Agriculture
100 Nobel winners call on Greenpeace to halt anti-Golden Rice campaign
30 Jun 2016
Golden Rice was designed as a solution to vitamin A deficiency, suffered by around 250 million people globally, including 40 per cent of the children under 5 in the developing world
UK food prices set to rise due to Brexit vote
27 Jun 2016
Monsoon set to arrive in two days
16 Jun 2016
Monsoon advances rapidly across south, looms over Goa
11 Jun 2016
The onset was delayed by seven days, but by the time monsoon advances over central India, the delay will have reduced to a few days, and that way, it may reach north and northwest India in time, according to IMD
Monsoon to hit Kerala on Thursday, be above average
08 Jun 2016
The second half of June is expected to receive more rainfall than the first half, and due to a La Nina situation, more rains are likely during September
Monsoon delayed; to hit Kerala on 7 June
16 May 2016
Rajan pins rate cuts to monsoon, inflation figures
16 Apr 2016
Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan says that future rate cuts will depend on moderation in price rise and a good monsoon
IMD forecasts above normal rainfall across India
13 Apr 2016
The forecast comes after two straight years of drought, which has been weighed down by subdued agriculture output and falling farmers' income
IMD forecasts above normal rainfall across India
13 Apr 2016
The forecast comes after two straight years of drought, which has been weighed down by subdued agriculture output and falling farmers' income
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