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Topic: crops

Monsoon at 33% deficit, but govt says ‘no cause for concern’

PTI -
The Agriculture Secretary said predictions for good rainfall in July and August will see sowing of crops pick up soon.

This worm army is marching across India and destroying everything in its path

Sandhya Ramesh -
The Fall Armyworm, from the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Americas, was first detected in Karnataka last year. It's already reached Mizoram.

New migrant pest found in Karnataka can cause losses to dozens of crops

Kollegala Sharma -
The migrant insect can feed on most important crops in India like maize, rice, sugarcane, soybean, onion, potato and cotton, among others.

Modi govt wants NITI Aayog to play peacemaker in GM row

Rajgopal Singh -
The idea is to bring supporters and opponents of GM technology into the same room and sort out differences.
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Opinion

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

A K Bhattacharya -
Barring her first two Budgets, Nirmala Sitharaman has always ended the year with either a lower fiscal deficit figure than what she had projected or by adhering to the target.

Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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