Media Monitor
Agriculture Industry
Hyderabad: Techies to turn farmers, come up with solutions to farming challengesedit
The Indian Express – Online
Stressing that affordable technology could revolutionise the farming sector, a group of software professionals from Hyderabad will soon turn into farmers themselves for the next few weeks. They will till a piece of land and sow seeds next weekend to start a short journey of experiencing real-world farming challenges to emerge with tech-enabled solutions. Over the next 45 days, as many as 100 professionals will take to the fields in teams of five and work on their allocated land parcels over each weekend till they harvest their produce and market them digitally. “The ‘agriculture hackathon’ is the first-of-its-kind where techies, aided with an agriculture expert in each team, will do everything — from preparing ...
No intention to bring back farm laws, says Union agriculture ministeredit
The Indian Express – Online
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said that the government has no intention to bring back the three farm laws. Tomar said: “The government has no intention to bring back the farm laws. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to repeal the farm reform laws to honour farmers. In order to hide its failure, the Congress is spreading misconception.” Tomar’s statement came a day after the Congress claimed that the Centre was hatching a “conspiracy” to bring back the three farm laws. Notably, the Union agriculture minister reportedly said that the government took a “step back” and “will move forward again” while talking about the three farm laws during an event on ...
Competition
John Deere selects Thoughtworks to build technology architectureedit
Infotech Lead – Online
The aim of the technology deal is to offer new digital experiences and microservices for John Deere customers, dealers and other stakeholders across traditional and digital channels. The solution includes data-based analytics that drive evolution and innovation for new digital services. The team’s work is guided by DevOps principles leveraging customer life-cycle best practices, methodologies, processes, CI/CD tools and documentation, said Chris Murphy, chief executive officer, Thoughtworks North America.
Paddy in India
Will dump unprocured paddy at India Gate, says Telangana minister Vemula Prashanthedit
The Times of India – Online
Telangana minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy said the government would dump 60 lakh MT of paddy procured from the farmers in the current Kharif season at India Gate in Delhi if the Centre fails to give a written assurance that they would buy the 60 lakh MTs of paddy. He said the state government has completed the procurement of the 60 lakh MT paddy in the state and earlier Union minister Piyush Goyal said the Centre would buy 60 lakh MT of paddy. Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has also earlier announced that the state government would dump the procured paddy at India Gate and state BJP office in Telangana if there was no ...