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As of now, paddy has been cultivated in 383.99 lakh hectares of area and in the corresponding period of 2021 it was 406.89 lakh hectares. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The trend of decrease in paddy sowing has continued even as the monsoon season in northern India is in its last legs. According to…
South Asian countries may see fertilizers scarcity in the next crop cycle as a result of the conflict situation in Ukraine and Russia, cautioned Bram Govaerts, Director General of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) and the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA). Dr. Govaerts, who is here to address a two-day high-level conference…
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A worker arranges sacks of wheat flour inside a factory in Siliguri. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Central government has decided to restrict the export of wheat flour in order to curb the rising prices of the commodity and ensure food security of the most vulnerable sections of the society. The decision was taken by…
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While the estimate of foodgrains production is 315.72 million tonnes, the production of rice is expected at 130.29 million tonnes. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Agriculture Ministry released on August 17 the fourth advance estimates of production of major agricultural crops for 2021-22. The Ministry said the production of foodgrains in the…
It all began with a shelf. At Matamaal, a Delhi-based restaurant giving the capital a taste of Kashmiri Pandit cuisine, Hans Sadhu remembers one rack — “It used to be reserved for all our spices regularly brought over from Kashmir. It garnered a lot of attention, and diners would ask about it all the time,”…
Representative file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters About 100 companies dealing in agro-products came under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the past five years on the charge of cheating banks of loans running into thousands of crores of rupees. This year, so far, more than two dozen firms trading in…
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July 31, 2022 09:03 pm | Updated August 06, 2022 05:01 pm IST – Kanale, Shivamogga The Nereguli paddy has been cultivated by generations of farmers in the area as the variety does not lose its quality even when the fields are inundated for 40 days. | Photo Credit: PRAKASH HASSAN Heavy downpour has left…
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Area under sugarcane has increased 4% this year. This is expected to result in sugar production going up to 399.97 lakh tonnes (before diversion for ethanol) next season as against 394 lakh tonnes this sugar season, says ISMA. | Photo Credit: iprachenko Sugar production during the next season (October 2022 to September 2023) is expected…
FILE PHOTO: Celsius Network logo and representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration | Photo Credit: REUTERS Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network said Bitcoin mining is key to the company’s restructuring efforts at a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing on Monday in Manhattan. (Sign up to our Technology newsletter, Today’s Cache, for insights on emerging themes…
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Photo used for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Only about half of the intended beneficiaries of farm loan waivers announced by nine States since 2014, have actually received debt write-offs, as per a study by State Bank of India’s researchers. As of March 2022, the poorest implementation of farm loan…
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