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Hyderabad: Prohibitory orders against drones and any kind of flying machines under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure will be in vogue at ICRISAT in Ramachandrapuram and the ‘Statue of Unity’ in Muchinthal in Shamshabad in view of visits of President Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries. According to Cyberabad […]
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Hyderabad: In what is being seen as a politically significant move, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is not likely to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the latter’s visit to Hyderabad on Saturday. The Chief Minister has nominated Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development and Cinematography Minister T. Srinivas Yadav to receive and see off […]
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Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad on Saturday to take part in 50th anniversary celebrations of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and dedicate to the nation the ‘Statue of Equality’ at Munchital near Shamshabad here. At around 2.45 pm, the Prime Minister will visit the ICRISAT campus in Patancheru […]
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Hyderabad: Bird. Write. Read. Repeat. That is what Aasheesh Pittie, 60, has been doing for the past 40 years. Unlike today’s birders, who are generally identified with the long (and fat) lenses, his go-to tools were only a pair of binoculars, a notebook and a pen to take the notes. A telescope was added later […]
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Talking to reporters after examining the progress of fever survey at ICRISAT fencing colony in Ramachandrapuram Mandal of Sangareddy district on Sunday.
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Sangareddy: Researchers studying the nutritional benefits of millets have found that these ‘smart foods’ can boost growth in children and adolescents by 26 to 39 per cent when they replace rice in standard meals. The results suggest that millets can significantly contribute to overcoming malnutrition. The study was published in the journal ‘Nutrients’ and is […]
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Sanagreddy: ‘The Millet Movement in India’, the first coffee table book about the increasingly popular grain has hit the stores. “I am confident the coffee table book will provide valuable insights into our cultural culinary landscape and help increase awareness about our ancient wisdom of food processing,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said about the book. […]
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Sangareddy: An international team of researchers from 41 organisations has assembled chickpea’s (chana) pan-genome by sequencing the genomes of 3,366 chickpea lines from 60 countries. Led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the team identified 29,870 genes that include 1,582 previously unreported novel genes. The research is the largest effort […]
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Sangareddy: A new study has shown that regular consumption of millets can improve haemoglobin and serum ferritin levels to reduce iron deficiency anaemia, which is rising globally. The recently published research, a meta-analysis of 22 studies on humans and eight laboratory studies on millets consumption and anaemia, was undertaken by seven organisations across four countries […]
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The study showed that consuming millets reduced total cholesterol by 8 per cent, lowering it from high to normal levels in the people included in the studies
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The survey showed that improving health and wellness, weight loss and taste were the top reasons for those consuming millets in urban areas
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Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad's paper aims to highlight some of the challenges faced by farmers in the dryland agricultural ecosystem of India
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ICRISAT helps smallholder farmers adapt to climate change and mitigate its devastating impacts on agriculture.
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The “Millet Finder,” launched recently, discovered a surge in the use of millets, with over a thousand modern convenient products in a very wide range
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Mumbai: The government has allowed Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to use drones for agricultural research activities, an official release said on Monday. Granting the institute a “conditional” exemption from some of the rules applicable for deployment of drones, the Civil Aviation Ministry said the institute can gather data for agricultural […]
