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UP demands higher quota of imported urea

UP demands higher quota of imported urea

With the 2022 UP election barely six months away, the state government has urged...

UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers

UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers

According to the data from the UP Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department...

Sugar sector contributes 8.45% to UP’s economy

Sugar sector contributes 8.45% to UP’s economy

The sugar and sugarcane sector, which sustains the livelihood of about 5 million...

Women to lead doorstep banking in UP countryside

Women to lead doorstep banking in UP countryside

As part of its overarching mission to empower women and make banking services available...

UP to compete with Bangladesh, Indonesia with Rs 8,365cr textile hub

UP to compete with Bangladesh, Indonesia with Rs 8,365cr textile hub

The proposed Apparel Export Cluster is aimed at making UP a major textile hub of...

UP Military Hardware industry ‘gunning for glory’

UP Military Hardware industry ‘gunning for glory’

The UP Defence Manufacturing Corridor spans six nodes viz. Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi,...

UP targets self-reliance with 533 new oxygen plants

UP targets self-reliance with 533 new oxygen plants

The new plants are being set up both in the public and private sectors, including...

Medicinal plants finding favour with UP farmers

Medicinal plants finding favour with UP farmers

Uttar Pradesh government is looking at encouraging farmers to take up farming of...

‘Manchester of the East’: UP to revive lost glory of Kanpur

‘Manchester of the East’: UP to revive lost glory of Kanpur

In three years, the UP government has received 23 proposals for setting up industries...

Congress trio out to claim Virbhadra legacy

Congress trio out to claim Virbhadra legacy

Considered close to former CM Virbhadra Singh, the trio of the leader of Opposition...

Yogi fast tracks Rs 36,000 crore Ganga Expressway project

Yogi fast tracks Rs 36,000 crore Ganga Expressway project

With less than 8 months remaining for the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls,...

Despite farm protests, UP wheat procurement jumps 40 per cent to 5 million tonnes

Despite farm protests, UP wheat procurement jumps 40 per cent to 5 million tonnes

Despite ongoing farm protests against the new central laws, the Uttar Pradesh wheat...

In lockdown 2.0 UP MGNREGA enrollment up 560 per cent  to 1.4 million

In lockdown 2.0 UP MGNREGA enrollment up 560 per cent to 1.4 million

Over the past month, Rs 448 crore has been paid to the state MGNREGA workers as...

Smartphone bonanza for 400k ‘anganwadi’ staff in UP!

Smartphone bonanza for 400k ‘anganwadi’ staff in UP!

chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to distribute smartphones...

Cosmopolitan society in Himachal asks farmers to board online with produce

Cosmopolitan society in Himachal asks farmers to board online with produce

Even as the corona curfew continues in Himachal Pradesh, the cosmopolitan society...

UP targets 100 million Covid vaccinations in three months

UP targets 100 million Covid vaccinations in three months

Even as the top vaccine makers are yet to respond to the global tender floated by...

Centre allows export of 99150 MT onion to six countries including Bangladesh and UAE

The Government has allowed export of 99,150 MT of onion to six neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius...

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Sustainable food system requires innovation, investment and right policies: WRI

The World Resources Institute has said in a report that all countries need to take four steps for a sustainable food system. These...

International

Urea Stock crosses 100LT, highest in 10 years

In the last Kharif season, there has been a decline in the sales of urea in the country due to many reasons, including weak monsoon....

National

Voting underway for phase 2 of LS polls in 88 constituencies across 13 states amid searing heat

Overall the 88 seats recorded 9.3 percent voter turnout in first two hours till 9 am.

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Boost to sugar mills after govt's nod to use B-heavy molasses stock to make ethanol

In a relief to sugar distilleries for ethanol production, the Union Food Ministry has allowed them to convert their existing stocks...

Agribusiness