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Mobile app to be drafted into battle against mosquitoes in Chennai

When traditional methods of using chemical pesticides, fogging and releasing Gambusia fish into water bodies fail to do enough to control mosquito menace, a little out-of-t...

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Sustainable Development

400,000 Farmers, Health Professionals Want USDA to Reject Agent Orange GMO

As decision time approaches, over 387,000 farmers, Farm workers, health professionals, and concerned individuals from across the country joined to pressure the US Departmen...

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TV

True Review: Satyamev Jayate - Season 2

Last Sunday morning, television was in its authentic avatar as a medium of infotainment. Back to back, two opening episodes,  on two separate networks —  Sh...

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Sustainable Development

Agriculture dependent population in India grew by 50% during 1980-2011

The agricultural population of India grew by a whopping 50 per cent between 1980 and 2011, the highest for any country during this period, followed by China with 33 per cen...

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Sustainable Development

Bhutan set to plough lone furrow as world's first wholly organic country

Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to turn its agriculture completely organic, banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides and relying on its own anim...

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Sustainable Development

Odisha Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative Boon for Farmers

Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubaneswar: The state level workshop on Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) was successfully organized by Nirman with support from AgSri,...

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