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‘What option do we have other than suicide?’ Onion farmers in Maharashtra cry for help amid crashing prices

Farmers in Lasalgaon call for a base price of at least Rs 1,000 per/kg and governments' intervention

Pink Bollworm-resistant GM cotton gets green light for field trials in Haryana’s Hisar

India’s biotech regulator GEAC gave Bioseed Research India approval to conduct BRL-1 trial for resistance against Pink Bollworm during the Kharif season.

Govt to continue rice export restrictions to ensure domestic price stability, adequate stocks

New Delhi/Mumbai: India does not plan to lift a ban on broken rice exports and cut a 20% tax on overseas shipments of white...

Govt panel to assess impact of higher temperatures on wheat crop, say officials

Lack of winter rains has raised temperatures in parts of North India, where farmers grow wheat. Last week, the daily average temperature hit March levels, according to weather officials.

After India, Bangladesh & Vietnam, now Philippines harvests GM Golden Rice to cure ‘hidden hunger’

Vitamin A-enriched rice found in India consists of reconstituted rice. However, Golden Rice is a genetically modified variety developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Seeking right to choose ‘dignified life’, farmers’ body opposes petition against GM mustard in SC

Shetkari Sanghatana files plea in case filed by activist Aruna Rodrigues, who sought ban on GM mustard. It cites Bt Cotton's success to push use of genetically modified crops.

Critical to cut edible oil imports — Modi govt makes strong pitch for GM mustard in SC

In an affidavit filed before Supreme Court, environment ministry has said domestic production of GM Mustard will reduce India’s dependency on other countries to meet domestic demand.

In Punjab’s paddy fields, farmers hail a new low-cost, high-yield rice varieties ‘revolution’

Harvested for the first time this season — Pusa Basmati 1847, Pusa Basmati 1885 and Pusa Basmati 1886 — were developed by Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

This village in Jalandhar is 100% stubble burning free & setting an example for all of Punjab

Bajra has been free of farm fires for over five years now. Sarpanch says farmers are given tractor or machinery they need to clear fields without burning stubble.

‘No other option’ — as its fields turn black & skies smoky, why Punjab won’t stop burning stubble

Stubble burning in Punjab has increased by 18.5% from last year. Amid a political blame game, farmers claim they have no choice and agriculture officials say their hands are tied.

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.