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  NRRI launches riceXpert app for Android to help farmers

  May 11, 2016 18:20 IST

  New Delhi: National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) has developed a mobile app for Android called riceXpert that will provide information related to farm practices, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Monday. The Android

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  Centre releases Rs 12,000 crore drought funds to 8 states till yet

  Politics | January 27, 2016 18:50 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre has so far released around Rs 12,000 crore to eight states to tackle drought situation this year, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said adding this along with other measures will

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  India's Real Skills Challenge: 263 Million Farm Workers

  India | August 03, 2015 13:00 IST

  54% working population engaged in farms as cultivators and labourers.Low skills pushing more workers to become agricultural labourers.Only 2% (nearly 9 million) Indian workers formally skilled.The Prime Minister's Skill Development Mission (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas

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  PM awards journalists at ICAR function

  Politics | July 26, 2015 2:44 IST

  Patna:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today presented journalist Gargi Parsai and five others with Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for Excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and Development, 2014 at Indian Council of Agricultural Research's  87th

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  PM Modi envisions second green revolution in eastern states

  Politics | July 25, 2015 15:43 IST

  Patna: Making an appeal to agricultural scientists to take their research from laboratory to the field, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today envisioned "second green revolution" in the eastern states. "I can see clearly that the second

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  Going for an admission! Is your college recognised?

  India | May 15, 2015 16:38 IST

  CBSE is all set to announce the board results of the XIIth standard by the end of this month. This is the time when, apart from the results, choosing a college, university, and course worries

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  After planning commission government to reorganize UGC?

  India | January 12, 2015 9:38 IST

  New Delhi: After restructuring Planning Commission as NITI Aayog, NDA government is planning to revamp University Grants Commission (UGC), as well. This will be the second Nehru-era institution that may get a complete overhaul. After

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  What would the iCar look like? It's fun to dream

  February 20, 2014 11:59 IST

  New York: Rumors have been swirling since news broke this week of a possible meeting between Apple's top executive for acquisitions and the CEO of electric car maker Tesla.Citing a person familiar with the matter,

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  'ICAR should focus on development of intellectual properties'

  October 19, 2013 23:22 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) should focus on the development of intellectual properties for promoting entrepreneurship among farmers, Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen said on Saturday.“Today knowledge and technology are becoming the