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Opium poppy licences: Govt raises minimum morphine yield requirement for farmersFarmers cultivating opium poppy are now facing stricter yield requirements as the Central government mandates a rise in minimum morphine ou...- Rs 1.35 crore loan, Rs 15 crore annual revenue: How Uttarakhand’s engineering couple built a mushroom empireEngineering couple Naveen Patwal and Poonam Sharma from Uttarakhand founded Planet Mushroom, specializing in the cultivation of exotic mush...
- Trump's diesel price relief efforts grow costlier as election nearsWith the midterm elections approaching, President Trump is implementing various strategies to combat high diesel prices. These measures inc...
- Centre recognises AI needs more regulation: IT SecretaryReferring to a series of cyber incidents whereby AI agents escaping sandboxes and running rogue, Krishnan said many ways by which agents ex...
- Japan’s ‘Monkey Buster’ grannies armed with guns take on monkeys terrorising their villageAfter monkeys repeatedly raided farms in a Japanese village, three women aged 67 to 74 formed a group called the “Monkey Busters” to protec...
- In 1966, her father invested in a Michigan cherry farm. 60 years later, she unknowingly bought the company. The 257-acre land now has 20,000 cherry and apple treesIn 2020, Leisa Eckerle Hankins bought Benjamin Twiggs, a cherry store in Michigan, unaware her father had previously invested in it. Growin...
- In 2019, Purdue began growing corn and soybeans around solar panels in Indiana; after 4 years, even the most shaded corn plots lost only 7.7 percent of their yieldPurdue University researchers have been examining how solar panels affect crop production since 2019, particularly focusing on corn and soy...
- Union agriculture minister launches campaign to promote sustainable farmingUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has inaugurated the 'Khet Bachao Abhiyan,' a campaign dedicated to advancing sustainable f...
- Reinventing the pond: How this Bengal start-up is helping fish farmers battle climate and credit crisisAt a time when climate change is impacting world resources, including the aquatic system, Jalpaiguri’s Essential Aquatech is working to emp...
- The food Indians buy is changing, and so is the scrutiny of what companies promiseIndia's Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has issued over 150 notices to various food and beverage companies. These notices addr...
- Sweet sellers face heat over shelf life rules ahead of DiwaliWatchdog agencies in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are among those that have made this mandatory. The directive aims to help...
- Gulf returnee grows organic lemon instead of rubber in Kerala, earns nearly Rs 13 lakh during peak seasonAfter spending decades abroad in the Gulf, Rajan Mathew returned to his roots in Kerala and embarked on a new venture: lemon farming. He tr...
- 32-year-old mech engineer left his job to do organic farming in a village; now earns Rs 3 lakh profit selling wide variety of crops directly to customersJobandeep Singh left his engineering job after four months and returned to his village in Punjab to pursue agriculture as a business. He no...
- Rs 250 investment, Rs 90 lakh annual revenue. How Kerala woman turned mushroom farming on her balcony into a thriving businessWith Rs 250 as an investment, a Kerala couple, Shije and Thankachan started mushroom farming in their home balcony. Initially, they faced h...
- Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ Beverly Hills estate KuKu Farms: All you may want to knowAshton Kutcher and Mila Kunis built KuKu Farms in around five years between 2015 and 2020. The Beverly Hills estate is spread in around six...
- No chopping, onion, or garlic: Mumbai nutritionist shares Bengali paneer bhapa recipe with 30 g protein for NavratriIn celebration of Navratri, Mumbai nutritionist Vanshika Khurana presents a delightful protein-packed Bengali-style paneer bhapa recipe. Th...
- 'Govt has no plans to regulate airfares'India's government has clarified that it will not regulate ticket prices for airlines under new rules. The new air fare regulations will al...
- In 2024, a New York dairy farmer wanted solar income without losing his fields; the 6.5-megawatt project was designed around crops and cowsA pioneering dairy farmer in northern New York is merging the realms of agriculture and solar energy by partnering with a solar developer o...
- Maharashtra FDA bans sale of loose spice powders, mixed spices to curb adulterationMaharashtra's FDA has implemented a ban on the sale of loose and unpacked spice powders. This initiative aims to prevent adulteration and e...
- This Bengaluru man rejected Paris job offers to grow mushrooms in an old poultry shed, he now earns Rs 4 lakh a monthA Bengaluru entrepreneur, Prithviraj, turned his family's unused poultry shed into a mushroom farm after rejecting job offers in Paris. Sta...
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