With the monsoon arriving late in Maharashtra, agriculture experts advised farmers to go for soybean crop instead of moong and lentil.

With subsidy from govt, sugar factories have placed orders for harvesters from abroad.

SKUAST experts teach basics of organic farming to more than 200 farmers, encourage them to take it up on a larger scale

To explore markets elsewhere in the country and abroad for its saffron, basmati rice and rajmash among various other agricultural produce, the Jammu-Kashmir government is adopting organic farming in a systematic manner

State accounts for nearly 40% of total area under certified organic farming in India.

30 bighas to be identified in each of the 126 Assembly constituencies; Rs 20 cr earmarked

World Economic Forum has chosen the state for its New Agriculture Initiative

Struggling with a severe drought-like situation, Maharashtra has a group of smiling farmers who had built farm ponds for irrigation

With farm workers abandoning the climbing job, Coconut Development Board has launched a trained army of climbers, calling them 'friends of coconut tree''

Allocates Rs 30 cr for compensation Rs 2 lakh per family; but state-sponsored report of 3 universities that studied suicide-hit districts pegs the number of affected families at over 6,500

US-returned businessman sets up modern dairy farm, shares equipment and know-how with locals

Area under contract farming heads downward as govt looks at new policy for diversification

Tractor sales pick up; govt promotes use of implements, launches schemes for machines on rent and at subsidy

In Damla, he began cultivating on his ancestral property of two acres and found it was his true calling.

The pomegranate, believed to have originated in Iran, has for ages thrived also in India, which accounts for half the world''s production, yet farmers'' responses have varied from state to state

After tryst with industry, govt shifts focus with agriculture policy that CM Naveen will unveil soon

Punjab farmers warm up to agro-forestry, which not only pays well but also helps drive govt''s green mission.

On the outskirts of Srinagar city, sprawling residential colonies have cropped up over the years.

Over the past decade, the industry has seen a rapid rise, opening a new window for jobs and livelihood.

'Biggest ever'' agri expo has Rs 45 cr budget, 50-acre stage, 65,000 farmers a day for 5 days.

Sources in the PAU fruit sciences department claim banana research had been halted midway because of lack of funds, staff and interest.

This watch is bang for your buck; we couldn't find a significant flaw that should bother a buyer

GSK leads the charge with staggered return-to-work, others plans yoga sessions and health care webinars for salesperson's family

Lockdown and restrictions on migrant workforce leave crops unpicked as demand collapses

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Now, getting a licence for a fire-arm or operating an eatery will be easy with Delhi Police on Tuesday launching a dedicated website for its Licencing Branch.

New York-based writer Akhil Sharma 's novel Family Life has received rave reviews. The autobiographical book traces the journey of a family that moves to the US from India, its eldest son suddenly suffering a freak accident.

Singapore has appointed Brigadier General Ravinder Singh as its next army chief, the first Sikh in nearly 30 years to be given the force's baton.

'I'd rather do a great role in any language than do mediocre stuff in Hindi.'

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The guerrillas are handing weapons over to the UN, but they are in fear. Thomas Mortensen reports from Urabá.

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Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Xenia, Ohio, establishment, is recalling approximately 42,246 pounds of pork sausage link products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of clear hard plastic.

These model makers bring their skills to new heights with larger than life wearable armour, which were recently used in a Halo fan film.  We find out how they do it.

Fred Armisen stopped by the Wired office after the SF Sketchfest tribute to his Peabody Award-winning show Portlandia, and we decided to let our robot Rob-EE do the talking.

Swarms of bats, birds and locusts may strike fear in the heart of humans, but as scientists are discovering, we all might be following the same patterns of behavior.

In Picher, Oklahoma, the mines closed and the people moved away. Then came the sinkholes, looters, and governmental collapse. To survive, you need optimism -- and a gun.

Multi-instrumentalist Jennifer Baron talks about her new project, The Garment District (http://thegarmentdistrictmusic.com/), while in Pittsburgh with Station to Station. She discusses creating at the intersection between pop and experimental music, and how she uses the patterns in nature and urban landscapes to influence the patterns in her songs.

Community’s Dan Harmon teamed up with voice actor and writer Justin Roiland to create the new animated comedy Rick and Morty. The two sit down to talk about their Adult Swim show, which focuses on the crazy adventures of a sociopathic, ingenious scientist and his less-than-genius grandson.

It’s an outdoor version of the claw game, but with fast, low flying helicopters as the claw and Christmas trees as the prize. At the Hunter Family Farm in Olympia, Wash., helicopter pilots fly across nearly 400 acres, picking up bundles of trees and transporting them, so they can be processed and loaded for your holiday pleasure.

Temperature, carbon output, water usage—that's all data that a farmer could use to get better crops. And it's also available, via satellite, to the average smart phone. In this World Economic Forum discussion, Wim Bastiaanssen, a water resource engineer at Delft University, argues that this tech could someday feed the world.

What do sex dolls, caulking, and lotion have in common? They all contain active ingredients also found in Trojan's Tingly Warmth Lubricant. Find out what else is inside the slick sex aid.

Weta Digital was behind the striking effects in two of this year's big-franchise films: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”—which picked up an Oscar nomination for best visual effects—and “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.” Mike Seymour takes an exclusive look at the impressive, large-scale battle sequences that Weta designed for the final installment in The Hobbit trilogy.

Author Joshuah Bearman discusses his two part techno-noir series on the rise and fall of the online drug bazaar Silk Road. Music by - Julia Kent - Salute

Ian Burkhart is paralyzed from the neck down, but thanks to an array of electrodes implanted in his brain he's able to swipe credit cards and play video games with his own hands.

In ‘Swiss Army Man’ a guy stranded in the wilderness gets by thanks to a corpse and a dying cell phone. The Daniels came to the WIRED office, so we asked them to show us what was on their smartphones.