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Chinese Owner Feeds Fish 5,000 Kg Chillies Daily So They "Taste Better"
The chillies added to the pond are obtained free of charge from local farmers.
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How Bihar's Makhana Is Made And Why The World Wants It
Once limited to fasting bowls, makhana from Bihar is now making its way into kitchens across the world. This is how it is made and why demand continues to climb.
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Two Boys Drown In Farm Pond In Karnataka: Cops
Two minor boys drowned in a farm pond in the Sidiginamola village of Karnataka's Ballari district on Thursday, police said.
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This 3-Year-Old, 6-Foot-Tall Buffalo From Thailand Is The Tallest In The World
Despite his massive size, he is a gentle and playful animal who enjoys spending time in the pond and interacting with humans on the Ninlanee Farm in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
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Man Throws 1 Year-Old-Daughter In Pond After Fight With Wife In Maharashtra: Cops
A 30-year-old farm labourer allegedly killed his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter by throwing her into a farm pond in a fit of rage following an argument with his wife in Maharashtra's Jalna district on Wednesday, police said.
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Sunderbans Villagers To Farm Fish In Ponds, Stay Away From Tiger Habitat
The West Bengal Forest Department on Monday distributed fingerling fish to villagers in Sunderbans in South 24 Parganas district to dissuade them from going into creeks, adjacent to the core forest area, to catch shrimps, crabs and collect firewood.
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Ash Leak From Madhya Pradesh NTPC Plant Spills On Farms, Allege Villagers
A breach in an artificial pond that stored toxic residue from a coal power plant run by the state-owned NTPC has contaminated farmland in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli, villagers have alleged. The district collector said no one was injured and the ash spillage happened inside the boundary wall of the power plant.
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Economic Survey Warns Of Climate Change's Effects On Water Resources
The Economic Survey presented to parliament today by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recognises the big challenge posed by climate change on India's farm sector and water resources. Groundwater table has been falling and wells, lakes and ponds have dried up in several cities and villages across the country in peak summer this year.
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Gujarat Officials Booked For Fraudulently Availing Farm Subsidy
Two government officials and four others have been booked for allegedly forging documents of farmers to withdraw almost Rs 1 crore under a government subsidy scheme to build farm ponds, police said.
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Maharashtra to Dig 1,00,000 Wells to Combat Water Crisis
With a drought threat looming, Maharashtra plans to dig a whopping 100,000 wells and create 50,000 farm ponds from August 15, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in Mumbai on Thursday.
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Thai Woman Commits Suicide By Leaping Into Crocodile Pond: Police
A 65-year-old Thai women has committed suicide by leaping into a pond of crocodiles at a farm popular with tourists on Bangkok's outskirts, police told AFP on Tuesday.
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Chinese Owner Feeds Fish 5,000 Kg Chillies Daily So They "Taste Better"
The chillies added to the pond are obtained free of charge from local farmers.
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How Bihar's Makhana Is Made And Why The World Wants It
Once limited to fasting bowls, makhana from Bihar is now making its way into kitchens across the world. This is how it is made and why demand continues to climb.
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Two Boys Drown In Farm Pond In Karnataka: Cops
Two minor boys drowned in a farm pond in the Sidiginamola village of Karnataka's Ballari district on Thursday, police said.
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This 3-Year-Old, 6-Foot-Tall Buffalo From Thailand Is The Tallest In The World
Despite his massive size, he is a gentle and playful animal who enjoys spending time in the pond and interacting with humans on the Ninlanee Farm in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
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Man Throws 1 Year-Old-Daughter In Pond After Fight With Wife In Maharashtra: Cops
A 30-year-old farm labourer allegedly killed his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter by throwing her into a farm pond in a fit of rage following an argument with his wife in Maharashtra's Jalna district on Wednesday, police said.
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Sunderbans Villagers To Farm Fish In Ponds, Stay Away From Tiger Habitat
The West Bengal Forest Department on Monday distributed fingerling fish to villagers in Sunderbans in South 24 Parganas district to dissuade them from going into creeks, adjacent to the core forest area, to catch shrimps, crabs and collect firewood.
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Ash Leak From Madhya Pradesh NTPC Plant Spills On Farms, Allege Villagers
A breach in an artificial pond that stored toxic residue from a coal power plant run by the state-owned NTPC has contaminated farmland in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli, villagers have alleged. The district collector said no one was injured and the ash spillage happened inside the boundary wall of the power plant.
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Economic Survey Warns Of Climate Change's Effects On Water Resources
The Economic Survey presented to parliament today by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recognises the big challenge posed by climate change on India's farm sector and water resources. Groundwater table has been falling and wells, lakes and ponds have dried up in several cities and villages across the country in peak summer this year.
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Gujarat Officials Booked For Fraudulently Availing Farm Subsidy
Two government officials and four others have been booked for allegedly forging documents of farmers to withdraw almost Rs 1 crore under a government subsidy scheme to build farm ponds, police said.
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Maharashtra to Dig 1,00,000 Wells to Combat Water Crisis
With a drought threat looming, Maharashtra plans to dig a whopping 100,000 wells and create 50,000 farm ponds from August 15, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in Mumbai on Thursday.
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Thai Woman Commits Suicide By Leaping Into Crocodile Pond: Police
A 65-year-old Thai women has committed suicide by leaping into a pond of crocodiles at a farm popular with tourists on Bangkok's outskirts, police told AFP on Tuesday.
