The Hindu Business Line

India’s aim to achieve the 10 per cent ethanol blending target may have got a fillip as scientists have identified an indigenous solution to meet the enzyme needs for harnessing the fuel from waste.

CIO

On farms and other places far from powerful computers and network connections, there’s a trend away from centralized computing even while most of the IT world is embracing it. In remote places, the internet of things requires local processing as well as data-center analysis. So-called edge computing is coming to industries including manufacturing, utilities, shipping, and oil and gas. Agriculture is getting it, too.

Morung Express

Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh has said that conventional methods of agricultural farming should be replaced by new farming techniques to enhance productivity and agricultural growth.

The Hindu Business Line

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya has asked States to play a proactive role in enacting reforms relating to state subjects, especially land leasing. Panagariya, who was speaking at ‘National Workshop on Status of Land Leasing Reform and Way Forward’ also recalled the pro-reform views of various States in the meeting held in the past which led the government think-tank NITI Aayog to begin working on the Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2016, a statement said.

The Times of India 

The mega agro-industry expo, which will begin at Putharikandam on Thursday, will be conducted in a venue measuring 75,000 square feet and special theme-based arrangement of stalls will be the key attraction.

The Hans India

One of the worst droughts in decades across south India is forcing tens of thousands of farmers and labourers to take out loans to survive, pushing them into debt bondage and increasing the risk that they may be exploited for work, activists said.

The Hindu

The green corridor infrastructure being created by the AP-Transco to evacuate the renewable energy from production sites and inject it into the grid got a significant boost with the State government allocating .

Polymer Update

Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (“JISL”) through its multi generation Wholly Owned Subsidiary in United States of America (“USA”) agreed to acquire 80% stake in 2 US entities. Two of the United States’ largest micro-irrigation dealers – Agri-Valley Irrigation, Inc. (“AVI”) and Irrigation Design and Construction, Inc. (“IDC”), have entered into an agreement to merge ownership of their businesses into a newly formed distribution company. The new organization is an un-paralleled leader in design, construction, service, and innovative Ag Technology. This entity will provide a unique platform to help growers implement state-of-the-art irrigation technology and achieve “More Crop Per DropTM”. AVI and IDC have been long tenured stable companies with operations in United States of America.

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The mammoth coal-fired Cheyyur electrical station was first imagined by bankers at India’s Power Finance Corporation and senior engineers across town at the Central Electric Authority. That was in 2005, when the country was rich in fossil fuel resources and desperate for electric power. Though India mined more coal than almost any other country, endemic blackouts and brownouts enfeebled its economic prospects.