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Old shine

Indian scientists have found a chemical that cleans antique metallic objets d'art without damaging the patina

Feat of filigree

Even modern technology cannot equal the uniformity discovered in fine gold and silver threads found in a 17th century Mughal tent

Hands off the cane

With mechanical assistance, Indian sugar cane cultivators can give their backs a break

Split profits

Applying small quantities of fertilisers repeatedly gives a better crop yield than a single large dose

From bricks to black dust

As traditional coal-run brick kilns in Kaithal turn polluters, moves are afloat to shift them out of villages

Revolutionary potatoes

Recently developed hybrid true potato seeds are ideally suited to subtropical climates and are highly disease-resistant

Equal rights

The largest collection of germplasm in the world will be handed over to the Food and Agriculture Organisation to ensure equal accessibility

Endurance test for microorganisms

A technology for preserving food relies on creating a hostile environment for bacteria and fungi in whose presence food goes bad

Competing with wheat

Human-made triticale is nutritionally superior to wheat and could become a major foodcrop in the lower Himalayan region

Cotton-eating monsters lay low the farmers

Cotton farmers in northwest India were taken by surprise when, despite a pesticide blitzkrieg, the American bollworm devastated half their crops. …

Milking the cattle

Indian cows and baffaloes can be made to lactate without becoming pregnant

Polly can't get at this wheat

Some wheat hybrids developed in India's agricultural universities are exceptionally good at keeping birds away

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