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The ministers of agriculture of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa deliberated virtually on the theme “BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”. The Joint

Young people are on the “frontlines of the struggle to build a better future”, the UN chief said. “They are tackling inequities in food security, biodiversity loss, threats to our environment and much more”, Secretary-General António Guterres spelled out in his message

The Chief Scientist WHO Dr Soumya Swaminathan, currently in India, called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Space, Dr Jitendra Singh. Dr Soumya, who is an eminent medical professional and former Head of ICMR, discussed with Dr Jitendra

Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and developed by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), crop production forecasting- FASAL Scheme (Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro-meteorology and Land-based observations) and CHAMAN (Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using geo-iNformatics) are proving

Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad informed that as of July 31, 2021, more than 1.17 lakh loans amounting to more than Rs. 26,391 crores were sanctioned to SC/ST and woman borrowers under the Stand Up India Scheme

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh informed that India Meteorological Department (IMD) has undertaken the installation of Agro-Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) to provide exact weather forecasts to the people, especially the farmers. He further said

Minister of State (MoS), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labor & Employment Mr. Rameswar Teli launched ONGC-supported Assam Handloom project ‘Ujjwal Abahan’ through a virtual platform. The project will support and train over a hundred artisans of Bhatiapar of Sivasagar,