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Sahiwal cow gives birth to Badri calf via IVF in Uttarakhand

The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare announced that a healthy Badri female calf was born in Uttarakhand using Ovum Pick‑Up and In‑Vitro Fertilisation (OPU‑IVF) technology, with the embryo transferred into a Sahiwal recipient cow. The breakthrough results from a joint effort by ICAR‑NDRI, GB Pant University and the Uttarakhand Biotechnology Council to accelerate conservation of the indigenous Badri breed.

Farmers protest demanding uninterrupted power supply in Karimnagar district

Farmers in Sundaragiri, Karimnagar district blocked a main road on Friday to demand an uninterrupted power supply for their standing maize and other crops. After mandal officials promised to raise the issue with higher authorities, the protest was called off, while similar demonstrations occurred in Jagtial and Khammam districts.

El Niño impact: Paddy area in Andhra’s Vizianagaram falls from 1 lakh hectares to 20,760

Twenty-four of the district’s 27 mandals record a shortfall, canals in Cheepurupalli dry up for want of releases from Thotapalli, and the joint director asks farmers to shift to crops that need less water

Belgian PM pitches Port of Antwerp-Bruges as India’s trade gateway to Europe

Piyush Goyal says India-EU Free Trade Agreement will create opportunities for farmers, fishermen, MSMEs, startups, women entrepreneurs, manufacturers and service providers across India and Europe

Tamil Nadu government to withdraw cases filed against farmers, teachers during DMK regime: CM Vijay

Making a suo motu statement in the Assembly, he said the TVK government would respect the democratic rights of farmers and teachers who had protested peacefully

CM Vijay announces withdrawal of cases against protesting farmers, teachers filed under DMK govt

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced the withdrawal of cases filed against protesting farmers and teachers during the previous DMK government, citing their democratic right to raise livelihood and rights-related demands.

Part with land for Narsapuram port, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu asks farmers

The Chief Minister said Machilipatnam and Kakinada already had ports and that a medium port on the Narsapuram coast would lift maritime trade and aquaculture; he also accused the YSRCP of going to court to delay local body elections

Vijay opens Mettur dam, brings Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu delta farmers

Nine seed storage warehouses to be set up across Tamil Nadu at ₹11.64 crore, Agriculture Minister tells Assembly

The facilities are intended to preserve the quality, germination capacity and vigour of seeds procured from farmers

Farmers’ associations seek lifting of toddy ban in Tamil Nadu

C. Nallasamy, coordinator, Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement, says the lifting of the band will create jobs and help many families

Direct Karnataka to release backlog of 17.604 tmcft Cauvery water: T.N. to Supreme Court

Cauvery Delta farmers are severely affected as they are not getting their due share, T.N. tells court; says CWRC and CWMA failed to consider accumulated backlog; top court to hear Cauvery case on August 31

Sugar prices remain elevated across India despite government intervention

Sugar prices remain elevated across India despite government intervention Moneycontrol.com Sugar price surge: Karnataka farmers seek nod for jaggery units to produce ethanol The Hindu Sugar stays above Rs 60 per kg despite Centre’s price-control push, retail rates up 30% in a month Telegraph India Below the line BusinessLine Sugar retail prices...

Gaur attack death fuels farmers’ ire at Vilangad in Keralam’s Kozhikode

Protesters allege that operation of Rapid Response Teams and forest watchers remains ineffective to counter the increasing incidents of human-wildlife conflict in the upland areas of Kozhikode district

The scrapping of Parandur airport project: a compilation

This is a compilation of The Hindu’s coverage on the dropping of Parandur airport project by the TVK-led Tamil Nadu government in August 2026 citing farmers’ opposition and ecological concerns after the site was finalised during the DMK regime in 2022.

Hosur MLA opposes airport plan citing farmers’ concerns

He says the State government should not pursue the project after Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has cancelled the Parandur airport project near Chennai

Andhra Pradesh farmers caught between climate uncertainty and financial risk

From parched drylands in Bapatla to diesel-powered pumps in the Krishna Delta and rotting paddy fields in West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh’s farmers are confronting different faces of the same climate crisis, writes GVR Subba Rao

As onion touches ₹62 per kg, government blames middlemen for price rise

Farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and to Mr. Chouhan that onion farmers were getting a price as low as ₹1 per kg of onion and had demanded immediate government intervention

Andhra Pradesh adopts four-pronged strategy to support agriculture amid 51% rainfall deficit

With agriculture supporting nearly 62% of the State’s population, protecting farmers and rural livelihoods has become a key priority, says Agriculture Director Manazir Jeelani Samoon

Parandur airport scrapped: What happens to the land now?

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has formally scrapped the proposed ₹27,400-crore Parandur greenfield airport project, bringing an end to years of protests by villagers and farmers. But the decision has triggered a new question: what happens to the thousands of acres of land that were already acquired for the project? Can the government...