Clean agriculture: This startup is empowering farmers to transition away from fossil fuels

Farmers are among the most vulnerable to the climate crisis, suffering from low crop yield, post-harvest losses, and depleting water reserves. At the same time, agriculture is the second-largest contributor…

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How experimentation is key to creative success—insights from three artists at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 800 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets…

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AI, design, impact: test your business creativity with Edition 149 of our weekly quiz!

Lateral Sparks, the weekly quiz from YourStory, tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see the previous edition here). In this 149th edition of the quiz, we…

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India should create 148M more jobs by 2030 to meet population needs: IMF’s Gopinath

India has been a laggard among G20 nations in terms of employment generation, and the country needs to create an additional 148 million jobs by 2030 given its population growth,…

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PM Modi proposes ‘Global Development Compact’ for growth of developing countries

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday proposed the creation of a human-centric "Global Development Compact" for the Global South to facilitate trade, technology sharing and concessional financing based on India's…

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