IT and electronics minister Sunil Kumar Sharma addressing the event Lucknow: UP is stepping up efforts to position itself as an artificial intelligence (AI) hub, with the state advancing plans for two Deep Tech Hubs and an AI City in Lucknow, while seeking stronger collaboration with industry and academia to build a future-ready workforce.The roadmap…
After Covid worsened the labour crisis, Harsh Patel imported an automatic potato harvester from Germany to his village of Dolpur Kampa AHMEDABAD: Gujarat’s farmers have gone global, not to sell their produce, but to shop for technology. With farm labour becoming harder to find, many are turning to machines and digital tools. Some have imported…
POTATO POWERHOUSE: After Covid worsened the labour crisis, Harsh Patel imported an automatic potato harvester from Germany to his village of Dolpur Kampa Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s farmers have gone global, not to sell their produce, but to shop for technology. With farm labour becoming harder to find, many are turning to machines and digital tools. Some…
Kanpur: Stressing the need to improve the university’s national standing, governor and chancellor Anandiben Patel on Friday called upon scientists, faculty members and students of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology (CSA) to work relentlessly to raise its ranking and ensure that innovations developed in laboratories reach farmers’ fields. Addressing the university’s 28th…
RANCHI: Positioning itself as a future-ready digital economy and a preferred investment destination, Jharkhand announced investment MoUs worth nearly Rs 87,000 crore, while unveiled an ambitious roadmap to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and create more than one lakh AI-enabled jobs in 1,000 AI startups.At the two-day national stakeholders’ consultation meet in New Delhi, authorities said…
Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar and wife Usha Shivakumar at Venkateswara Swami Temple, in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh Bengaluru: Racing against time to stamp his administrative identity on governance in the state, chief minister DK Shivakumar is preparing a major development package worth up to Rs 20,000 crore, centred on health, education and infrastructure.Officials say a…
For generations, farmers have relied on a combination of manual labour, herbicides and pesticides to protect crops from weeds and pests. Now, artificial intelligence is offering a radically different approach. In California’s Salinas Valley, often called America’s Salad Bowl, autonomous robots equipped with AI, high-resolution cameras, lasers and UV light are helping growers tackle some…
Hyderabad: Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTAU) has improved its Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) rankings for the year 2026 for agricultural and similar universities. The rankings increased from 37th place two years ago to 19th place this time.“It is a matter of pride for us. We have been correcting several systems in place, putting…
Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Friday said that the future of Telangana’s agriculture lies not merely in increasing production, but in enhancing the value of farm produce. He called for a decisive shift towards value-based, market-oriented farming.Speaking at the 62nd foundation day celebrations of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State…
