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IIT Kanpur launches soil-testing device that can detect soil health in only 90 sec

Kanpur, Dec 13 (UNI) In a first, IIT Kanpur has developed a portable soil testing device that can detect soil health in just 90 seconds through an embedded mobile application.
The rapid soil testing device will assist individual farmers for obtaining soil health parameters of agricultural fields with recommended dose of fertilizers. The technology titled Portable Soil Testing Device viz. “Bhu Parikshak” is transferred to an agritech company named AgroNxt Services Pvt Ltd.
This first-of-its-kind novel invention is based on Near Infrared Spectroscopy technology that provides real time soil analysis report on smart phones with an embedded mobile application named Bhu Parikshak available on Google Play Store.
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Congress leaders grabbed land from landless, Modi gave land to landless: Dr Jitendra

Congress leaders grabbed land from landless, Modi gave land to landless: Dr Jitendra

28 Mar 2024 | 6:02 PM

Jammu, Mar 28 (UNI) Union Minister and BJP candidate for Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that while the Congress leaders grabbed land from the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave land to the landless and also Pucca house.

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Criminals beg for their lives by putting placards around their necks: Yogi

28 Mar 2024 | 5:55 PM

Shamli (UP), Mar 28 (UNI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the people of Kairana know the value of one vote like no one else, having suffered the agony of mass exodus from the place during the previous government made the right choice of government and forced criminals to flee from Uttar Pradesh.

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Four Rohingyas arrested by UP ATS

28 Mar 2024 | 5:46 PM

Lucknow, Mar 28 (UNI) Four Rohingyas, including three women, were arrested by the Anti Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police for crossing into India illegally on the basis of forged documents, an official spokesman said here on Thursday.

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Mirwaiz placed under ‘house arrest’ in Kashmir: Anjuman Auqaf

Mirwaiz placed under ‘house arrest’ in Kashmir: Anjuman Auqaf

28 Mar 2024 | 5:38 PM

Srinagar, Mar 28 (UNI) The Hurriyat Conference Chairman and Kashmir’s Chief Cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest on Thursday, the Managing Committee of Jamia mosque said.

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UP: Man quizzed in connection with Bengaluru blast case

28 Mar 2024 | 5:18 PM

Bareilly (UP), Mar 28 (UNI) A man was quizzed by a team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with an inquiry into a blast in a cafe in Rajajinagar locality in Bengaluru city on March 1, a police officer said here on Thursday.

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