Renowned agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, known as the father of India’s Green Revolution, has passed away at the age of 98. He founded the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation and played a vital role in developing high-yield variety seeds of wheat, which led to the green revolution in India. Swaminathan held administrative positions in various...
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The city of Kolkata in India has seen a surge in dengue cases, with over 4,000 cases reported so far, more than double the count from last year. Experts believe this may be due to a cyclical prevalence of the virus, which leads to major outbreaks every few years. Certain neighborhoods in Kolkata, including...
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Tracking data from FlightRadar24 shows the Russian Air Force Ilyushin IL-62M flying from Moscow to Pyongyang, arriving on Tuesday morning. The tail number on the plane indicates it was the same aircraft Russia sent to North Korea in August, just days after Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu traveled to Pyongyang and was guided by Kim...
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”He came to my village Waifad and had started a centre for MS Swaminathan Research Foundation along with a soil testing lab there. The centre shut down in 2015 when the new government stopped grants to it,” says Vijay Jawandhia, a veteran farm activist from Wardha and former Shetkari Sangathana leader.
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Driven primarily by higher crude prices and rising global interest rates, both sensex and Nifty reversed early morning gains on Thursday and witnessed a sharp fall. The information technology and consumer sectors mainly led the market decline.The BSE benchmark sensex plunged 610 points to close at 65,508 while Nifty fell 193 points to end...
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On the basis of a complaint filed by the Hindu boy’s father, the teacher, Shaista, was booked under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, etc) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), Additional SP Shrish Chandra said.
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