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President Biden told gas companies to lower prices at the pump "now" as he announced new actions to try to reduce costs and spur competition.

For its schemes, department wants plastic bags to be replaced with environment-friendly alternatives like pots of clay or coir pith and recyclable high-density polyethylene containers

Crop coverage is put at 1.31 lakh hectare as against the normal of 1.71 lakh hectare, suggests data compiled by Agriculture Department

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Tamil Nadu is enjoying uncharacteristic bountiful rainfall during the southwest monsoon. While this has had a positive effect on the storage in the State’s major reservoirs that are fast filling up, concerns about crop damage must be factored in, say farmers

Crop damage alone is estimated at ₹5,569 crore; 11,280 houses have been fully damaged

Paddy growing likely to reach record extent this season

WASHINGTON — A high-powered task force is urging universal free meals for schoolchildren, removal of a ban on some felons receiving food stamps, and establishment of a “farmer corps” to provide internships to young farmers as part of a national effort to address hunger, nutrition and health.

Washington should expand school meals and establish a farmer corps of internships to help reduce hunger, a task force urged.

The way chickens are farmed in Australia is set to improve after the Agriculture Department released new standards of practice for the poultry industry.

The Senate’s revived reconciliation deal would keep agricultural conservation, forestry and renewable fuels in the Democrats’ formula for fighting climate change.