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Punjab Paddy Yields At Risk Amid 28% Rain Deficit, Rise In Cultivation Costs
The increased dependence on groundwater has raised the cost of farming, with growers spending more on irrigation, fertilisers and crop protection chemicals to keep their fields healthy.
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AAP Government Faces Heat Over Punjab's Power Crisis Ahead Of Assembly Polls
Farmers require a regular power supply to operate tubewells for irrigation, making electricity a lifeline for the state's agrarian economy.
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Paddy Heist Blamed On Rats, Birds Points To Bigger Scam In Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh, proudly known as the "rice bowl of India", is seeing a crisis. Paddy in the state is now vanishing at the speed of a truck every hour. Officially, it is being eaten by rats, pecked away by birds.
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Rats Behind Rs 8-Crore Chhattisgarh Heist? 26,000 Quintals Of Paddy Missing
If you thought bank lockers were the only place for big robberies, Kawardha's paddy procurement centres in Chhattisgarh may change your mind.
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Grain Ready, Government Is Not: Farmers On Paddy Procurement In Chhattisgarh
The lush green fields of Chhattisgarh are shimmering with ripened paddy, but the political heat around procurement has begun to rise faster than the harvest.
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Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising basmati prices amid crop losses
Heavy rains and widespread flooding in basmati ricegrowing regions of India and Pakistan have raised concerns over output of the premium
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Government Hikes Paddy MSP By 3% To Rs 2,369 Per Quintal For 2025-26
The government on Wednesday raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy by 3 per cent to Rs 2,369 per quintal for the 2025-26 kharif marketing season.
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LPG Subsidy, Farm Loan Waiver, Caste Census In Congress' Manifesto For Chhattisgarh
The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, promising caste census, loan waiver to farmers, Rs 3,200 for per quintal for paddy procurement and subsidised cooking gas cylinders to women under a new scheme.
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Official Goes To Stop Stubble Burning In Punjab. Here's What Farmers Did Next...
A group of farmers allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to set a heap of paddy stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district. The incident drew condemnation from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
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Web Summit Appoints New CEO After Predecessor Quit Over Israel-Hamas Remark
Web Summit has appointed former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher as chief executive following the resignation of Paddy Cosgrave, whose comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict prompted some companies to withdraw from an upcoming conference.
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Pics: Rahul Gandhi Works In A Paddy Farm In Chhattisgarh
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday helped some cultivators at a village near Raipur in harvesting paddy and said the pro-farmer "model" of his party's government in Chhattisgarh will be replicated across India.
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Drone Used To Smuggle Drugs From Pakistan Recovered From Punjab Field
Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a drone from a paddy field near Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district, Punjab.
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Web Summit CEO Quits After Israel Remarks: What's The Controversy
Paddy Cosgrave, founder and Chief Executive of Web Summit, has resigned after his statement on the ongoing Israel-Gaza war sparked a huge controversy.
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Web Summit CEO "Apologises", Resigns After Comments On Israel-Hamas War
Web Summit Chief Executive and founder Paddy Cosgrave resigned on Saturday after comments he made on the Israel-Hamas war prompted some technology companies and investors to withdraw plans to attend its conference in Portugal next month.
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Minister Shares Beautiful Video Of Nagaland: "Where Women Are Empowered"
His quote tweet in Hindi, when translated to English, reads, "Where women are empowered, the land also smiles in the form of a good harvest!"
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Punjab Paddy Yields At Risk Amid 28% Rain Deficit, Rise In Cultivation Costs
The increased dependence on groundwater has raised the cost of farming, with growers spending more on irrigation, fertilisers and crop protection chemicals to keep their fields healthy.
-
AAP Government Faces Heat Over Punjab's Power Crisis Ahead Of Assembly Polls
Farmers require a regular power supply to operate tubewells for irrigation, making electricity a lifeline for the state's agrarian economy.
-
Paddy Heist Blamed On Rats, Birds Points To Bigger Scam In Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh, proudly known as the "rice bowl of India", is seeing a crisis. Paddy in the state is now vanishing at the speed of a truck every hour. Officially, it is being eaten by rats, pecked away by birds.
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Rats Behind Rs 8-Crore Chhattisgarh Heist? 26,000 Quintals Of Paddy Missing
If you thought bank lockers were the only place for big robberies, Kawardha's paddy procurement centres in Chhattisgarh may change your mind.
-
Grain Ready, Government Is Not: Farmers On Paddy Procurement In Chhattisgarh
The lush green fields of Chhattisgarh are shimmering with ripened paddy, but the political heat around procurement has begun to rise faster than the harvest.
-
Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising basmati prices amid crop losses
Heavy rains and widespread flooding in basmati ricegrowing regions of India and Pakistan have raised concerns over output of the premium
-
Government Hikes Paddy MSP By 3% To Rs 2,369 Per Quintal For 2025-26
The government on Wednesday raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy by 3 per cent to Rs 2,369 per quintal for the 2025-26 kharif marketing season.
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LPG Subsidy, Farm Loan Waiver, Caste Census In Congress' Manifesto For Chhattisgarh
The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, promising caste census, loan waiver to farmers, Rs 3,200 for per quintal for paddy procurement and subsidised cooking gas cylinders to women under a new scheme.
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Official Goes To Stop Stubble Burning In Punjab. Here's What Farmers Did Next...
A group of farmers allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to set a heap of paddy stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district. The incident drew condemnation from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
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Web Summit Appoints New CEO After Predecessor Quit Over Israel-Hamas Remark
Web Summit has appointed former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher as chief executive following the resignation of Paddy Cosgrave, whose comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict prompted some companies to withdraw from an upcoming conference.
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Pics: Rahul Gandhi Works In A Paddy Farm In Chhattisgarh
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday helped some cultivators at a village near Raipur in harvesting paddy and said the pro-farmer "model" of his party's government in Chhattisgarh will be replicated across India.
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Drone Used To Smuggle Drugs From Pakistan Recovered From Punjab Field
Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a drone from a paddy field near Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar district, Punjab.
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Web Summit CEO Quits After Israel Remarks: What's The Controversy
Paddy Cosgrave, founder and Chief Executive of Web Summit, has resigned after his statement on the ongoing Israel-Gaza war sparked a huge controversy.
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Web Summit CEO "Apologises", Resigns After Comments On Israel-Hamas War
Web Summit Chief Executive and founder Paddy Cosgrave resigned on Saturday after comments he made on the Israel-Hamas war prompted some technology companies and investors to withdraw plans to attend its conference in Portugal next month.
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Minister Shares Beautiful Video Of Nagaland: "Where Women Are Empowered"
His quote tweet in Hindi, when translated to English, reads, "Where women are empowered, the land also smiles in the form of a good harvest!"
