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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
TopicPesticide

Topic: Pesticide

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

On Camera

Indian shipping sector is vulnerable to geopolitical unrest. Build local, invest in air cargo

With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.