Recent developments have brought into light the potential for potash mining in Punjab and Rajasthan. The Punjab Mining Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal announced plans to explore potash reserves...
Recent reports indicate a severe outbreak of Ranikhet disease in poultry farms located in Barwala and Raipur Rani, Panchkula. Approximately 150,000 chickens have died in the past week....
In 2024, researchers from the ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) in Kozhikode discovered a new fungal disease affecting ginger crops in Kodagu, Karnataka. The disease, caused by...
Plant parasitic nematodes are becoming threat to agriculture in India. Recent discussions among over 100 agricultural scientists at a symposium in Goa brought into light the annual crop...
In the Union Budget 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced a five-year mission aimed at improving productivity and sustainability in cotton farming. A key focus of this initiative...
India’s agricultural landscape faces challenges due to declining reservoir levels. The Agriculture Ministry is monitoring the situation closely. Recent data indicates drop in water storage across the country....
The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana was launched to combat the looming water crisis in India. Despite the initiative’s potential, Uttar Pradesh lags in micro-irrigation adoption. This method...
The Himachal Pradesh government has recently approved a pilot project for cannabis cultivation. This decision was made on January 24, 2025. The initiative aims to explore the agricultural,...
Retail food inflation in India saw a decline to 8.39% year-on-year in December 2025. This decrease follows higher inflation rates of 9.04% and 10.87% in the previous months....
Nutritional support for tuberculosis (TB) patients and their household contacts has emerged as important factor in improving treatment outcomes. Recent findings from the RATIONS trial conducted in Jharkhand...
