West Bengal's electronics factory push; Fed jitters hit TCSWest Bengal is exploring ways to expand electronics manufacturing under EMC 2.0. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
08 Jun, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
Extreme heat tests India's record milk productionIndia's booming dairy sector, a global leader, faces a significant threat from escalating heatwaves. Farmers like Neeraj Bharadwaj are witn...
02 Jun, 2026, 04.22 PM IST
Beyond rice, wheat: Why India must revive native ‘orphan crops’ for protein securityIndia can boost nutrition security, cut import dependence, and build a global smart protein industry by scaling climate-resilient indigenou...
01 Jun, 2026, 10.20 AM IST
Wars, recessions, political crises, market crashes. Warren Buffett’s advice on each of themWarren Buffett made a prediction in the mid-1990s he knew would come true: Berkshire Hathaway's future returns would fall short compared to...
07 May, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
When Your Performance Metrics Vanish at Work, What Could It Mean?Performance dashboards are common in organizations. When these metrics vanish, it can create uncertainty for employees. This absence of dat...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.03 PM IST
Quality and branding: The twin pillars of India’s global horticulture pushA coordinated push involving policy support, private investment, and technology adoption can help India shift from volume-driven to value-l...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.06 AM IST
India clears two synthetic cattle breeds in push to lift milk outputIndia has registered two new high-yielding synthetic cattle breeds. These breeds can produce over 3,000 kg of milk in a 10-month period. Th...
14 Jan, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Haryana: India's first cloned desi Gir female calf, Ganga produced at NDRI"Under a project by National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal to work on cloning of indigenous cow breeds such as Gir and Sahiwal, India's ...
28 Mar, 2023, 09.30 AM IST
Cattle and Buffalo Breeding Policy to limit cross breeding to some extent: Chandra Mohan Patowary“Assam does not possess a high yielding milch breed of its own. The local cattle are of low genetic potential for milk production. So to ac...
11 Aug, 2020, 12.25 AM IST
Inside India's cutting-edge cow 'factory'High-yield cows are being produced in 'cow factories' with the aim to conserve indigenous varieties via surrogacy and IVF. The aim is to ph...
03 Mar, 2020, 03.59 PM IST
- India set to launch drought resistant chickpea developed with genomic assisted breeding
“We are very excited to see the outputs of collaboration of ICAR, UAS-R and ICRISAT in the form of improved varieties,” said Dr Peter Carbe...
20 Sep, 2019, 10.49 PM IST
Military farms' shutdown to hit Rs 800 crore projectThe Frieswal breed, developed by cross-breeding the Holstein Friesian cow of the Netherlands with the Sahiwal of India, is the result of st...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
This is how the economy of Jallikattu worksBull-taming sport of Jallikattu not only supports rural economy in various small ways but can also have far-reaching implications for globa...
22 Jan, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Prize Murrah bull Yuvraj set to be star attraction at global agri showThe celebrity Murrah bull, Yuvraj, will be a major attraction at the upcoming global Agritech Meet 2016, Gram, in Jaipur. Murrah is a world...
07 Nov, 2016, 03.27 AM IST
Meet Swarupa, the cloned calf that's raised milk hopesThe country's premier dairy institute is looking at cloning as a strategy to boost population of high-yielding, elite variety of buffaloes.
06 Sep, 2015, 10.21 AM IST
- Shortage of experts to hit wheat output
Acute shortage of agri-scientists specialising in wheat breeding may dampen the country’s agricultural growth amid growing threat of climat...
28 Apr, 2009, 02.55 AM IST
- CTRI develops varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia
The Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) has evolved new high-yielding varieties of Flue-Cured Virginia (smoked in cigarettes) tobacco.
24 Aug, 2007, 12.36 AM IST