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'Safe' to consume milk from cattle infected by Lumpy Skin Disease
Health

'Safe' to consume milk from cattle infected by Lumpy Skin Disease

Lumpy Skin Disease has spread in more than a dozen states including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. The disease has affected 16.42 lakh cattle in 197 districts and has killed 75,000 cattle between July and September 11, 2022

ICAR Entrance Exams 2022: NTA extends deadline to apply for AIEEA and AICE
Education

ICAR Entrance Exams 2022: NTA extends deadline to apply for AIEEA and AICE

National Testing Agency, NTA has extended the last date to register for ICAR Entrance Exams 2022. The date for applying has been extended for PG,UG, and Ph.D programmes till 26 August 2022

NTA ICAR 2022: Application process ends today, check how to register
Education

NTA ICAR 2022: Application process ends today, check how to register

The ICAR entrance exam 2022 will be conducted in computer-based test mode. It will consist of objective-type multiple choice questions

ICAR develops vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle
India

ICAR develops vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle

The Centre plans to commercialise this vaccine, developed by the two institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), at the earliest in order to control the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), which has led to the death of cattle in six states.

Biofertilisers: A gamechanger for the agricultural landscape of India
Business

Biofertilisers: A gamechanger for the agricultural landscape of India

A biofertiliser is a substance which contains living micro-organisms which colonise the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promote growth by increasing the supply or availability of primary nutrients to the host plant

ICAR Technician recruitment 2021: Registration date for 641 posts extended; check details, direct link here
India

ICAR Technician recruitment 2021: Registration date for 641 posts extended; check details, direct link here

Through this recruitment drive, the institute will fill a total of 641 Technician posts (T-1) in Pay Level-3 in the organisation

ICAR AIEEA 2021: Results for UG, PG and PhD exams released by NTA; check direct link here
India

ICAR AIEEA 2021: Results for UG, PG and PhD exams released by NTA; check direct link here

Candidates who gave the exams can check their scorecard and also download it from the official website of NTA ICAR

Assam teenager denied entry to sit for entrance exam for wearing shorts, made to give test wrapped in curtain
India

Assam teenager denied entry to sit for entrance exam for wearing shorts, made to give test wrapped in curtain

The incident happened on 15 September when a teenager, named Jublee Tamuli, appeared for the entrance test of Jorhat’s Assam Agricultural University (AAU)

ICAR AIEEA PG 2021: Admit cards to be out today; download them at icar.nta.ac.in
India

ICAR AIEEA PG 2021: Admit cards to be out today; download them at icar.nta.ac.in

The National Talent Scholarship (NTS) and ICAR PG Scholarship are awarded to selected candidates through this exam

ICAR AIEEA 2020: NTA releases provisional answer key at icar.nta.nic.in; students can raise objections by 22 Oct
India

ICAR AIEEA 2020: NTA releases provisional answer key at icar.nta.nic.in; students can raise objections by 22 Oct

Those raising objections will have to provide details of their observations, with supporting evidence if any. Candidates will be required to pay of a processing fee of Rs 1,000 for per answer challenged

NTA releases admit card for ICAR AIEEA 2020 for UG courses; steps to download from icar.nta.nic.in
India

NTA releases admit card for ICAR AIEEA 2020 for UG courses; steps to download from icar.nta.nic.in

The All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) 2020 for admission to undergraduate courses in agricultural universities and institutions will be held on 16, 17, and 22 September

ICAR-AIEEA 2020: NTA revises schedule for UG, PG, PhD exams; check revised time table at nta.ac.in
India

ICAR-AIEEA 2020: NTA revises schedule for UG, PG, PhD exams; check revised time table at nta.ac.in

The ICAR AIEEA-UG has been postponed in view of Delhi University entrance test, IPMAT and NRTI tests were also falling on the same dates

IMD releases weather apps Mausam, Meghdoot for public, farmers to track forecasts, warnings, imagery in real-time
India

IMD releases weather apps Mausam, Meghdoot for public, farmers to track forecasts, warnings, imagery in real-time

The data being fed to the app comes from the state- and district-wise IMD weather stations across the country.

ICAR inks pact with Haridwar-based Patanjali for farm research, training, education
Business

ICAR inks pact with Haridwar-based Patanjali for farm research, training, education

ICAR said it will assist PBRI in technology demonstration, capacity building, seed production for scaling up popular varieties developed by ICAR

NTA ICAR Results 2019 Declared: National Testing Agency releases AIEE ICAR entrance test result on ntaicar.nic.in
India

NTA ICAR Results 2019 Declared: National Testing Agency releases AIEE ICAR entrance test result on ntaicar.nic.in

NTA ICAR Results 2019 Declared: The NTA declared the results for the All India Entrance Examination (AIEE) ICAR entrance exam 2019 today (Thursday, 17 July 2019).

Is the Green Revolution broken to go back to Zero Budget farming? Nirmala Sitharaman should have waited for official panel's study reports
Business

Is the Green Revolution broken to go back to Zero Budget farming? Nirmala Sitharaman should have waited for official panel's study reports

The Green Revolution in Palekar’s view is a disaster. His website says the land has been laid waste wherever it has been practised.

Haryana’s Bt brinjal row: Govt must allow farmers to have access to technologies in agriculture to dissuade illegal use of seeds
Business

Haryana’s Bt brinjal row: Govt must allow farmers to have access to technologies in agriculture to dissuade illegal use of seeds

Believing that with a change of government and of environment minister Bt brinjal could be approved, the activists who are vehemently opposed to GM crops for ideological reasons, have stirred into action.

Agricultural crisis: Why BJP's poll promise of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 is a lofty ambition
Business

Agricultural crisis: Why BJP's poll promise of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 is a lofty ambition

Doubling farmers’ inflation-adjusted income from the current levels, say in six years, will be possible if the government acts in mission mode.

IMD working to issue local-level weather forecast by next year; targets to cover 6,500 blocks in 660 districts by 2020
Business

IMD working to issue local-level weather forecast by next year; targets to cover 6,500 blocks in 660 districts by 2020

Attri said that the IMD has a network of 130 agromet field units at district level for dissimilating the weather-based advisories.