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Topic: Pesticide

SubscriberWrites: Understanding Snakes

Iqbal Malik -
From myths to medicine, snakes inspire awe and fear. Most are harmless, vital pest-controllers & with awareness, co-existence is safer than killing them.

Before MDH-Everest row, food safety regulator had raised permitted level of some pesticides in spices

Sumi Sukanya Dutta -
FSSAI defends its move, says science panel recommended allowing increased pesticide levels. Applicable only to pesticides not already under Indian or international regulations.

Roadshows with a flying beast: Why Syngenta plans to introduce drones for Indian farmers

Sayantan Bera -
The nascent drone market in India is abuzz after the Centre granted interim approval to drone-spraying of 477 agrochemicals.

Liberate Indian soil from chemical fertilisers, PM Modi says at natural farming conclave

Samyak Pandey -
Fertilisers helped raise agricultural production and led to the Green Revolution, but there is a need to keep looking for alternatives, PM Modi said.

Move to ban 27 pesticides will hand over Rs 12,000-cr market to China: Indian manufacturers

Samyak Pandey -
The Ministry of Agriculture had issued a draft notification on 14 May, intending to ban the chemicals for being harmful to humans and animals.

Draft bill proposes fund to compensate farmers for bad pesticides, hike in penalties

Samyak Pandey -
The Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 — meant to replace the existing Insecticides Act of 1968 — will be introduced in the Budget session which reconvenes in March.

GM brinjals are helping Bangladesh farmers earn more, save more, study finds

Mohana Basu -
The study was conducted by US-based International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, a government agency.

RSS body accuses minister of giving false info on ‘cancer-causing’ herbicide in Parliament

Neelam Pandey -
RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch says contrary to agriculture ministry's claims on glyphosate, the herbicide has the potential to be a carcinogen.

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.

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Opinion

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Prasanna Bachchhav -
Every other account is a bot or a person posting AI content, and social media is getting less social by the day.

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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