Everything you need to know about Agriculture College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Agriculture College: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Union Agriculture Minister Launched Nowcast and Insurance Web-Portals for Farmers.
London, May 3 (ANI): The social pain of loneliness produces changes in the body that mimic the aging process and increase the risk of heart disease, a new study has found.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) An all-party team from Karnataka led by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought immediate release of Rs.1,500 crore for drought relief in the state.
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New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A trade union associated with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday threatened to go on strike from July 10 against alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks to private firms and exploitation of coal workers.
Kargil, May 1 (ANI): Its summer season and all of us are busy planning the destination that will give us some respite from the sweltering heat of the metropolitans. As the trend goes - what better than the snow covered hills and the gorgeous vistas of the beautiful Ladakh valley that offers warm hospitality at its best? Families, friends, honeymooners go there in great numbers, enjoy the scenic beauty, shop and come back: but there is more to this "been there, done that" experience.
London, May 1 (ANI): A blood test that can identify women at high risk of breast cancer decades before the disease develops could be available in five years, say scientists.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Succumbing to political pressure, the government Monday revoked the ban on cotton exports and said fresh exports will be allowed without any quantitative restrictions.
Washington, April 27 (ANI): A new analysis issued by Republican strategist Karl Rove has shown that President Barack Obama held a sizable lead in the electoral college race over likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
London, Apr 26 (ANI): While some are born with natural talent, anyone can learn to draw well and the only catch is that 'like all difficult skills, one probably needs 10,000 hours of practice to become really proficient', scientists have said.
Jakarta, April 26 (Xinhua-ANI): An Indonesian senior official said on Thursday that Indonesia will suspend imports of U.S. beef from Thursday because of a confirmed U.S. case of mad cow disease, a local media reported here.
Organic farming is a practice of cultivation of crops that involves various methods that are eco friendly and environmental friendly in nature. In this method, the use of inorganic products such as chemical fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and pesticides are done. At present organic farming is being practiced across the world in a large scale covering 32.2 million hectares of land around the world.
Organic farming is not a new concept of cultivation but has been practiced since ancient times in India and central Europe. Organic farming is the most original form of agriculture and has been in practice from the pre historic times. Though, during the Industrial revolution, the use of inorganic methods were introduced extensively but these methods mere not that developed and had serious side effects.
Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Wednesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi to evolve "consensus" on the presidential election due in July.
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): A history of binge eating, consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time, may make an individual more likely to show other addiction-like behaviours including substance abuse, a new study has claimed.
Washington, April 25 (IANS) A history of binge eating -- consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time -- may prompt an individual to show other addictive behaviour, including substance abuse.
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): Researchers have shed light on why women could be more vulnerable to adverse cardiac events when under stress.
Washington, April 25 (IANS) The US authorities have detected a case of mad cow disease, the nation's fourth, in a dairy cow in the state of California.
Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Researchers including one of Indian origin have unveiled a novel learning platform to improve agricultural resilience to changing weather patterns and to reduce emissions footprint.
The Hague, April 24 (IANS) Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Monday tendered his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix, paving the way for early elections.
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): Showing empathy with the dairy farmers, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday expressed hope to find a solution to their problem at the earliest.
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): Leaders of various political outfits on Monday gave a mixed response to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's suggestion that the president of the country should be a non-political person, saying a final decision on the issue would be taken only after consultations.
Shimla, April 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Friday called for a cut in the interest rate on the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) loans saying high rates would hit rural projects in the state.
Anand, Apr 20 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his opposition to the meat exports.
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): A US lecturer has been accused of showing what critics are labelling as a pornographic film in her "Introduction to Human Sexuality" class.
London, April 19 (IANS) British scientists have shown for the first time that transplanting special cells into the eyes of visually impaired mice can restore their night vision, an experiment that holds promise for human beings.
London, Apr 18 (ANI): The world is on the brink of a chocolate supply crisis owing to the instability in cacao growing areas and soaring demand in developing countries, an expert has warned.
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) A lot of Pakistanis are going to be hungry for years to come, warned a daily while describing the situation as "desperate".
Patna, April 16 (IANS) The SRI (System of Rice Intensification) organic method of paddy cultivation that has been successfully employed in Bihar has aroused interest in other states as well, officials here said Monday.
Bangkok, April 15 (IANS) Rising temperatures are triggering severe outbreaks of new, invasive pests that could threaten Southeast Asia's multi-billion dollar cassava industry and the livelihoods of thousands of small farmers, a study reveals.
