Know your soil, cut costs: Soil health cards guide Yamunanagar farmers

IANS | September 2, 2026 11:45 PM

Yamunanagar (Haryana), Sep 2 (IANS) The Soil Health Card scheme, launched by the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is helping farmers determine the nutrient status of their fields through soil testing and make informed decisions about fertiliser use.

MNS activist Ashish Sable arrested in PM Modi's photo removal case

IANS | September 2, 2026 11:37 PM

Pune, Sep 2 (IANS) The Pune City Police's Chaturshingi Police Station on Wednesday arrested Ashish Sable, a worker of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), in connection with the high-profile controversy surrounding the forcible removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph from a government institution.

In North Carolina, India pushes global investment partnerships

IANS | September 2, 2026 11:36 PM

Asheville (North Carolina), Sep 2 (IANS) India has moved to deepen economic partnerships with the European Union, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and several major economies, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman using the G20 meeting in Asheville to seek greater investment, stronger supply chains and wider access to advanced technologies.

Friends' AI warning changed Anthropic CEO's career

IANS | September 2, 2026 9:42 PM

Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 2 (IANS) A conversation with friends more than a decade ago persuaded Anthropic Executive Tom Brown to leave engineering and pursue artificial intelligence (AI), beginning a journey that took him through OpenAI and eventually to the founding of Anthropic.

India and Seychelles work on strengthening parliamentary exchanges

IANS | September 2, 2026 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday met Seychelles' National Assembly Speaker Azarel Ernesta and the visiting parliamentary delegation, holding discussions on deepening parliamentary exchanges and cooperation in capacity building, digital parliament, Artificial Intelligence (AI), technology, infrastructure, renewable energy and healthcare.