Agriculture
El Nino effect helps soya crop, hurts wheat, maize and rice: study
17 May 2014
The dreaded El Nino weather effect does more than affect monsoon rains – it is actually affecting crop patterns worldwide, says a new study
Monsoon seen arriving a few days late
16 May 2014
UK says working to end ban on Indian mangoes
28 Apr 2014
Met forecasts below-normal rains during 2014 southwest monsoon
24 Apr 2014
The 2014 June to September monsoons over the country as a whole is expected to be 88 per cent (± 5 per cent) of the normal long period average
India losing 30% grain output due to poor storage: study
10 Apr 2014
Due to inadequate storage capacity and inefficient logistics, around 20-30 per cent of the total grain harvest is wasted every year, even as millions starve
Indian regulator okays wider field trials of 10 GM crops
22 Mar 2014
Overriding the concerns expressed by environmentalists and farmers, the Indian government on Friday effectively permitted field trials of 10 varieties of GM foods
China's Cofco buys majority stake in Dutch grain trader Nidera to secure country’s food supply
03 Mar 2014
Slowdown will see 12 million in India shifting to farms: Crisil
08 Jan 2014
12 million people will be redirected to the farms in FY 2013-19, with fewer urban jobs are being created as labour intensity declines across industry and services
Moily, Pawar to jointly file affidavit in SC seeking nod for GM trials
04 Jan 2014
The ministry of environment and forests under petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily is set to reverse a series of decisions taken by previous environment ministers
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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