London, Apr 15 (ANI): Infrared light can help in spotting cancerous tissue instantly, a new study has claimed.
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) The Kisan Morcha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a farmers' parliament in New Delhi May 12-13 to highlight the plight of peasants.
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (Nabard) will create a Rs.15 billion fund to cater to women's Self-Help Groups in economically weaker districts in the country, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said Saturday.
Washington, April 13 (ANI): Rapid climate change and its potential to intensify droughts and floods could threaten Asia's rice production and pose a significant threat to millions of people across the region, leading climate specialists and agricultural scientists have warned.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that the restriction on cotton exports would have an adverse impact on farmers.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday hit out at the Congress-led UPA Government following Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh outlining the Centre's anti-farmer's policies'.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that the restriction on cotton exports would have an adverse impact on farmers.
New Delhi, Mar 31(ANI): An Indian Supreme Court order directing the government to link over 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked off concerns in neighbouring countries.
Chennai, April 6 (IANS) The Indian government should allow at least the processing of imported raw pulses for export markets so that the domestic milling industry occupies the slots now occupied by units located in neighbouring and other countries, said an official of the industry association.
According to a panel of experts now beans, pulses and legumes can be classified as either vegetables or proteins under the new United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) dietary guidelines thus giving them an important role in the daily life of a person.
Washington, Mar 31(ANI): An electronic nose method has been developed which has been found to be useful in evaluating ripeness and flavour in fruits like melon.
London, Mar 29 (ANI): A report has cautioned that major changes are needed in agriculture and food consumption across the world in order to adequately feed future generations.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday said he was not inclined to comment on Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar's reported concern over Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's latest remarks on working with UPA allies.
London, March 21 (ANI): Differences in systolic blood pressure between arms could be a useful indicator of the likelihood of vascular risk and death, scientists have said.
Defence Minister A. K. Antony has said that he was not inclined to comment on Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar
London, March 21 (ANI): Differences in systolic blood pressure between arms could be a useful indicator of the likelihood of vascular risk and death, scientists have said.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday said he was not inclined to comment on Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar's reported concern over Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's latest remarks on working with UPA allies.
Now there is another reason for triumph in Bihar. This time Nalanda, a district of Bihar has accredited on world map by a record production of Paddy crops and surpassed Chinese records
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented the Union Budget 2012-13 in Lok Sabha.
A new study has suggested that one in every third older people with difficulty in reading and understanding basic health related information suffers an increased risk of death.
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented the Union Budget 2012-13 in Lok Sabha.
London, March 16(ANI): A new study has suggested that one in three older people who have difficulty reading and understanding basic health related information may be at increased risk of death.
London, March 14 (ANI): Researchers have found that inflammation plays a major role in the development of coronary heart disease.
London, March 14 (ANI): Researchers have found that inflammation plays a major role in the development of coronary heart disease.
Washington, March 13 (ANI): Revealing the makeup of the microscopic life found inside the guts, on the bodies, and in the food of honeybees, researchers have shed light on the link between genetic diversity and healthier colonies of these insects.
Washington, March 13 (ANI): Revealing the makeup of the microscopic life found inside the guts, on the bodies, and in the food of honeybees, researchers have shed light on the link between genetic diversity and healthier colonies of these insects.
New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI): Union Textile Secretary Kiran Dhingra on Monday informed that India would ban fresh cotton exports and refrain from issuing new registrations till further orders.
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Sunday informed the government has decided to lift the ban on cotton exports.
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Sunday informed the government has decided to lift the ban on cotton exports.
London, Mar 9 (ANI): A retweet on your Twitter account from your favourite athlete or star has replaced autographs and signed balls and bats as souvenirs.
London, Mar 9 (ANI): A retweet on your Twitter account from your favourite athlete or star has replaced autographs and signed balls and bats as souvenirs.
New Delhi, Mar 6 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar here on Tuesday said he was not consulted on commerce ministry's decision to put a ban on cotton exports.
Washington, March 5 (ANI): Young children with sleep-disordered breathing are prone to developing behavioural difficulties such as hyperactivity and aggressiveness, as well as emotional symptoms and difficulty with peer relationships.
Washington, March 5 (ANI): Young children with sleep-disordered breathing are prone to developing behavioural difficulties such as hyperactivity and aggressiveness, as well as emotional symptoms and difficulty with peer relationships.
