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In 1950, amid the Cold War, a tiny beetle from the US was destroying potato crops across East Germany. Then began one of history's strangest propaganda campaignsIn 1950, a striped potato beetle became the centre of one of the Cold War's most unusual propaganda campaigns after East Germany accused th...- Assam to set up Centre of Excellence with World Economic Forum, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma at DavosAssam will establish a Centre of Excellence in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced th...
- Centre approves potato research centre in Agra with Rs 111.5 cr assistanceThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a ₹111.5 crore proposal to set up the South Asia regional research centre of the International Pota...
- Cabinet OKs revised Jharia Master Plan for fire-control, Pune Metro Phase-IIThe CCEA has approved the revised Jharia Master Plan with ₹5,940.47 crore outlay to tackle underground fires and rehabilitate affected fami...
- Snacking brand TagZ Foods ropes in cricketer Shikhar Dhawan as investor and brand ambassadorTagZ Foods said its brand brand partnership aligns well with Dhawan's focus on fitness and active lifestyle choices. Dhawan, known for his ...
- India, Germany launch joint projects in Africa to boost local economyThese projects are being implemented based on a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) on implementation of triangular development cooperation p...
- Significant rise in potato production in Assam: Agriculture ministerBora while speaking on Potato Conclave and Business Launch Event stated state must be self-reliant in Agriculture and Veterinary sector and...
- How the humble potato has a more personal resonance for mostUntil the 1940s, potatoes, grown on the hill slopes of Garhwal, Kumaon and Meghalaya, were cultivated from the seeds brought in by the Euro...
- Potatoes can be grown on Mars: StudyThe International Potato Centre (CIP) in Peru launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric cond...
- State polls ahead, Modi government appoints panel to keep eye on key commodities like pulsesP K Sinha took a review meeting on prices of such commodities and directed all these agencies to enforce stock limits of pulses, in particu...
- Potatoes to be grown on Earth under Martian conditionsThe experiment demonstrates that potato crops can be grown in the most inhospitable environments to save millions of lives.
- Nitish Kumar faces litmus test in Nalanda with HAM (S), LJP, RLSP, BJP coming togetherThe coming together of HAM (S), LJP, RLSP and BJP is likely to make things difficult for Mahagathbandhan in Nalanda, Nitish Kumar's home di...
- China is now world's biggest potato consumer, producerAs China's first international agricultural research institute, the centre marks China's expanding opening up and international cooperation...
- Potato, onion prices ruled high in only 3-4 centres: Govt"The higher prices is mainly because they are non-producing areas and have to procure the supplies from other states," Ram Vilas Paswan sai...
- Slew of investment from Dutch expected as UP CM Akhilesh Yada winds up his Netherland visitOfficials termed the tour as “highly successful” and claimed that the ground work for fresh investments into the state has been done.
- Centre to discuss on food inflation with state food ministers tomorrowThe conference will be chaired by FM Arun Jaitely and presided over by both Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and Agriculture Minister Radha M...
- Don't commit mistakes of UPA: Congress to BJD on price riseA day after the Odisha government hiked petrol and diesel rates, Congress warned the BJD regime not to repeat the mistakes committed by the...
- 'Potato crop likely to get damaged in Uttarakhand; no price impact'Potato crop, which contributes about 10% to the country's total output, is expected to get damaged due to recent flash floods but the Centr...
- Meat, poultry, vegetables feel heat from global warmingFrom meat, poultry and milk to everything consumed on the dining tables is feeling the heat from climate change, scientists say.
- Experts favour PPP model to tackle potato seed shortageA separate policy on potato and introduction of public-private partnership (PPP) model are required to address the problem of seed shortage...
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