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Farmer leader says such queues portray the absolute apathy of the government towards farmers; no shortage of fertilisers, says BJP

A voice clip of a telephonic conversation that the farmer had with his friend hours before his death is being circulated widely across social media

Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Diary, Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan said that Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, which will be inaugurated in Ranchi in Jharkhand on November 15 (tribal icon Birsa Munda’s birthday), will be kickstarted in Tamil Nadu in three districts – Salem, Tiruvannamalai, and Nilgiris.…

Legislation will set targets to restore 20% of EU land and seas by 2030, and 90% of degraded habitats by 2050

Farmers’ associations want leaders attending winter session in Belagavi, starting December 4, to come and stay in villages and not hotels or government guest houses. These village stays will help the leaders realise the problems faced by villagers and farmers, particularly as they are hit by drought, they said.

Amid the clamour for shifting from tobacco crop to other crops in view of the serious health hazards tobacco consumption poses, sericulture has been mooted as a viable alternative.

Panel formed to address farmers' wildlife conflict in TN; committee to make field visits to Kerala, Karnataka to assess strategies. Visit to assess wild boar threat, integrated approach to benefit farmer and protect wildlife. Balanced, humane approach needed to protect wildlife and ecosystem.

Letter: Sabita Banerji highlights the pitiful pay and conditions of tea plantation workers in response to an article about the high price of the brew

The State Cabinet on Thursday decided to implement the Krishi Bhagya scheme in the current financial year in 106 rain-fed taluks by spending ₹100 crore and set up 100 hi-tech harvester hubs across the State.