India is seeking to buy about 2.5 mn tonnes of the key crop nutrient ahead of the monsoon sowing season as the West Asia conflict disrupts domestic production, tightening availability.
Modern irrigation infrastructure and digital technologies are important, but they must be accompanied by policies that actively promote women’s participation in water governance.
Annam.ai, the agricultural-focused AI Centre of Excellence at IIT Ropar, was established in January 2025 as one of the three main AI Centres of Excellence by the Ministry of Education.
When half of all consumers are trapped in a low-productivity agrarian economy, exposing them further to agricultural price volatility would be criminal.
Survey says India could reach $100 bn in combined exports of agriculture, marine products, food and beverages in 4 yrs, adding that 'export markets once lost are not easily recovered'.
When my now-wife and I were on our first date, she asked me what part of our everyday lives our grandkids would find morally shocking. We agreed, immediately, on what it was: exploiting animals.
In his book, ‘Joint Farming X-rayed’, Chaudhary Charan Singh marshalled facts from the FAO, USDA, and independent newspapers to show that collective farming had failed everywhere.
Agriculture ministry data shows area under rice cultivation in Punjab this season reached a record high of 32.46 lakh hectares. Yet, the produce is lowest ‘since 2016’.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Punjab farmers are a curse on the nation.
Their unrestrained greed is resulting in the rapid desertification of Punjab and sharply declining water tables across Punjab, Haryana and northern Rajasthan.
Punjab farmers are a curse on the nation.
Their unrestrained greed is resulting in the rapid desertification of Punjab and sharply declining water tables across Punjab, Haryana and northern Rajasthan.