Artificial Intelligence (AI) can revolutionize agriculture which impacts a country’s economy, employing more than 30% of the world’s population directly or indirectly. It can fulfill the needs of an ever-growing world’s population through automation. Traditional farmland practices like weeding, pesticide spraying, irrigation, monitoring soil nutritional and moisture status, etc. can be performed quicker using robots, sensors, drones, and algorithms. It reduces water wastage and pesticide overuse, maintains soil fertility, helps in reducing labor and enhances crop yield and productivity despite world problems. However, its penetration into agriculture is still in its infancy due to its uneconomical nature, lack of expertise and big data requirement for accuracy among others. This paper delves deeper into the various applications and impacts of AI in agriculture, new tools being used, challenges and future scope related to this field. Combined with Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models and Machine Learning (ML), along with Expert systems (ES) and Internet of Things (IoT), AI can do wonders in agriculture in the subsequent years to come.

Heavy metal pollution is a significant source of pollution in the environment. Heavy metal contamination in aquifers endangers public health and the freshwater and marine ecosystems. Traditional wastewater treatment methods are mainly expensive, ecologically damaging, ineffective, and take much time. Phyto-remediation is a plant-based technique that gained popularity by discovering heavy metal accumulating plants that can accumulate, transport, and consolidate enormous quantities of certain hazardous contaminants. This is a low-cost sustainable evolving technique featuring long-term utility. Several terrestrial and aquatic vegetation have now been examined for their ability to repair polluted soils and streams. Several submerged plants have already been discovered to remove harmful pollutants such as Zn, As, Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb & Hg. The most important part of effective phyto-remediation is selecting and choosing effective plant species. Aquatic macrophytes have high effectiveness for removing chemical contaminates. Watercress, hydrilla, alligator weed, pennywort, duckweed plants, water hyacinth are examples of aquatic macrophytes. Several macrophytes' metal absorption capability and procedures have now been explored or analyzed. Most of these research demonstrated that macrophytes had bioremediation capability. The bioremediation capability of macrophytes can be increased even more by employing novel bioremediation techniques. To demonstrate the extensive application of phyto-remediation, a comprehensive summary assessment of the usage of macrophytes for phyto-remediation is compiled.

Background: Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder having a global prevalence of nearly doubled over the last 30 years and has become one of the major health concerns worldwide. The number of adults with diabetes increased to 537 million in 2021. Introduction: The overarching goal of diabetic research and treatment has always been to restore insulin independence and an average blood glucose level. Chemotherapeutic antidiabetic agents can manage diabetes but often show toxicity and drug resistance. Natural phytomedicines may be useful along with stem cell therapy for diabetes management. Even if the whole pancreatic organ and islet transplantation, are becoming benchmark techniques for diabetes management and control, a con-siderable scarcity of eligible donors of pancreatic tissues and organs severely limits their use. Stem cell treatment provides a bunch of possibilities for treating people with diabetes. Methods: For this purpose, comprehensive article searching was conducted, with relevant material obtained using search engines such as Scopus, PubMed, MEDLINE, Google, and others, using ap-propriate keywords. Results: Stem cell therapies, including induced pluripotent stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells, are now becoming a popular area of investigation. Recent advancements in stem cell therapy might provide a feasible treatment option. Furthermore, in recent years, some novel bioactive compounds derived from plants have demonstrated antidiabetic action with higher potency than oral hypogly-caemic medications. Recent regenerative medicine and stem cell treatment advancements might subsequently provide a feasible diabetic management option. On the other hand, medicinal herbs have been considered a better choice for the extensive treatment of diabetes. Conclusion: If proper attention is not given to control diabetes by antidiabetic chemotherapeutic agents, natural phytomedicine, and sophisticated treatment like stem cell therapy, then the lifespan of patients will be decreased, and some associated secondary problems will also arise. So, the pre-sent review attempts to discuss naturopathy as an alternative resource in combination with stem cell therapy for the progressive management of diabetes and associated disorders.

Farming is crucial for various aspects of daily life, including food, the economy, environment, culture, and community. It provides employment opportunities, generates income, and increases the export of agricultural products, particularly in rural areas. Sustainable farming practices promote soil health, biodiversity, and ecosystem services and are essential in many parts of the world. Farming is deeply rooted in cultures and traditions and is a way of life for many communities, passed down from generation to generation. Without farming, we would not have the abundance and variety of food that we enjoy today. Advancements in technology, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things, have greatly impacted agriculture by producing vast amounts of digital data on crops, soil, and weather conditions. However, managing and analyzing these data can be challenging for farmers, especially those in developing nations. To address this issue, affordable digital farming solutions, including open-source software platforms, sensor networks, and mobile apps, are being developed to help farmers optimize their resources, increase yields, and profits. Digital twin technology can play a crucial role in digital farming by providing farmers with a virtual replica of their physical farm. It is a digital depiction of a real-world asset, such a farm or a particular crop field, that gathers information from sensors, weather stations, and satellite pictures. This technology has arisen that has been hailed as revolutionary in a number of fields, including manufacturing machines, construction, agriculture, healthcare, and the automotive and aerospace industries. However, the technology is still in its early stages in agriculture, and it can be challenging to handle the interactions between different farming-related digital twin components. Additionally, digital twinning can require significant investment in technology and infrastructure, which may be a barrier for small-scale farmers. Received: 31 March 2023 | Revised: 18 July 2023 | Accepted: 8 August 2023 Conflicts of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work. Data Availability Statement Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study. Author Contribution Statement Nabarun Dawn: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft. Souptik Ghosh: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft. Aloke Saha: Methodology, Resources, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization. Soumya Chatterjee: Writing - review & editing. Tania Ghosh: Writing - original draft. Sagnik Guha: Writing - original draft. Subhajit Sarkar: Writing - original draft. Pronoy Mukherjee: Writing - original draft. Tanmay Sanyal: Conceptualization, Supervision.

Conservation and prospects of Indian Lacustrine fisheries to reach the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG 17) Pronoy MukherjeeRishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati, West Bengal, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4901-0141 Aloke SahaDepartment of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia-741235, West Bengal, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-3481 Koushik SenDepartment of Zoology, Jhargram Raj College, Jhargram, West Bengal, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-3481 Hadi ErfaniDepartment of Chemical Engineering, … Conservation and prospects of Indian Lacustrine fisheries to reach the Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG 17) Read More »

Aloke SahaDepartment of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-3481 Susmita MoitraDepartment of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4138-9262 Tanmay SanyalDepartment of Zoology, Krishnagar Govt. College, Krishnagar 741101, West Bengal, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-1080 DOI: Not Available Keywords: Diabetes, Cancer, Phytomedicine, Catharanthus roseus, Ethnobotany. Catharanthus roseus is a widely used … Anticancer And Antidiabetic Potential of Phytochemicals Derived from Catharanthus roseus: A Key Emphasis to Vinca Alkaloids Read More »