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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The sins of large-scale chemical fertilizers and pesticides are piling up. Can natural farming help mitigate the economic (and other) challenges facing India’s agricultural sector?
Did you hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments at the Natural Farming Conclave in December in Anand, Gujarat? It was a pleasant surprise. Especially so because Indian agriculture is usually dominated by long-standing practices and perspectives. Modi’s view that our agricultural practices need a new (or is it old?) approach and shift away from chemical farming seems like an endorsement of natural farming as an alternative food system. This probably caught the attention of many people trying to access organic food, interest in which has been growing over the last decade. Still, not since a Satyamev Jayate episode brought organic …
Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.
The country's fighter jet roadmap rests on imported propulsion, leaving its military plans hostage to cost shocks, delays and geopolitics.
The framework reads less like an agreement between partners and more like a probation order written by the stronger side.
