Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) For decades, Punjab’s agricultural landscape has followed a familiar pattern — wheat during winter and paddy in summer. While this cycle once played a vital role in ensuring the nation’s food security, it is now under pressure. Challenges such as shrinking landholdings, rising input costs, declining groundwater levels, and unpredictable weather have made monoculture increasingly unsustainable, especially for small and marginal farmers.In response to these challe…
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Patna, Feb 27 (IANS) Around 6,000 chickens were culled in Patna after the Animal Resource Department found the poultry birds infected with avian influenza. Officials said the infected birds were found at the Poultry Research and Training Centre operated by Bihar Animal Sciences University in Kaushal Nagar, Chitkohra, near the airport area.Following laboratory confirmation, the Dairy, Fisheries and Animal Resources Department ordered immediate culling and burial of all chickens at the facility.Th…