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Low Cost Technology anti-ageing Compound developed by IIT-Guwahati
The researchers from IIT Guwahati developed a low-cost method to produce anti-ageing compounds. The compound has been developed from a wide range of agricultural resources such as pulses, tea, berries, orange peels, parsley, onion and sea buckthorn. About the product The product does not use organic solvents as done by the other commercial industry. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Agricultural chemicals • agricultural market • Agriculture • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 • IIT Guwahati • Natural Resources
Half yearly review of nutrient-based subsidy rates approved
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs which is headed by PM Narendra Modi has approved a half-yearly review of the nutrient-based rates of phosphate and potassium fertilizers. Hitherto these were reviewed annually. Futhermore, the Committee also reached a decision to keep the current subsidy rates of nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and sulphur based fertilizers for the ..
Topics: Agricultural chemicals • Chemistry • Fertilizers • Natural sciences • Physical sciences • Potash • Potassium