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Kufri Jamunia: ICAR-CPRI's Biofortified Purple Potato to Tackle Hidden Hunger

To fight hidden hunger, India has developed Kufri Jamunia, a biofortified, purple-coloured potato variety. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) bred it and released it...

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Bengaluru-born Astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche Selected to Lead NASA's PUFFINS Telescope Mission

NASA has picked Bengaluru-born astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche as Principal Investigator for PUFFINS, a space telescope mission worth $20 million. The acronym PUFFINS expands to Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features...

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