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Climate change is increasing the dangers faced by farmers, prompting them to re-evaluate their practices. Photo: elearning.fao.org/ The two most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century are climate change and food insecurity. Some of the ongoing effects of climate change, such as heat waves, flash floods, droughts, and cyclones, are negatively influencing lives…
Tata Motors Ltd. second quarter consolidated net profit exceeded expectations backed by strong Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) sales and grew to ₹3,764 crore as against a net loss of ₹945 crore in the same period last year. During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the company’s revenues grew 32.1% to ₹1,05,128 crore. All auto verticals continued…
NEW DELHI The European Union’s proposed Carbon Tax on imports is an ‘ill-conceived’ move that would become the “death knell” for its manufacturing sector, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal asserted on Thursday, adding that even if the plan that is set to kick in from 2026 isn’t eventually abandoned, India would neutralise it…
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Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@PIB_India Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Carlos Fávaro said in Delhi on Thursday that cooperative production and cooperative marketing in the agricultural sector can help address the crisis that has hit global trade in food, especially after the war-like…
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File photo: A private security guard walks outside the closed Tata Motors Nano car factory in Singur in this April 27, 2011. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: In what could serve as an epilogue to a long-drawn tussle between Tata Motors and the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), an arbitration panel on…
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Bombay Stock Exchange on Dalal Street. File | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded nearly 1% on Thursday after a two-day decline, following a rally in global markets amid the U.S. Federal Reserve keeping rates unchanged. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 489.57 points or 0.77% to settle at 64,080.90. During…
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How the Indian Rupee fared in the last six days. | Photo Credit: PTI The rupee stayed range-bound and settled 2 paise higher at 83.26 against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as the American currency retreated from its elevated levels after the U.S. Federal Reserve was a bit dovish in its policy meeting. Forex traders…
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Apple’s security alert was delivered on Monday night to top leaders in the Congress and other Opposition outfits, as well as some journalists and civil society members. File | Photo Credit: Reuters As Opposition leaders intensified allegations of government snooping after receiving alerts from the tech firm Apple that a “state-sponsored attacker” may be targeting…
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Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated by 9 paise to 83.19 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on November 2, tracking its Asian peers as risk-on sentiments prevailed in the market as the U.S. Fed was a bit dovish in its policy meeting. A weak U.S. dollar…
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For the first time in eight years, India’s rice output is expected to drop this year, raising the prospect that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will extend curbs on exports of the grain to keep a lid on food prices ahead of elections. Production in India, the world’s largest rice exporter, is under unusually intense…
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