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New Delhi: The government has extended the ban on exports of de-oiled rice bran till September 30 this year, according to an official notification. De-oiled rice bran is a major ingredient in the preparation of cattle and poultry feed. It was first banned in July 2023 and has been extended from time to time. "Export of de-oiled rice bran is prohibited up to September 30, 2025," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has said in a notification. According to experts, rise of prices of the feed is one of the major reasons for increasing milk prices in the country and putting a ban on exports can help increase availability of the product in the domestic market, thereby containing rates. As per estimates, in cattle feed, about 25 per cent rice bran extraction is used. In a separate notice, the DGFT has revised the wastage permissible and standard input output norms with regard to export of jewellery and articles.
Guwahati: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has alleged large-scale irregularities and corruption in the Gorukhuti Agricultural Project. Senior Congress leader Ram Prasad Sharma claimed a clear mismatch between the statements of project chairman Padma Hazarika and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, demanding a CBI inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Sharma said the government launched the project on over 77,000 bighas of land after evicting Indian citizens and spent nearly Rs 25 crore on ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Rain lashed parts of Delhi on Sunday morning as the India Meteorological Department predicted light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms likely to occur over Delhi during the next two days. IMD Delhi in a press release stated, 'Generally cloudy sky. Light to moderate rain accompanied with thunderstorm/lightning likely to occur over Delhi during next 2 days.' IMD said that there is no large change in minimum temperatures and maximum temperatures in the past 24 hours over Delhi. 'The maximum temperatures were in the range of 36-37C and the minimum tem ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to embark on 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Rohtas district on August 17 to register a protest against how the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was being conducted in the state. This comes at a time when the Opposition is ratcheting up its protest against the SIR and casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. AICC general secretary (organisation) and MP KC Venugopal held a meeting with the INDIA bloc leaders at Sasaram in Rohtas district on Wednesday and reviewed preparations for Rahul Gandhi's visit to Bi ...Read More >
Lucknow, October 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) 'Vocal for Local' and Go Swadeshi campaigns for achieving 'atmanirbharata' are not just slogans in Uttar Pradesh, but the state administration is also striving to achieve this in every sphere, the latest being linking of cow shelters with the initiative. The initiative is expected to give a new dimension to cow protection while also promoting indigenous industries and sustainable livelihoods through cow-based products. The state administration has planned to extensively promote cow-based products during the upcoming Diwali festival and has deployed women ...Read More >
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], February 16 (ANI): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Matsya 'O' Prani Sampada Mela and visited Subhadra Shakti stalls, including agriculture and farm mechanisation exhibits at the event premises in Sambalpur. Addressing the gathering, the Sambalpur MP urged Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) to provide 1,000 cows to farmers to boost milk production and enhance their income. Under the initiative, each cow costs Rs 90,000, with farmers contributing Rs 20,000 and MCL providing Rs 70,000 in assistance. The Union Minister said that Sambalpur h ...Read More >
Nalgonda: Rice mills in the erstwhile Nalgonda district have emerged as a key source of raw material for more than 450 industries linked to rice bran oil, liquor, poultry feed and brick manufacturing.Miryalaguda has developed as a major rice milling hub, with 273 mills across the erstwhile district, including 163 in Nalgonda, 80 in Suryapet and 30 in Yadadri-Bhongir. During paddy milling, byproducts such as rice husk, broken rice and rice bran are generated and supplied to various industries.According to officials, a total of 469 industrial units depend on these byproducts. These include 141 b ...Read More >
Jaipur: Police in Didwana have stepped up their probe into a cross-border smuggling case in which they arrested two arms and drug smugglers on June 27 for supplying Austrian Glock and Chinese Norinco pistols. It has emerged that the case has links to a massive Rs 300-crore heroin consignment seized by Punjab's Amritsar police near the India-Pakistan border in Barmer on June 30. Canada-based Joben Kaler was identified as the main overseas handler of the heroin consignment. Didwana-Kuchaman police had arrested Mohammad Ilyas from Khunkhuna and Amarjeet Singh Takhar, alias Prince, from Jalandhar ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is not empowered to prescribe standards for food meant for animal consumption, stating that its mandate is limited to food for humans. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia passed the ruling while quashing a requirement imposed by FSSAI that banned the use of meat or bone meal in feed meant for milk- and meat-producing animals, except poultry, pigs and fish. "In absence of specific inclusion of any substance as food for animal consumption, ...Read More >
On the occasion of World Environment Day, Delhi Minister of Development and Tourism Kapil Mishra visited Shri Krishna Gaushala in Sultanpur Dabas, Bawana, in the Northwest District. The minister, who was accompanied by Model Town MLA Ashok Goyal, environmentalists and gaushala caretakers, took part in a tree plantation drive at the cow shelter, one of the largest gaushalas in the Delhi-NCR region. During the visit, Mishra reviewed the arrangements at the cow shelter. He held extensive discussio ...Read More >
