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Krishan BhilareIndia relies on strawberry varieties from the US and EuropeIn the west of India, the mountainous region of Mahabaleshwar is home to most of India’s strawberry farms. Around 85% of India’s strawberry cultivation happens there.An altitude of more than 1,000m (3,280ft) gifts the region a long cool growing season between November and March.In addition, light, well-drained soil is well-suited to strawberry cultivation.”If you have a field full of strawberries and sudden heavy rains hit, the entire crop is ruined and we have to bear massive losses,” says Sheetal Danavle who, with her husband, grows strawberries on half of their…
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‘The joint rescue operation is still underway to locate and recover the remaining trapped miners,’ southern Balochistan’s provincial disaster management authority saidA blast at a coal mine killed at least 34 workers in southern Pakistan, the provincial disaster agency said on Friday, adding rescuers were searching for more missing miners. The explosion, caused by methane gas, tore through the mine near the capital of the resource-rich province of Balochistan on Thursday, sparking a rescue operation that ran into the night. “According to information received from the deployed teams, 34 dead bodies have been recovered,” southern Balochistan’s provincial disaster management authority said in…