T.Nand Kumar


National
Palm Oil Surge Pushes India’s Vegetable Oil Imports Up 13% in First Half of Oil Year

Palm Oil Surge Pushes India’s Vegetable Oil Imports Up 13% in First Half of Oil Year

India’s vegetable oil imports rose 13% to 7.94 million tonnes during November-April...

National
Government Doubles Gold, Silver Import Duty to 15% Amid Forex Pressure and West Asia Crisis

Government Doubles Gold, Silver Import Duty to 15% Amid Forex Pressure and West Asia Crisis

The government has raised import duty on gold and silver from 6% to 15%, doubling...

Agribusiness
SEBI Proposes Phased Physical Settlement for Select Agri Commodity Derivatives

SEBI Proposes Phased Physical Settlement for Select Agri Commodity Derivatives

Securities and Exchange Board of India has proposed a phased approach for physical...

National
IFGE to Host Sixth India Green Energy Awards, Nominations Open Till May 15

IFGE to Host Sixth India Green Energy Awards, Nominations Open Till May 15

Indian Federation of Green Energy will organise the sixth edition of the India Green...

National
Retail Inflation Hits 13-Month High in April as Food Prices Rise

Retail Inflation Hits 13-Month High in April as Food Prices Rise

India’s retail inflation rose to 3.48% in April 2026, the highest in more than a...

National
Agricultural Workers’ Union Rejects VB-GRAM(G) Notification, Says It Will Weaken Rural Employment Guarantee

Agricultural Workers’ Union Rejects VB-GRAM(G) Notification, Says It Will Weaken Rural Employment Guarantee

All India Agricultural Workers’ Union has opposed the Centre’s VB-GRAM(G) scheme,...

Agritech
ITC Claims AI-Powered ‘Crop Doctor’ Enables Real-Time Disease Detection in 70 Crops

ITC Claims AI-Powered ‘Crop Doctor’ Enables Real-Time Disease Detection in 70 Crops

ITC Ltd has said its AI-powered ‘Crop Doctor’ on the ITCMAARS platform is helping...

Rural Connect
Government Notifies VB G RAM G Act, To Be Implemented From 1 July 2026

Government Notifies VB G RAM G Act, To Be Implemented From 1 July 2026

The Government of India has notified the implementation of the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee...

Cooperatives
Dileep Sanghani Elected Chairman of IFFCO-MC Crop Science

Dileep Sanghani Elected Chairman of IFFCO-MC Crop Science

Dileep Sanghani has been unanimously elected Chairman of IFFCO-MC Crop Science Pvt....

Politics
Vijay Sworn In as Tamil Nadu CM, Promises a New Era of Real, Secular, Social Justice

Vijay Sworn In as Tamil Nadu CM, Promises a New Era of Real, Secular, Social Justice

Actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay took oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister,...

Agritech
Procol Enables Zuari FarmHub to Accelerate Freight Procurement Cycles by 95% with AI-led Sourcing

Procol Enables Zuari FarmHub to Accelerate Freight Procurement Cycles by 95% with AI-led Sourcing

Procol has helped Zuari FarmHub reduce freight procurement timelines by 95% and...

States
Farm to Factory: How Chhattisgarh Is Turning Its Agri Abundance into a Food Processing Opportunity

Farm to Factory: How Chhattisgarh Is Turning Its Agri Abundance into a Food Processing Opportunity

Chhattisgarh is emerging as a major food processing investment destination by leveraging...

Politics
Suvendu to Become First BJP CM in West Bengal, TVK’s Vijay Also Nears Power in Tamil Nadu with Left Support

Suvendu to Become First BJP CM in West Bengal, TVK’s Vijay Also Nears Power in Tamil Nadu with Left Support

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is set to become the first BJP Chief Minister of West...

International
Global Food Prices Rise for Third Straight Month as Energy Costs, Hormuz Crisis Disrupt Markets: FAO

Global Food Prices Rise for Third Straight Month as Energy Costs, Hormuz Crisis Disrupt Markets: FAO

Global food commodity prices rose for the third consecutive month in April, driven...

States
Shivraj Singh Chouhan Orders Expert Task Force to Tackle Litchi Stink Bug Crisis in Bihar

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Orders Expert Task Force to Tackle Litchi Stink Bug Crisis in Bihar

Following concerns raised by farmers, Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the constitution...

International
US Court Rejects 10% Global Import Tariffs Imposed By Trump, Blow Pushes US Back Toward WTO MFN Tariffs

US Court Rejects 10% Global Import Tariffs Imposed By Trump, Blow Pushes US Back Toward WTO MFN Tariffs

A U.S. trade court has invalidated President Trump’s 10% global import tariffs imposed...