Children’s agricultural congress begins

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• The first Children’s Agricultural Science Congress organised jointly by the Indian Agriculture Association, Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA) and Agri Friends Forum got off to a start here on Friday with a call to adopt environment-friendly farming practices. [..]

Afghan parliament reject Karzai’s picks

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• A chastened Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai must submit new Cabinet picks after defiant lawmakers rejected 17 of his 24 nominees on Saturday, including a powerful warlord and the country's only woman minister. [..]

Climate change may alter agri calendar: Minister

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• Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said the State may have to change its agriculture calendar due to the change in the climate experienced now. [..]

Rain havoc: Kerala gets Rs 64.1 cr from Centre

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• The center has sanctioned Rs. 64.1 crore as relief to those affected by landslips, floods and heavy rain in Kerala. Rs. 61.5 would be used for rehabilitation measures and Rs. 2.5 crores would be used for supplying drinking water. [..]

21 dead, 17 injured in train collision near Mathura

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• At least 15 persons were killed and scores got injured in a collision between the Goa Express and the Mewar express near Mathura early Wednesday. [..]

Rail mishap: Mamata announces compensation

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• Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh for the next of the kin of those killed in the train mishap near Mathura. [..]

PM sets up drought crisis team

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• In view of severe drought and spiraling prices of essential commodities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a crisis team of Group of Ministers (GoM) for monitoring the situation on a day-to-day basis. [..]

K.P. Prabhakaran cremated

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• The body of CPI leader and former Health Minister K.P. Prabhakaran was cremated with full State honours on the premises of his house at Anthicaud on Wednesday night. [..]

China minister says tainted eggs are a one-off

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• Chinese eggs tainted with an industrial chemical were an isolated case, the Agriculture Minister was quoted saying the day after officials were ordered to crack the dark networks selling contaminated animal feed. [..]