Indian Potash to set up two sugar mills in Bihar
Bihar Cooperative Minister Ram Kripal Yadav said on Wednesday that Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) will set up and operate two sugar mills at Sakri in Madhubani and Raiyam in Darbhanga. The mills…
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Record heat ruins harvest in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong
South Korea recorded its hottest summer on record, with Yangsan hitting 42.5°C on August 2. A potato farmer in Gangwon province, Lee Sang-hyuk, found his crop destroyed, the tubers 'like boiled potatoes'…
Heavy rains flood Telangana rivers, cut off villages
Heavy rains battered Telangana on Thursday as a low-pressure area from Chhattisgarh moved in, triggering a red alert from the Indian Meteorological Department for districts like Adilabad and Komaram Bheem Asifabad. The…
Centre releases Rs 21.35 crore scholarships for 6,000 agri students
The Union agriculture ministry has released Rs 21.35 crore in scholarships and fellowships to over 6,000 agriculture students through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) via direct benefit transfer (DBT). Union minister Shivraj…
Pesticide residues exceed limits in 3.1% of fruit and vegetable samples
The government has told the Lok Sabha that 3.1% of fruit and vegetable samples tested between 2023 and 2026 had pesticide residues above the maximum limits set by the FSSAI. Of the…
Fertilizer sales dip 13% in July on poor monsoon, lower sowing
India’s fertilizer sales fell 13% in July to 77.44 lakh tonnes from 89.41 lakh tonnes a year ago, the steepest drop for the main sowing month, according to government data reported by…
Kerala floods cost farmers Rs 129 crore, says minister
Kerala's agriculture minister, Siddique, announced that farmers in the state lost Rs 129 crore in the 2026 floods. The current government is taking steps to compensate them, he said.
Glyphosate reduces earthworm reproduction by 56%, Austrian study finds
Times of India reports that Austrian scientists have found that a glyphosate-based herbicide reduced reproduction of a common soil-dwelling earthworm species by 56% within three months. The greenhouse experiment, published in Scientific…
One-third of global farmland drives two-thirds of biodiversity loss
A study in Nature Food finds that one-third of global farmland accounts for two-thirds of farming-linked biodiversity loss and carbon storage loss. Beef and dairy production alone cause 41 per cent of…
RSS affiliate urges India to resist US tariff pressure, boycott American goods
The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) has urged the Centre to stand firm against US attempts to use tariffs to influence India's purchase of Russian oil and called for a boycott of…
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