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37 stories for “AGR” · March 2026
Clear filtersThe World Trade Organization (WTO) has released its Global Trade Outlook, pointing to a slowdown in world trade.Global merchandise trade growth is projected to drop to 1.9% in 2026 from 4.6% in 2025.The West Asia conflic...
The centenary of the historic Mahad Satyagraha was marked at Mahad in Raigad district, Maharashtra, on 20 March 2026.B. R. Ambedkar led the movement on 20 March 1927 to assert the right of Dalits to use public water sour...
The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) released the India BioEconomy Report (IBER) 2026 in New Delhi.India's bioeconomy stood at $195.3 billion in 2025, contributing roughly 4.8–5% of GDP, with gr...
The Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AIC) has launched the Krishi Sakhi Initiative to strengthen the role of women farmers.The move is in line with the United Nations declaring 2026 the International Year...
The Asia Africa Agri Alliance has been established to promote agricultural trade, cooperation, investment and technology exchange between Asia and Africa. It is set up as a not-for-profit body under Section 8 of the Comp...
The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), under the Ministry of Cooperation, has launched the Dirghavadhi Krishak Punji Sahakar Yojana to strengthen long-term credit for cooperatives. It will provide long-...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has released the Final Estimates for 2024–25 and the First Advance Estimates for 2025–26 of horticulture crops. In 2024–25, the area under horticulture rose to 301.36 lakh...
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched the National Climate Stack Innovation Challenge. The initiative seeks to build a National Climate Stack that brings various climate datasets t...
Joha rice, an aromatic indigenous variety grown mainly in Assam, has been exported in large quantities for the first time. A 25-metric-tonne consignment was shipped from Guwahati to the United Kingdom and Italy. The ship...
The European Space Agency (ESA) has lost contact with the Coronagraph spacecraft of its Proba-3 mission following a power failure.Proba-3 is the first mission to use precision formation flying to study the corona, the Su...
Overview In 2026, India’s Vishva Mitra Policy emerged as a transformative foreign policy framework that moves beyond traditional diplomacy toward a results-oriented, partnership-driven global engagement model. The policy...
Overview In 2026, the financial restructuring of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO) became a critical focus of state governance due to its mounting debt and operational losses. Over...
