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World Wetlands Day 2026: Promoting Chilika red rice can help enhance food and livelihood security around India's first Ramsar Site

India, Feb. 2 -- The Chilika red rice grows in the wetlands around the Chilika Lake in Odisha. Locally known as bankia or bankei, the rice is flood-tolerant and helps marginalised local farmers eke a ... Read More


World Wetlands Day 2026: Ladakh's semi-aquatic ecosystems provide food; like elsewhere, they too are in danger

India, Feb. 2 -- As you stroll down Leh's main market, you can find an avenue where local sellers sell a wide variety of traditional Ladakhi products. Among these products is wild onion, which is used... Read More


World Wetlands Day 2026: How a walk along a water body in Karnataka revealed a veritable food basket

India, Feb. 2 -- A walk along an unnamed wetland (longitude 75.142860, latitude 15.082130) along Tadas Road in Adavisomapur village of Karnataka's Haveri district revealed more than 20 edible and medi... Read More


World Wetlands Day 2026: Flood-prone Bihar's sponges are drying up

India, Feb. 2 -- Sakhichand Sada, a middle-aged landless farm labourer, recalls that Kanwar Lake in Bihar remained dry this year (2025) till July 18 and reported water only after it rained on July 202... Read More


Budget 2026-27 focuses on rural and digital connectivity

India, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget 2026-27, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has placed renewed emphasis on strengthening India's telecommunications sector. With digital services expan... Read More


Airtel Rs 199 plan offers free Adobe Express Premium

India, Feb. 2 -- Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest mobile operator, has introduced a prepaid plan priced at Rs199 that includes complimentary access to Adobe Express Premium. The benefit, recently... Read More


Budget 2026-27: Five signals for India's digital infrastructure shift

India, Feb. 2 -- Delivering her 85-minute-long Budget 2026-27 speech on Sunday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not mention "telecom" for once, even though she placed digital infrastructure at... Read More


Budget 2026 introduces scheme to boost local natural fibre industry in textile push

India, Feb. 2 -- The 2026-27 Union Budget introduces initiatives to bolster India's textile sector, focusing on self-reliance & global competitiveness. Key measures include the National Fibre Scheme,... Read More


Budget 2026 technology highlights: Semiconductors, cloud and AVGC sector

India, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget was announced on Sunday, 1 February 2026 by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha, and relates to the financial year 2026-27. The Union Budget 2026... Read More


CEA-Leti and C2MI to strengthen Franco-Canadian collaboration in advanced semiconductor technologies

India, Feb. 2 -- French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), through its Leti Institute (CEA-Leti), and the MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (C2MI) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understandi... Read More