Bhopal, May 29 (IANS) A heartbreaking accident in Mohanpura village of Barwani district has left a family devastated after a can of acid spilled over a sleeping mother and her two children. The incident claimed the life of 24-year-old Pinky, while her two children sustained severe burns.The tragedy occurred around 4:00 a.m. on Friday when a five-litre can containing acid, stored inside the house for cleaning drip irrigation lines in their farmland, fell from a rack. According to police officials…
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Amaravati, April 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday launched the ‘Jaladhara’ programme, a 100-day action plan taken up across the state for water security. With the goals of desilting tanks, repairing canals, recharging groundwater, and conserving water, the government has designed the Jaladhara programme to ensure water for every acre and confidence for every farmer.The Chief Minister launched the programme in Yadiki in Anantapur district, in the drought-p…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The India-Israel cooperation in agriculture has received a huge push with the announcement, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jerusalem last month, of setting up more Centres of Excellence as high-tech agricultural hubs and taking these further to the village level to ensure that the use of modern farm techniques percolates directly to the grassroots. At the heart of the India-Israeli partnership have been Centres of Excellence (CoEs) — high-tech agricult…