New Delhi: The Union government has decided to permit the import of Onion, from Afghanistan and other countries, to keep the Onion rates in the country under check and the traders have already imported 7,000 tonnes of Onion. 25,000 tonnes of Onion will reach the markets before Diwali. Whereas, Piyush Goel, Minister for Food Supplies, […]
New Delhi: – 25,000 tonnes of onion will be exported to Bangladesh, despite the ban on onion exports. The onion rates in Bangladesh skyrocketed after India imposed a ban on onion exports. Bangladesh conveyed its resentment over the decision to India. As per sources, this Indian decision is taken with a view only to cooperate […]
Islamabad: Floods caused by heavy rains have devastated Pakistan. Floods are raging in Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southern Punjab, and so far, 1100 people are said to have lost their lives. Houses, shops, roads and bridges in many places have also been washed away in flood. The flood has devastated agriculture in Sindh and […]
New Delhi – President Ramnath Kovind signed all the three Farm bills, recently passed by the Rajya Sabha. Therefore, these bills have now been converted into laws. The objective of the government is creating a ‘One Country One Market’, on the principle of ‘One Country One System’ and in accordance to the government policy, three […]
Nashik: The first-ever ‘Kisan Train’ service, for transporting vegetables, fruits and other perishables, was started in the country on Friday. Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal green signalled the train, via videoconferencing. Currently, the train will run, once a week, between Deolali, near Nashik and Danapur Station in Bihar. […]
New Delhi: The decision to remove agricultural produce from the purview of the Essential Commodities Act, was taken during the meeting of the union cabinet. This amendment will free the farmer from the APMC act and he will be allowed to store the produce and sell it, at an opportune time and place, for better returns. The […]
New Delhi: On Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared additional benefits for the joint ventures of farmers and agriculture businesses. The Finance Minister also shared information regarding the new plans to be implemented for businesses such as fishery and pisciculture. Besides, vaccination programmes will be held for 53 crore cattle too. Most importantly, the Finance […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Military chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa is an Ahmadiyya and not a Muslim. A petition has been filed in the Peshawar high court, claiming that his religion disqualifies him from occupying the post of Pakistan army chief. Khalid Shah, former Major in the Pakistan army has filed the petition. The petition alleges that […]
The name Arieh Sharon naturally appears before us when we talk about the ‘Development Towns’ in Israel. Likewise, when the subject is the ‘development achieved in the Negev Desert’, the name ‘Menachem Perlmutter’ is not to be missed. Born in 1928 in Czechoslovakia, the name ‘Menachem Perlmutter’ inspires respect as the ‘Architect of the Negev […]
The battle of Deir Yassin fought on the 8th of April, 1948 changed the equations between the Palestinian Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs went from being offensive to defensive; alternately it changed the Jews from being defensive to offensive. As the date of the British exit from Palestine (the 14th of May, 1948) neared, […]