New Delhi: The Centre has launched its first-ever Kanda Express service to Agartala, Tripura, transporting around 440 tonnes of buffer onions to improve availability and keep prices affordable ahead of the festive season. The consignment is expected to reach Agartala by October 18 and will help supply onions to seven of Tripura’s eight districts. The Read More…
Kozhikode: Cheruvayal Raman, the Padma Shri awardee renowned for preserving traditional rice varieties in Kerala’s Wayanad district, died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. He was being treated for abdominal pain. Born into the Cheruvayal Kurichya family at Kammanam in Edavaka panchayat, Wayanad, Raman dedicated his life to conserving traditional rice Read More…
New Delhi: The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), under the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, hosted the second meeting of the UN Global Initiative on AI for Agri-Food Systems (GI-AI4FS) alongside India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2026. The meeting was jointly organised with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), under the Ministry of Agriculture and Read More…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday shared an article by Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar highlighting the acceleration of India’s development over the past 25 years. Khattar said the period has strengthened the country’s foundations across digital technology, infrastructure, manufacturing and social welfare, paving the way for the next phase of growth and Read More…
Thrissur: Saffron, one of the world’s most expensive spices, is traditionally associated with the cool climate of Kashmir. But James, a resident of Puthur in Thrissur, is experimenting with growing the spice in Kerala by using technology to overcome the state’s warm and humid climate. James has set up a soil-free saffron cultivation system on Read More…
Mumbai: The Centre has constituted a team to assess the drought situation in Maharashtra, where 265 of the state’s 358 talukas have been declared drought-affected, Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne said. The team will visit the affected areas in coordination with the state government and assess the severity of the situation before recommending relief and rehabilitation Read More…
Muthuvara: A farmers’ meet on scientific Nendran banana cultivation was organised at the K R Narayanan Memorial Hall in Adat Grama Panchayat, focusing on improving productivity through modern agricultural practices. Around 200 farmers attended the programme, which was inaugurated by Dr C Narayanan Kutty. Unnikrishnan Vadakkumcheri presided over the function, while Pramod Madhavan delivered the Read More…
New Delhi: The Centre has sanctioned more than ₹1,200 crore to 10 states under the Prime Minister Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY) to support agricultural development and improve farmers’ livelihoods. The sanction letters were handed over by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the second day of the National Agriculture Conference Read More…
New Delhi: The Centre has set a foodgrain production target of 373.93 million tonnes for the 2026-27 crop year, slightly below the record production achieved in the previous year amid concerns over possible El Niño-related weather conditions. The target is 2.63 million tonnes lower than the actual foodgrain output of 376.56 million tonnes recorded in Read More…
New Delhi: A multicentre clinical trial has found that daily use of a standardised Ashwagandha root extract for 24 weeks was well tolerated, with no evidence of treatment-related liver or kidney injury. Published in Frontiers in Medicine on August 20, 2026, the randomised, double-blind study involved 1,200 adults across seven centres in India. Participants received Read More…