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Hoverflies, Beetles and Moths: India's Overlooked Crop Pollinators

Walk through a mustard field in Rajasthan in February and the hum you hear is not all honeybee. Look closer at the yellow flowers and you will find hoverflies, small, striped, and easy to mistake for bees, moving between florets with a speed and persistence that rivals anything Apis cerana…

Times Life · Oct 30

Earthworms, Nematodes and Fungi: The Soil Life Feeding Every Indian Farm

The top 30 centimetres of a healthy Indian agricultural field contains more living organisms per square metre than the entire human population of the country. Most of them have no common name, no visible body, and no advocate. They are also the reason food exists at all. What Earthworms Actually…

Times Life · Oct 28

What Water Hyacinth Does to Fish, Oxygen and Fishing Livelihoods in Indian Lakes

The rosette of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, can double its surface area in two weeks under warm, nutrient-rich conditions. That single biological fact explains why a few clumps at the edge of a lake in June can become an unbroken green mat by August, and why that mat changes everything…

Times Life · Oct 24

National Dairy Research Institute launches Bajra Lassi

KARNAL: Himanshu Pathak, Secretary DARE Director General Indian Council of Agricultural Research on Sunday launched “Bajra Lassi” milk-pearl millet composite based fermented beverage at National Dairy Research Institute’s (NDRI) milk parlour.

The Times of India · Mar 27, 2023

Uttar Pradesh: Premier research institute official booked for stubble burning on campus

JHANSI: Taking cognizance of the satellite images showing stubble burning inside the campus of Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI) – a national institute under the administrative control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the district administration has lodged a case against the farm in-charge of the institute on…

The Times of India · Oct 30, 2022

Nano urea fast-tracked for approval despite incomplete trials

Three seasons of independent assessment by the ICAR is required for approving a new fertiliser.

The Hindu · Sep 3, 2022

India Post commemorates 75 years of ICAR-CPCRI

India Post has released a special postal cover and my stamp to commemorate 75 years of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Regional Station, Kayamkulam.

The Hindu · Aug 17, 2022

ICAR foundation day observed

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) Regional Station, Kayamkulam, celebrated the 94th ICAR foundation day on Saturday.

The Hindu · Jul 17, 2022

75th anniversary fete of ICAR institute

the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Regional Station, Kayamkulam.

The Hindu · Apr 23, 2022

TANUVAS ranked first among veterinary universities

It tops the list of 15 State veterinary universities ranked by Indian Council of Agricultural Research

The Hindu · Apr 21, 2022