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Embracing Confidence: How Adorning Crop Tops Be A Step Towards Body Positivity
In a world that often pressures us to fit into rigid beauty standards, crop tops have emerged as a symbol of body positivity. They encourage self-love, confidence, and embracing ones natural shape.
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Drought-Stressed Plants Emit Sounds That Guide Moth Egg-Laying Choices
A study published on November 14 via bioRxiv highlights that drought-stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing moth egg-laying decisions. Experiments showed Egyptian cotton leafworm moths avoided dehydrated plants and preferred healthier ones. Even laboratory-raised moths demonstrated this innate behaviour. The findings suggest potential f...
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"Rejected": Farmers' Body Dismisses Centre's 5-Year MSP Contract Offer
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha - an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests - has rejected a five-year contract to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.
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Space Agriculture Boldly Grows Food Where No One Has Grown Before
Space agriculture has been improved significantly in the last few years through the application of space-based advances to terrestrial challenges. Researchers at NASA sent cotton seeds to the International Space Station to understand how cotton roots grow in the absence of gravity. Moreover, space agencies have been working on specialized systems t...
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"Summer Is Officially Here" For Malaika Arora In A White Crop Top And Shorts
Malaika Arora shares a throwback picture dressed in a white crop and shorts to announce the coming of summer
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Punjab Approves Policy For Giving Relief To Cotton Picking Farm Labourers
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy formulated for extending relief to cotton picking farm labourers affected by the damage caused to the crop by the pink bollworm pest attack.
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These Cotton Cropped Hoodies Are Best For A Cool Yet Chic Look
These stylish cropped hoodies go with almost everything you wear.
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Monsoon Covers Entire Country Earlier Than Expected: Weather Office
Farmers plant crops such as rice, corn, cane, cotton and soybeans in the rainy months of June and July, with harvests from October.
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Monsoon Rains 38% Above Average This Week, Says Weather Office
Monsoon rains in India were above average in the week through Wednesday, the weather office said, as soybean and cotton growing parts of the country received heavy rainfall, damaging crops in some pockets.
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Summer Crop Sowing Delayed By 2 Weeks On Slow Monsoon Progress
Monsoon rainfall was 43 per cent lower than normal so far in June, but in some states, such as Maharashtra, the rainfall deficit was as high as 68 per cent, data compiled by the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed. Lower production of soybeans could force the country to raise imports of edible oils such as palm oil and soyoil, wh...
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Weak Monsoon Delays Cotton, Soybean Sowing In India
Sowing of summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, corn and pulses has been delayed in India due to the slow progress of monsoon rains in central and western parts of the country, raising concerns over output, industry officials told Reuters.
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Monsanto Appeals To Supreme Court Over Genetically Modified Cotton Patents
Monsanto Co has appealed to the Supreme Court against a ruling by the Delhi High Court which decreed last month that the world's biggest seed maker cannot claim patents on its genetically modified or GM cotton seeds, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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Government Cuts Monsanto's GM Cotton Seed Royalty By 20%
In 2016, the agriculture ministry had cut Monsanto's royalties by more than 70%.
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A Patel Farmer On What Went Wrong For The BJP In Gujarat's Saurashtra
Savarkundla Mansukh Vardoriya says he can tell the BJP what went wrong for the party in Saurashtra in the Gujarat assembly elections. "Arrogance and sheer indifference to farmers' plight," says the 55-year-old Patidar farmer as he stares at the inferior cotton crop on his 20 bighas of land hit by unseasonal rain a few months ago.
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After Selling Crop At A Loss, Telangana Farmers Return Home With Pesticide
A frightening scenario is unfolding in Telangana's Warangal district that has been infamous as the cotton farmer suicide capital of the country. At least 21 farmers have killed themselves in the last two weeks in the district, including four farmer suicides in Parvathagiri Mandal that never used to report farmer suicides.
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Embracing Confidence: How Adorning Crop Tops Be A Step Towards Body Positivity
In a world that often pressures us to fit into rigid beauty standards, crop tops have emerged as a symbol of body positivity. They encourage self-love, confidence, and embracing ones natural shape.
-
Drought-Stressed Plants Emit Sounds That Guide Moth Egg-Laying Choices
A study published on November 14 via bioRxiv highlights that drought-stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing moth egg-laying decisions. Experiments showed Egyptian cotton leafworm moths avoided dehydrated plants and preferred healthier ones. Even laboratory-raised moths demonstrated this innate behaviour. The findings suggest potential f...
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"Rejected": Farmers' Body Dismisses Centre's 5-Year MSP Contract Offer
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha - an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests - has rejected a five-year contract to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.
-
Space Agriculture Boldly Grows Food Where No One Has Grown Before
Space agriculture has been improved significantly in the last few years through the application of space-based advances to terrestrial challenges. Researchers at NASA sent cotton seeds to the International Space Station to understand how cotton roots grow in the absence of gravity. Moreover, space agencies have been working on specialized systems t...
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"Summer Is Officially Here" For Malaika Arora In A White Crop Top And Shorts
Malaika Arora shares a throwback picture dressed in a white crop and shorts to announce the coming of summer
-
Punjab Approves Policy For Giving Relief To Cotton Picking Farm Labourers
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy formulated for extending relief to cotton picking farm labourers affected by the damage caused to the crop by the pink bollworm pest attack.
-
These Cotton Cropped Hoodies Are Best For A Cool Yet Chic Look
These stylish cropped hoodies go with almost everything you wear.
-
Monsoon Covers Entire Country Earlier Than Expected: Weather Office
Farmers plant crops such as rice, corn, cane, cotton and soybeans in the rainy months of June and July, with harvests from October.
-
Monsoon Rains 38% Above Average This Week, Says Weather Office
Monsoon rains in India were above average in the week through Wednesday, the weather office said, as soybean and cotton growing parts of the country received heavy rainfall, damaging crops in some pockets.
-
Summer Crop Sowing Delayed By 2 Weeks On Slow Monsoon Progress
Monsoon rainfall was 43 per cent lower than normal so far in June, but in some states, such as Maharashtra, the rainfall deficit was as high as 68 per cent, data compiled by the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed. Lower production of soybeans could force the country to raise imports of edible oils such as palm oil and soyoil, wh...
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Weak Monsoon Delays Cotton, Soybean Sowing In India
Sowing of summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, corn and pulses has been delayed in India due to the slow progress of monsoon rains in central and western parts of the country, raising concerns over output, industry officials told Reuters.
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Monsanto Appeals To Supreme Court Over Genetically Modified Cotton Patents
Monsanto Co has appealed to the Supreme Court against a ruling by the Delhi High Court which decreed last month that the world's biggest seed maker cannot claim patents on its genetically modified or GM cotton seeds, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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Government Cuts Monsanto's GM Cotton Seed Royalty By 20%
In 2016, the agriculture ministry had cut Monsanto's royalties by more than 70%.
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A Patel Farmer On What Went Wrong For The BJP In Gujarat's Saurashtra
Savarkundla Mansukh Vardoriya says he can tell the BJP what went wrong for the party in Saurashtra in the Gujarat assembly elections. "Arrogance and sheer indifference to farmers' plight," says the 55-year-old Patidar farmer as he stares at the inferior cotton crop on his 20 bighas of land hit by unseasonal rain a few months ago.
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After Selling Crop At A Loss, Telangana Farmers Return Home With Pesticide
A frightening scenario is unfolding in Telangana's Warangal district that has been infamous as the cotton farmer suicide capital of the country. At least 21 farmers have killed themselves in the last two weeks in the district, including four farmer suicides in Parvathagiri Mandal that never used to report farmer suicides.
