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MPs demand JPC to probe Tomar's assertion on farmer deaths

New Delhi |Saturday, 2021 4:15:05 AM IST

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday led an eight-party delegation demanding Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe Union Agriculture Minister Naren read..

SRI Spinout Wingsure develops AI-driven mobile insurance app for small farmers

| July 30, 2021 10:45:31 AM IST

New Delhi/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): SRI International today announced that its insurtech venture spinout, Wingsure, is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and augm read..

Medicinal plants boon for Bundelkhand farmers

Lucknow |Friday, 2021 9:15:06 PM IST

The cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants like Lemongrass, Sataver, Ashwagandha, Khas and others is proving to be a boon for farmers in Bundelkhand region as these medicinal plants require less read..

'India committed to focus on small and marginal farmers'

New Delhi |Thursday, 2021 3:45:11 AM IST

Emphasising its focus on small and marginal farmers, India on Wednesday reiterated the ommitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and in making the country's agri-food systems sustain read..

7 oppn parties write to prez, seek time on snooping, farmers issue

New Delhi |Tuesday, 2021 11:45:06 PM IST

Amid logjam in Parliament over the snooping row and farmers protests, seven opposition parties on Tuesday wrote to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind to intervene. read..

UP to be the next stop for farmers' agitation: Tikait

Lucknow |Monday, 2021 10:15:06 PM IST

Rakesh Tikait, national spokesperson of the Bhartiya Kisan Union has said that Uttar Pradesh will be the next major destination for the ongoing farmers' agitation. read..

Sukhbir interacts with elderly protester to support farmers cause

Chandigarh |Sunday, 2021 1:15:06 AM IST

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Saturday visited octogenarian Labh Singh at Matka Chowk here to express solidarity with the protester who has been sitting alone in support of the read..

Strawberry farmers in Kashmir losing out due to lockdown

Srinagar |Sunday, 2021 2:45:05 PM IST

There has been a bumper strawberry crop in Kashmir this year; farmers are busy in their fields harvesting their produce and packing it in small boxes but the growers are incurring losses despite the b read..

This Raj farmer created a new fennel variety through crop engineering

Jaipur |Thursday, 2021 9:45:06 PM IST

Regarded as the 'Saunf King' of Sirohi, Ishaq Ali, a farmer 'scientist' in Rajasthan, has earned many laurels for innovating in the field of fennel farming and has left one and all surprised by produc read..

Not just to protest, people are also joining farmers' agitation to earn a living

New Delhi |Tuesday, 2021 2:15:06 AM IST

"I earn 500 rupees every day by cooking, washing dishes and other work in the farmers' agitation. Along with boys from my village, I am working on a daily wages basis," Shekhar Sharma, a resident of S read..