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158Hidden Centuries Old Giant Maize Has Slime That Could Change the World
Deep in the heart of the Mexican mountains grows an ancient species of giant corn plant that grows twice as large and...
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1944 workers killed, many feared trapped as 3-storey rice mill collapses in Haryana
Several rice mill workers were feared trapped under debris after a three-storeyed rice mill building collapsed at Karnal. Four people were killed...
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108Amid ‘slow’ wheat procurement, Mohali mandis face rain threat
Mohali: With the high influx of foodgrain into the mandis (grain markets) of Mohali, the farmer commission agents – arhtiyas – are...
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140Mandis filled to the brim with wheat, Punjab asks Centre to allow storage at FCI facilities
The Centre’s directions to Punjab to send procured wheat to consumer states directly through railways without storing has led to a glut-like...
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176Govt’s wheat procurement down 18% at 41 lakh tonne; arrivals ..
NEW DELHI: The government has procured 41 lakh tone wheat at the minimum support price directly from farmers so far in the...
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151Meet Karnataka’s Syed Ghani Khan, The Keeper Of Agricultural Diversity
When we talk of rice, we only know about the white rice and we don’t know about the green rice, black rice,...
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144Maize Shortage in Zambia to Negatively Affect “struggling families”: Jesuit Priest
The shortage of maize in Zambia will have a negative economic effect on members of the country’s “struggling families” who are already...
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183Blending for food security
The present wheat crisis, combined with a significant increase in twin deficits (fiscal and current account), indicates that the measures taken by...
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130Will achieve 20 pc ethanol blending target in petrol: What oil minister Hardeep Puri said on India’s gas consumption, CBG-CNG blending
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday spoke about the country’s gas consumption sharing that grew around...
