THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK   Ranchi, Nov 6: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, IIT Kharagpur has developed a mechanized ‘Dheki’—an agricultural tool used for threshing—to separate rice grains from their outer husks, leaving the bran layer (outer brown layer) to maintain the nutritional value of the indigenous variety of rice–Bali Bhojuna, reports The New Indian Express. “Farmers … Continue reading IIT-Kharagpur develops mechanised ‘Dheki’ to retain value of indigenous rice