Not opposed to legal rice exports, but black market of PDS rice will not be tolerated, says Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar

Minister for Civil Supplies Nadendla Manohar. | Photo Credit: File Photo Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar has said the State government is not opposed to rice exports as long as…

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New police check-post opened in Vellore on T.N-A.P border to prevent smuggling of sand, PDS rice

Superintendent of Police (Vellore) N. Mathivanan inaugurating the new check-post at Ananthagiri village near Pernambut town in Vellore. New police check-post at Ananthagiri village near Pernambut town in Vellore on…

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Snippets on Syed Ghani Khan’s effort to preserve many rice varieties from extinction

A grain consumed by millionsRice in its domesticated form is the staple food for over half of the world’s human population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Historins believe that Asian rice was domesticated in China some…

Continue ReadingSnippets on Syed Ghani Khan’s effort to preserve many rice varieties from extinction