Sabarkantha: A protest by cattle rearers demanding a hike in milk prices outside Sabar Dairy in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district on Monday turned violent, causing injuries to three policemen and cops releasing teargas shells to disperse the stone-pelting crowd, an official said. At least 47 people were detained following the protest outside the Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union, or Sabar Dairy, near Himmatnagar town. About 74 people, including former Baid MLA Jasubhai Patel, Ranjitsinh Solanki and former vice-chairman of Sabarkantha Bank, Rajendra Singh Bhati, along with 1, ...Read More >
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh's state-owned agricultural trading arm, the Himachal Pradesh Agro Industries Corporation Limited (HPAIC), recorded a marginal increase in net profit during the first five months of the financial year, despite a significant drop in its overall turnover compared with the previous period.Revenue, horticulture, and tribal development minister Jagat Singh Negi, who chaired the 262nd meeting of the HPAIC board of directors on Friday, confirmed the pre-audit results. The HPAIC achieved a turnover of Rs 33 crore and earned a net profit of Rs 93.3 lakh. Negi highlighted that wh ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday extended his greetings to the nation on the occasion of the Govardhan Puja and said that celebrating this festival is a symbol of India's agrarian economy. Adityanath, who was in Gorakhpur on this occasion, also said that Govardhan Puja symbolises the importance of cows and their progeny in an agricultural country like India. "I am fortunate to have the opportunity to worship cows and serve them here this morning," Adityanath told news ag ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Sneha Debnath, a 19-year-old girl from Sabroom in South Tripura district, reportedly went missing in the national capital. Following this, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha gave necessary instructions to the police to take immediate and appropriate action on the matter. Also Read | Trump Announces 30% Tariffs on EU Goods as Trade Talks Stall. In a statement posted on its official social media account, the Tripura Chief Minister's Office stated, "The report of Miss Sneha Debnath, a resident of Sabroom, who has reportedly gone missing in New Delhi, has come t ...Read More >
BENGALURU: To address the issue of cattle grazing inside forests, particularly in Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, the Karnataka Forest Department is taking the CSR fund route to empower farmers. As a pilot project, 10 families residing around MM Hills have been selected, and given hybrid cattle breeds like Jersey and Holstein Friesian for dairy activities. They have also been made to sign an undertaking that they will not take their cattle for grazing inside forests, and if found doing so, action will be initiated against them under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and the Fores ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: State govt will distribute 10,000 high-milk yielding cows to farmers under the Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana, announced chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday.An MoU was signed between the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation (Omfed) in Cuttack on Saturday, under which NDDB will facilitate the supply of 3,000 to 4,000 high-milk-yielding cows of Gir, Sahiwal and cross-bred varieties to dairy farmers in the state. Plans are also underway to set up a biogas plant with NDDB's support, aiming at sustainable energy an ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The continued disruption of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has adversely affected the availability of essential supplies in Kashmir, and the fruit growers and traders fear irreparable loss to the industry unless the highway is restored to heavy vehicular traffic immediately. The traffic department advisory said only light vehicles would be allowed to move on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Tuesday. Hundreds of apple-laden trucks have been stranded on the highway for many days, as the consignments are likely to rot unless the highway opens without further ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Govardhan Puja, a festival deeply rooted in Indian tradition and spirituality, was celebrated across the country on Wednesday with immense fervour and unwavering faith. From the vibrant heartlands of Rajasthan to Uttar Pradesh, the spirit of devotion united millions in celebration. In Rajasthan's Bundi, the festival coincided with the second day of the grand Deepotsav. Homes glowed not just with lamps but with faith, as families worshipped Govardhan, symbolising the mountain lifted by Lord Krishna to protect the people of Vrindavan from the wrath of Indra, t ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa on Monday said that the state government has initiated steps to streamline the supply of commercial LPG cylinders and assured hotel owners that distribution would resume from Tuesday. He also urged the Centre to resolve the shortage. Addressing the media, Muniyappa said an order regarding the allocation of commercial cooking gas had already been issued on Sunday. "The order will reach distributors today, and from tomorrow onwards, LPG cylinders will be supplied. The channel that was closed will take some time to fully resume operation ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Eminent Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma's oil painting "Yashoda and Krishna" was sold at a record Rs 167.20 crore (USD 17,978,495) at Saffronart's Spring Live Auction in Mumbai on Wednesday, becoming the highest-value work of modern Indian art ever sold at an auction. The painting has surpassed the previous record held by MF Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra) that achieved over Rs 118 crore at an auction last year. The Raja Ravi Varma work, which was estimated at Rs 80-120 crore, was acquired by Dr Cyrus S Poonawalla, managing director of the Serum Institute of India. "I a ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 3 (PTI) With the recovery of one more body, the death toll in the cloudburst and flash flood-related incidents in Mandi has mounted to 14, officials said on Thursday. Five people were injured, while a search is underway for 31 missing, they said. The latest body, yet to be identified, was found in Rode in the Thunag subdivision of the district. Ten cloudbursts, three flash floods and a landslide were witnessed in different parts of Mandi on Tuesday. Earlier in the morning, two people were found dead. In all, seven bodies were found in Gohar, six in Thunag and one in Karsog subdi ...Read More >
