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    Agriculture News

    Herbicide paraquat dichloride, used for quicker ripening of green gram, banned in India

    In MP, the herbicide was used to expedite the harvesting of summer moong, which grows in over 12 districts as a third crop.
    India News
    Updated 5 days ago

    Built an AI project that helps people? HT Media's Tech4Good Awards wants your entry by October 25

    Panel discussion at the All About AI Tech4Good Awards
    Technology
    Published 5 days ago

    India's most undervalued agricultural asset: Women farmers

    Women farmer
    Ht Insight
    Published 6 days ago

    How manufacturing ideas could change agriculture

    Agriculture (HT File)
    Ht Insight
    Published 12 days ago

    CM Yogi pitches UP to global firms for investment in key sectors

    Union home minister Amit Shah (centre) with CM Yogi Adityanath (centre-left) and others at Uttar Pradesh International Trade Show at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, on Friday. (Sunil Ghosh/HT)
    Cities
    Published 25 days ago

    Weak rains leave a trail of wilted crops, dry plots

    Maharashtra is among the states with the largest drought-affected areas, at 83.5%, according to the monitor.
    India News
    Published 28 days ago

    Andhra CM seeks steps to mitigate drought-like conditions

    Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
    India News
    Updated 31 days ago

    Telangana CM seeks central aid to mitigate El Niño fallout in state

    India News
    India News
    Published 32 days ago

    Peasants: Read an excerpt from the new book by Maryam Aslany

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    Lifestyle
    Updated 31 days ago

    Shivraj Chouhan tours Bihar flood zones with CM, assures full Central aid

    Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary meets flood victims in Munger, Wednesday. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Updated 34 days ago

    Heavy rains after prolonged dry spell bring relief to Telugu states

    According to rainfall data from the IMD, several coastal and central districts received substantial rain on Sunday and Monday.
    India News
    Updated 36 days ago

    Prolonged dry spell impacts Kharif crops in Maharashtra: Officials

    State agriculture minister Dattatray Bharne admitted that the protracted absence of rainfall has affected the growth of Kharif crops in several parts of Maharashtra. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 42 days ago

    Why India's food security future depends on nutrient-use efficiency

    Agriculture (ANI Photo)
    Ht Insight
    Published 42 days ago

    Government must invest in sustainability standards for agri-exports to the EU

    Tea plantation
    Ht Insight
    Published 44 days ago

    Sunday ho ya Monday: Why your daily egg is getting harder to afford

    Consumption of eggs has risen even as disease and extreme heat have thinned flocks.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 46 days ago

    Australia rejects India's plea to trademark Basmati rice citing Pakistan's sales

    Between 1988 and August 2018, the volume of Indian Basmati sold through Australian retail outlets was estimated at 306,095 tonnes, valued at $380 million. In contrast, Pakistani sales were $44.12 million.
    Cities
    Updated 58 days ago

    Maha to launch AI-based agriculture pilot project to boost crop productivity

    The average production of sugarcane in the pilot project increased from 65.45 tonnes to 73.12 tonnes per acre along with an average water saving of 42%.
    Cities
    Updated 59 days ago

    Not ethanol, but low output, festive demand behind sugar price hike: Centre

    Members of Sarv Ekta Manch protesting against price hike in sugar and onion at Dak Bungalow crossing in Patna, Bihar.
    India News
    Updated 60 days ago

    Skymet raises drought risk, cuts monsoon forecast to 85% of LPA as El Nino gains

    Key kharif pulses , particularly urad and tur, along with oilseeds like soybean, are taking an immediate hit during critical vegetative and flowering stages due to a strong El Nino effect.
    India News
    Updated 64 days ago

    Kharif crops' productivity at risk as monsoon trough shifts

    Agriculture ministry data show kharif crops were sown over an area about 2% lower than a year earlier as of August 14.
    India News
    Published 65 days ago

    A road map for progress

    The PM unveiled the seven streams or saptadhara that he believed will power India’s journey to the centenary of its Independence in 1947. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
    Editorials
    Updated 65 days ago

    Women’s role in culture, livelihoods central to Uttarakhand, says Geeta Dhami

    Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (Representative image)
    Genesis
    Published 69 days ago

    India’s monsoon is getting weirder

    Ahmedabad: People wade through floodwater while a bus lies partially submerged following heavy monsoon rainfall, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Saturday, July 25, 2026.
    India News
    Published 78 days ago

    Closing the gender gap in agri-tech adoption

    Agriculture Tech (HT File)
    Ht Insight
    Published 78 days ago

    Meghalaya records 58% monsoon rainfall deficit, IMD raises concern

    The IMD has forecast normal to above-normal rainfall over Northeast India during August. (HT Photo)
    India News
    Published 79 days ago

    Cabinet clears urea investment policy to boost local production

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the decision as one which will ensure self-reliance in urea production.
    India News
    Updated 97 days ago

    You reap what you sow — unless the monsoon has other plans

    A farmer carries bundles of rice saplings while working on a paddy field, in Golaghat, Assam
    India News
    Updated 91 days ago

    Monsoons may fail us, wastewater will not

    Unlike rainfall, a city’s wastewater supply does not typically depend on the monsoon.
    Opinion
    Published 103 days ago

    India, Afghanistan to plan agriculture, livestock collaboration

    The Afghan side reportedly sought India’s support to improve wheat productivity through advanced seed technologies and research collaboration.
    India News
    Published 104 days ago

    Australia balm for India’s fuel-fertiliser-forex pains

    File: Farmers sprinkle fertiliser over crops on the outskirts of Amritsar.
    Opinion
    Published 106 days ago
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