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Desi start-up for blue-collar workers ‘hits’ Nasdaq Tower

Desi start-up for blue-collar workers ‘hits’ Nasdaq Tower

Incubated by IIT Kanpur’s Start-up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), WUS...

Need for resilient agriculture to tackle the uncertainties of the future

Need for resilient agriculture to tackle the uncertainties of the future

Several rural resources are being affected due to unforeseen circumstances and some...

Electricity Act amendment will hamper the revival of the domestic economy

Electricity Act amendment will hamper the revival of the domestic economy

The public sector power engineers have warned that the proposed amendment to the...

PIL in Allahabad High Court on sugarcane arrears; state to reply in four weeks

PIL in Allahabad High Court on sugarcane arrears; state to reply in four weeks

A PIL regarding the issue of non-payment of money to sugarcane farmers and revision...

Break in monsoon activity burdensome on farmers; IMD ignored negative IOD in its forecast

Break in monsoon activity burdensome on farmers; IMD ignored negative IOD in its forecast

Owing to a break in the monsoon activity, there has been 11.3 per cent less rainfall...

Milk prices go up by Rs 2 per litre; increasing costs for the dairy and the farmers the main reason

Milk prices go up by Rs 2 per litre; increasing costs for the dairy and the farmers the main reason

Amul has decided to revise the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre. The prices of all...

DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent

DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent

Dr. R.S. Paroda, former DG, Indian Council for Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Chairman,...

Memorandum to the President about farmers’ anguish and indignation

Memorandum to the President about farmers’ anguish and indignation

On June 26, which marked the completion of seven months of the farmers’ protest...

UP govt silent on interest on arrear payments; will SC decide sugarcane farmers’ rights?

UP govt silent on interest on arrear payments; will SC decide sugarcane farmers’ rights?

Legally, the calculation of arrears starts 14 days after cane supply because farmers...

NCDC celebrates International Yoga Day

NCDC celebrates International Yoga Day

The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) organized an online event...

Pandemic fails to dampen India’s sugar consumption pattern

Pandemic fails to dampen India’s sugar consumption pattern

The pandemic-induced lockdown has failed to dampen the sugar consumption pattern...

Increasing inflation may aggravate farmers’ troubles; apprehensions of a fall in demand

Increasing inflation may aggravate farmers’ troubles; apprehensions of a fall in demand

While increasing inflation has created troubles on the economic front for the common...

Dr R S Sodhi, Managing Director,  Amul receives APO regional award as Asia Pacific Productivity Champion

Dr R S Sodhi, Managing Director, Amul receives APO regional award as Asia Pacific Productivity Champion

Dr Sodhi is the first person in the last 20 years from India to receive the award....

Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for 2021-22

Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for 2021-22

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

O2 crisis: IIT Kanpur to set up 50 oxygen plants

O2 crisis: IIT Kanpur to set up 50 oxygen plants

Amid high demand for liquid medical oxygen (LMO) by Covid-19 patients, Indian Institute...

Railways to spend Rs 556 crore to redevelop Lucknow’s majestic Charbagh station

Railways to spend Rs 556 crore to redevelop Lucknow’s majestic Charbagh station

The Charbagh project comprises integrated development and redevelopment of both...

KRIBHCO and Novonesis join hands to bring biological solutions to Indian farmers

Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), a fertilizer producing cooperative, and Novonesis, a  biological solutions company...

Cooperatives

Rice varieties and their genes for phosphorus and nitrogen use efficiency discovered at Indraprastha University

In a discovery that could help save both fertilizer costs and pollution due to leftover fertilizers in croplands, Indian biotechnologists...

Agritech

Next generation GM seed: Case for transformation of Indian cotton sector and textile economy

Cotton production in India has been slowly increasing from the 50-70s era where the yields were around 130 kg/HA, and the average...

Opinion

UP Govt to Establish State of the Art Seed Park in Lucknow, Asks Industry for Investments

Seed and agriculture experts on Friday called for enhancing collaborations for outcome-driven research, achieving self-reliance in...

National

Government Increases Import Duty on Crude and Refined Edible Oils by 20% to Restrict Cheap Imports

The central government has increased the customs duty on crude and refined edible oils. The Indian edible oil industry had been demanding...

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Government Removes Minimum Export Price for Basmati and Onion

In a significant move before the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, the central government has made notable decisions...

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