimum support price for wheat crop by ₹150, highest in the past six years, the farmers unions in...
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164EnglishOnly 34% of paddy lifted as millers strike continues against FCI guidelines
The ongoing rice millers strike, engaged in milling non-basmati varieties for the government agencies, has caused a glut-like situation in the mandis...
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215EnglishAfter wheat and rice, India likely to curb sugar export
India may ban or curb export of sugar in the new season that began on October 1, as a patchy June-September monsoon...
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180EnglishHT Archives: New frontiers in farming
The per acre yield of cereals and millets has remained stagnant during the last several decades. Several solutions, such as cultivation of...
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212EnglishFarmers lock gates of sugar mill in Phagwara over non-clearance of dues
Farmers’ body Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba) on Wednesday locked the gates of a sugar mill here in protest against the delay in...
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159EnglishStartup Mantra: Scripting success with green energy
Ashvin Patil, one of the many entrepreneurs, watched enthusiastically as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the “Global Biofuels Alliance” on the sidelines...
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160EnglishIndia likely to achieve its rice output goal for kharif season
The country is likely to achieve its rice-output target of 111 million tonnes during the ongoing kharif or summer-sown season, as acreage...
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248English15 new varieties of wheat, one of barley identified
As per the scientists, two high yielding wheat varieties namely HD3386 and WH1402 have been identified for irrigated timely sown and restricted...
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184EnglishActivists rally against ‘soaring prices’ of essentials, urge govt action
LUCKNOW Political parties and activist groups joined forces on Monday for a demonstration against rising inflation and employment issues, marching from Parivartan Chowk...
