Feat of filigree

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

Old shine

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

Hands off the cane

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

Milking the cattle

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

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. …

Competing with wheat

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

Polly can't get at this wheat

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

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

Split profits

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