London, Mar 3 (ANI): A NASA spacecraft circling Saturn has discovered a wispy oxygen atmosphere on the ringed planet's icy moon, Dione
London, March 2 (ANI): Scientists have warned that men who cheat on their wives have an increased risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest during sex.
London, March 2 (ANI): Scientists have warned that men who cheat on their wives have an increased risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest during sex.
Washington, Mar 1 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a portable device, which can be used onsite to rapidly spot infectious diseases, pathogens as well as physiological conditions in people and animals.
Washington, Mar 1 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a portable device, which can be used onsite to rapidly spot infectious diseases, pathogens as well as physiological conditions in people and animals.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): The Government of India has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor of the 2012 London Games as the company is linked to the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): The Government of India has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor of the 2012 London Games as the company is linked to the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that Aadhaar-Enabled E-payment system would help not only in ensuring the timely payments directly to the intended beneficiaries, but would also help in reducing the time taken, transaction costs and the leakages among others.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that Aadhaar-Enabled E-payment system would help not only in ensuring the timely payments directly to the intended beneficiaries, but would also help in reducing the time taken, transaction costs and the leakages among others.
There is a great achievement in the study of ovarian cancer. Researchers have identified a peptide-receptor system, which will help in the understanding the progression and treatment of human ovarian cancer that affects a large population of women w
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a peptide-receptor system, which is a key to understanding the progression and treatment of human ovarian cancer.
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a peptide-receptor system, which is a key to understanding the progression and treatment of human ovarian cancer.
New Delhi, Feb 21 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has said the Congress should work with the NCP to strengthen its political hold in Maharashtra state.
New Delhi, Feb 21 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has said the Congress should work with the NCP to strengthen its political hold in Maharashtra state.
Junagadh (Gujarat), Feb.20 (ANI): Gujarat's Cooperative and Agriculture Minister Dilip Sanghani on Monday visited injured survivors of Sunday's stampede in Junagadh, and said that Chief Minister Narendra Modi has ordered an inquiry into the tragedy.
London, Feb 20 (ANI): Providing the first experimental evidence, King's College London scientists have confirmed a great British mathematician's theory of how biological patterns, such as tiger stripes or leopard spots, are formed.
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): When you're in love, you might hide it from your friends and family, but you can't hide it from neuroscientists.
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): When you're in love, you might hide it from your friends and family, but you can't hide it from neuroscientists.
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Friday said that India earned foreign exchange of Rs.14, 000 crores from export of horticulture produce.
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Emphasizing that agricultural development must be accompanied by measures to remove the debilities of the farmers and empower them through marketing, finances and organisations of farmers, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday financial exclusion has indeed been a bane for Indian agriculturists.
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): A new study has suggested that low dopamine levels that occur as a result of withdrawal from smoking actually promote the relapse to smoking.
Low dopamine that is caused due to withdrawal from smoking could be the reason for relapse to smoking.
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): A new study has suggested that low dopamine levels that occur as a result of withdrawal from smoking actually promote the relapse to smoking.
There is desperately a need of permanent solution to sort out the problem of climate change across the globe, said India today in an International Conference on Climate Change.......
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Even after ten years of marriage, the level of love can be as intense as it was at the start of the relationship, a new study has found.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Even after ten years of marriage, the level of love can be as intense as it was at the start of the relationship, a new study has found.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Even after ten years of marriage, the level of love can be as intense as it was at the start of the relationship, a new study has found.
Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): In the future, tuberculosis patients may receive treatments according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, researchers say.
Pune, Feb.1 (ANI): Jawans attached with Pune's College of Military Engineering allegedly beat policemen after a heated argument over violation of traffic rules.
Pune, Feb.1 (ANI): Jawans attached with Pune's College of Military Engineering allegedly beat policemen after a heated argument over violation of traffic rules.
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Differences in systolic blood pressure between arms could be a useful indicator of the likelihood of vascular risk and death, scientists have said.
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Differences in systolic blood pressure between arms could be a useful indicator of the likelihood of vascular risk and death, scientists have said.
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has constituted an expert committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, to examine issues relating to the sugar sector.
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has constituted an expert committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, to examine issues relating to the sugar sector.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday said that there is tremendous work to be done to move forward on our social and economic agenda, if we are to achieve fast, inclusive and sustainable growth.
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): The origin of the 'speed gene' in Thoroughbred racehorses has been traced back to a single British mare that lived in the United Kingdom around 300 years ago.