Shimla, July 5: The cumulative death toll in Himachal Pradesh's ongoing monsoon season has climbed to 75, combining 45 rain-related fatalities and 30 accidental deaths, including those from road mishaps, electrocution, and a gas explosion, according to official data released by the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC). The State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) released data covering the period from June 20 to July 4, 2025, which showed large-scale destruction across the hill state. The seasonal damage report, covering the period from June 20 to July 4, 2025, paints a grim picture of de ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh has recorded 394 deaths during this year's monsoon season, including 221 fatalities in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, and house collapses, while 173 lives were lost in road accidents, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said on Sunday. According to the cumulative monsoon loss report compiled by the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), 394 human lives have been lost directly to disasters. The data show that landslides accounted for 48 deaths, flash floods for 11, cloudbur ...Read More >
A severe monsoon has caused widespread devastation. The State Disaster Management Authority reports 386 deaths since June 20. Rain-related incidents and road accidents contributed to the fatalities. The state suffered estimated losses of ₹4,46,5 crore. Mandi and Kullu districts were the worst hit. Over 2,000 houses were fully damaged. Restoration efforts are underway, but landslides are causing delays. Due to the devastating monsoon this year, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that both Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are unlikely to respond to the party's recent questions concerning BJP's Puducherry President and Raj Bhavan constituency candidate VP Ramalingam and Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) chief Jose Charles Martin hosting a Sri Lankan diplomat in Puducherry. Replying to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera's post on X, Ramesh wrote, "The answers to your three questions are self-evident: 1. He will not, 2. He will not, ...Read More >
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government is committed to ensure the economic progress of farmers and cattle-rearers by increasing milk production in the state, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said. Work is being done on a strategy to bring 50 per cent of state's villages under the milk collection network, Yadav said during a review meet with the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Department officials on Sunday."As many as 9,500 milk producers have been linked to the cooperative dairy system by f ...Read More >
Lucknow: Adding a green touch to Diwali celebrations, the LMC will sell over 30,000 eco-friendly Gomai (cow dung) diyas and Ganesh-Lakshmi idols made from cow dung this festive season.The diyas, crafted at Kanha Upvan, will be available in packs of 4, 10, 20, and 300 from Oct 15. According to LMC's animal welfare officer Abhinav Verma: "The civic body aims to exceed last year's sale through its Kanji Houses located in Thakurganj, Rae Bareli Road (PGI campus), Sugamau Road (Jarhara, Indira Nagar), ...Read More >
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): Marking the Cooperatives Year, a two-day national seminar will be inaugurated on Friday at the Swarn Jayanti Auditorium of Vikram University. Farmers from five major states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Goa are set to participate in the seminar, 'Dairy Development in Madhya Pradesh: Possibilities and Challenges', under the joint aegis of the Indian Dairy Association (DA) West Zone, and Vikram University (VU). Researchers, students, milk producers from across the country, where over two lakh cooperative societies function, along with experts ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav on Saturday criticised the Rekha Gupta-led BJP government in the city over the worsening pollution levels in the Yamuna River, calling it a "grave concern". Referring to the July pollution report by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Yadav said that pollution levels in the Yamuna have worsened since March. This, he said, clearly exposes the BJP's hollow promises on cleaning the river. He alleged that the government has only made tall claims about cleaning the Yamuna after assuming power in Delhi but has taken no concrete action. I ...Read More >
Lucknow: Taking cognisance of the potential threat of bird flu, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed concerned departments to coordinate and take measures to prevent the prevalence of the H5 virus in the state. He said that efforts should be stepped up in all zoos, sanctuaries, national parks, etc.On Monday, the bird flu virus was diagnosed in the poultry birds in Rampur after an estimated 15,000 chickens died.The chief minister also instructed the health department to conduct an in-depth study of the potential impacts of H5 avian influenza on human health and present a report ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said agriculture and livestock were mutually connected and asserted the importance of focusing on local breeds. "Prosperity cannot come without the prosperity of the farmer. Agriculture and livestock have been interconnected in India. The farmer who provides food will have livestock in his house, and the livestock owner will also be connected to farming. Considering their interrelationship, significant steps have been taken in this sector in UP. The energy of the double-engine govt has benefited UP, making it the number one state in milk prod ...Read More >