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Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...- Bangladesh to acquire 14 Boeing jets in $3.7 billion deal amid US trade pactBangladesh will sign a $3.7 billion deal with Boeing on Thursday to acquire 14 planes over the next decade for its national carrier Biman B...
- ‘Iranians now blame US-Israel, not Tehran, for their economic woes’Iran's economy, known as the 'resistance economy', is facing severe impacts from the ongoing US-Israel war. Economic pressures are mounting...
- India eyes higher farm output this year, confident of supporting global food supply amid uncertainty: DARE Secy JatICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...
- Artemis II may chase “Planet B,” but the real fix for Earth does not lie in escaping itHumans are exploring space for a new home. However, a radical idea suggests shrinking people to solve Earth's resource problems. Smaller hu...
- Iran's parliament speaker hints at targeting Bab el-Mandeb Strait; suggests expansion of maritime blockade beyond HormuzIsrael-Iran war: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf suggested expanding maritime blockades from the Strait of Hormuz to th...
- Swaminathan, the genius who sowed it rightBorn in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu on August 7, 1925, Swaminathan played a significant role in changing the trajectory of the agriculture sec...
- He walked...and the earth turned green: The life and legacy of MS SwaminathanGeneticist MS Swaminathan who led India’s push in the 1960s to become grain surplus, promoting the use of hybrid varieties and chemical fer...
- For independent India to survive, Green Revolution was inevitable: An ode to MS SwaminathanMonkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, the architect of India's Green Revolution, played a crucial role in transforming the country's food produc...
- Father of India's 'green revolution' MS Swaminathan passes away at 98MS Swaminathan, known as the father of India's green revolution, has passed away at the age of 98. Swaminathan played a key role in develop...
- The Borlaug legacy: The common link between farmers’ protests in Punjab and stubble burningNorman Borlaug’s battle against world hunger, which won him the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago, was fuelled at least in part by his own exp...
- Green Revolution architect sounds alarm on India’s food securityThe veteran expressed his concerns about rising temperature trends and gave suggestions for securing the country's food security with a ser...
- Green Revolution was not successful in rainfed areas: GovtIn 1960s, Green Revolution had allowed India to overcome food deficit by raising foodgrains production by using high yielding varieties of ...
- Green revolution wheat, rice varieties not drought resistant: ICARICAR said that from last few years scientists have been developing seeds that are drought and climate resilient to meet these challenges.
- India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram awarded World Food PrizeThe award "honours the innovative spirit of farmers", he said adding that "without their contributions, my research wouldn't have been poss...
- India-born scientist Rajaram awarded World Food PrizeIndia-born Mexican scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been presented with the prestigious World Food Prize 2014 for his agricultural research th...
- Eminent Indian crop scientist wins World Food PrizeThe World Food Prize, presented at the 2014 Borlaug Dialogue, currently being held in Des Moines, United States, from October 15-17.
- India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram named winner of 2014 World Food PrizeWorld Food Prize was established by Borlaug in order to focus the world's attention on hunger and on those whose work has significantly hel...
- India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram named winner of 2014 World Food PrizeRajaram's breakthrough achievement in successfully cross-breeding winter and spring wheat varieties, which were distinct gene pools.
- Shortage of experts to hit wheat outputAcute shortage of agri-scientists specialising in wheat breeding may dampen the country’s agricultural growth amid growing threat of climat...
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