Searched for
CONTAMINATED RICE PADDIES
Rice feeds more than half the world, but 3 toxic metals can travel from paddy soil into its grains; researchers propose changing soil chemistry and reinforcing plant barriers to keep arsenic, cadmium and mercury out- India’s fertiliser subsidy model is broken; direct income support is the only way forward: Ashok Gulati
- Trump tariffs axed and the 150-day factor: 3 sectors, 15 stocks where real business was hit by tariffs; now the noise may increase
- From Fordow to Faridabad: How one nuclear bombing could cause a Chernobyl-style fallout and contaminate India’s futureThe US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities may not spark a Chernobyl-style disaster, but experts warn of real risks closer to home espe...23 Jun, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
- Home-grown feasts: How Goans once raised pigs & prepared them for festivalsToday, pigs are also disappearing from public sight. A few are still home-raised, but the government is promoting pig farms where rearing h...26 May, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
- What the Punjab farmer wants is not what the Punjab farmer needsAgriculture in Punjab is struggling with several structural issues for which guaranteed MSP can't even be a temporary fix let alone a solut...15 Feb, 2024, 02.40 PM IST
- Global study reveals link between burning sugarcanes & mysterious kidney diseaseBurning sugarcane and rice husks may be releasing a toxic substance that is causing a mysterious kidney disease among agricultural workers ...25 Oct, 2023, 08.56 AM IST
- India fine-tuning proposal to supply fertilisers worth $55 million to Sri LankaLast week while speaking with a group of irrigation officials on the next harvesting season's requirements, Lankan President Gotabaya Rajap...06 Jun, 2022, 12.22 AM IST
- These seed bankers are saving India’s native cropsFarmers, agri scientists and even former techies are pitching in to stop hardier and healthier indigenous varieties from disappearing07 Jul, 2019, 02.09 PM IST
- India’s food politics and how it was capable of caste promotionIn India, food has always been a bone of contention, a political hot potato, a means to curry favour.28 Oct, 2018, 01.42 PM IST
- Delhi’s air better this time as stubble burning falls about 40%"Around 1,000 different incidents of stubble burning have been detected through remote sensing, compared to 1,500 in the last season, indic...12 Oct, 2017, 02.54 PM IST
- Tamil Nadu rivers in reverse gearSeawater incursion up to 20km upstream in parts of the Cauvery delta which includes Thanjavur, the rice bowl of TN is ruining soil fertilit...09 Sep, 2017, 10.14 AM IST
- ICAR creates an all-time record in releasing new crop varietiesCreating an all time-record, India’s public sector agriculture research institutions led by the ICAR had released 310 new crop varieties du...13 Feb, 2017, 09.54 PM IST
- UN strengthens norms on lead in infant formula, arsenic in riceCodex standards serve in many cases as a basis for national legislation and provide the food safety benchmarks for international food trade.22 Jul, 2014, 03.17 PM IST
- Iranian team to arrive soon for inspecting basmati qualityIn a concerted bid to defuse the controversy over Basmati exports to Iran, the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) has extended an...02 Oct, 2009, 04.23 AM IST
- AIREA invites Iranian organisations over Basmati export rowIn a concerted bid to defuse the controversy over Basmati exports to Iran, the All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA)has extended an ...01 Oct, 2009, 10.26 PM IST
- Pau denies media reports on Heavy metal contamination of rice variety pusa 1121Agri-experts and scientists of Punjab Agricultural University has ruled out the contamination of rice variety PUSA 1121 by some heavy metal...01 Oct, 2009, 12.22 PM IST
- Basmati exports to Iran may suffer on negative media reportsBasmati exporters are trying to fend off fresh threats to their business with Iran.15 Sep, 2009, 12.49 AM IST
Load More
