An ICRIER study shows that Indian soils are increasingly deficient in sulphur, zinc, iron and magnesium, with excessive dependence on a single nutrient—nitrogen.
Researchers studied simulated soil conditions from 1870 to 2016, and found that while other famines during this period were caused by drought, the one in 1943 wasn’t.
Sukhu will defer half his own pay for six months; Group C, D employees and pensioners are fully exempt; Opposition calls it a budget that 'has gone backwards'.
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