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Guns, laws and crop raids: Kerala's wild boar culling policy caught in regulatory crossfire

India, Feb. 18 -- Kerala's long-running struggle with wild boar crop raids has entered a new phase of policy uncertainty after the state's Left Democratic Front government put on hold a controversial ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 17, 2026)

India, Feb. 18 -- Front-of-pack warning labels The Supreme Court (SC), on February 10, 2026, expressed dissatisfaction with the compliance affidavit filed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority o... Read More


International Solar Alliance launches global AI-for-Energy mission to accelerate clean power in 120+ countries

India, Feb. 18 -- ISA launches global AI-for-Energy mission at India AI Impact Summit 2026 Initiative aims to align policy, data systems and finance across 120+ member countries AI seen as key to im... Read More


Africa looks to mechanisation for agricultural transformation

India, Feb. 18 -- The Africa Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanisation highlighted the urgent need for mechanisation to transform Africa's agriculture. With low mechanisation rates and hea... Read More


Break down the gender wall

India, Feb. 18 -- The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has been heavily invested in the goal to make India a developed economy by 2047. It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's develop... Read More


Is India forever a generics-only player?

India, Feb. 18 -- When the Indian Patent Office rejected multinational conglomerate (MNC) AbbVie's patent application for its cancer drug Venetoclax in late January, there was customary cheerleading t... Read More


India-EU FTA: Shift in trade winds

India, Feb. 18 -- After nearly two decades of negotiations, on January 27 India and the EU signed a robust free trade agreement (FTA), allowing for closer trade ties. The India-EU Trade Deal, expected... Read More


Crop breeding: Against the clock

India, Feb. 18 -- It is January in Srinagar. Outside, temperatures hover below freezing and fields lie fallow. Inside a research facility at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Tech... Read More


Sal borer: Waiting to strike

India, Feb. 18 -- A few minutes' walk into the forest near Sontirath village is enough to make one notice the quiet provided by the dense sal (Shorea robusta) tree growth. There is a sudden sense of s... Read More


16th Finance Commission: Of devolution and new disasters

India, Feb. 18 -- The Union government has accepted the tax-sharing recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission, effective from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2031. Finance Commission is a constitution... Read More