Crop
- Telangana
Telangana: Chilli prices soar higher at Enumamula Market
Hyderabad: Prices of red chilli crop have shot up to Rs 48,000 per quintal since the last month at the Enumamula agriculture market one of the largest agricultural markets in Asia, located…
- Offbeat
‘Kumkum Bhindi’ – UP’s new wonder crop
Lucknow: When ladyfinger goes ‘red’, it also becomes beneficial and nutritious. The new red variety of ladyfinger, aptly known as ‘Kumkum Bhindi’, is a wonder crop grown in Uttar Pradesh that will…
- Telangana
Telangana begins implementing crop loan waiver
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday deposited Rs 100.70 crore in the bank accounts of farmers under the crop loan waiver scheme. Crop loans up to Rs 50,000 of 38,050 farmers were waived…
- India
Hop shoots: Bihar farmer cultivates world’s most expensive crop
Aurangabad: A 38-year-old Bihar farmer Amresh Singh is cultivating the world’s most expensive crop, ‘hop shoots’ in Aurangabad District. According to a report in New Indian Express, the farmer hails from Karamdih…
- Crime and Accident
Bengal farmer dies in queue for crop loss compensation
Kolkata: A 62-year-old farmer died in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district after over five hour waiting in a queue to receive the compensation for the crop loss he suffered due to…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Farmer commits suicide by hanging self from tree
Srikakulam: A farmer has committed suicide in Mandasa village of Srikakulam district on Thursday after allegedly failing to repay debts. According to officials, the farmer, Konde Danaiah, committed suicide by hanging himself…
- Science
Scientists develop a method to boost seed oil yield in crops
Washington: Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), have developed a method to increase the yield of natural oils in seeds by 15 percent in laboratory condition. According to the research published…
- Business
Punjab-Haryana rains worry farmers over a wheat crop
Chandigarh: The skies turned dark over parts of Punjab and Haryana on Monday morning with some areas experiencing light rainfall accompanied by strong winds. Darkness descended over Chandigarh and adjoining towns of…
- Crime and Accident
MP fire: 3 killed, 17 hurt, 2 dozen villages razed
Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh): Three people were killed and 17 others injured in a wildfire that also destroyed crop in around 700 hectares, in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, said an official…
