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Summer sales of air-conditioners, refrigerators, soft drinks and ice creams will take a massive hit this year.

Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality, the policy federation of all the national associations representing the tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India has revised upwards its value estimates at risk to Indian tourism.

The Micromax chief is not unnerved with the over-the-top aggression of Chinese rivals who have been 'burning' money on a marketing blitzkrieg.

How Adidas India is making a style statement Originals, which now contributes over 10% to its revenues.

China shares rose sharply as investors plowed into blue chips, cheered by progress of a trading plan that will soon make it much easier for foreigners to buy Shanghai stocks.

Till about a year ago, I was fairly hands-on in the hiring process, says Zomato's Deepinder Goyal.

Kalyan Jewellers has committed Rs 20 crore towards the initiative as part of its endeavour to support the communities with which it operates its business, it said.

Zaid crops are planted during March-May - the intervening period between Rabi and Kharif, which starts with monsoon in June.

The lockdown has curbed movement of the cereal from neighbouring states to mandis in Haryana and Punjab.

Highlighting that network capacity and higher bandwidth services have proved to be crucial, not only during the pandemic itself, but also for e-commerce and economic inclusion in general, it said in an information note: “What can WTO members do to improve communications networks and services?”

The scheme is available from today, that is, April 27. It will be available until May 11 or up to utilization of the allocated amount, whichever is earlier. The Reserve Bank will review the timeline and amount, depending upon market conditions.

Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility by the RBI to ease redemption pressure on Mutual Funds (MF) in the face of Covid-19 crisis would not only restore confidence in the MF industry but also ensure financial stability in the country.

Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund has added Microsoft Corporation to the portfolio and completely exited from the Nestlé SA ADR.

Overall, the mutual fund industry witnessed net inflows of Rs 45,999 crore across all segments, data by the Association of Mutual Funds in India showed on Friday.

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The state Government is pleased at the production, the farmer with his cheques and transporters with their business.

While farmers are selling potatoes for as low as Rs 1-1.50 per kilo to the middlemen, consumers are shelling out Rs 7-10 in the retail market.

The Uttar Pradesh Government has asked the sugarcane industry to adopt agro-techniques to boost productivity.

On Tuesday, as a convoy of 12 pick-up vans carrying different varieties of fruits from the Valley crossed the Kaman Bridge, fruit growers lined up on the LoC to see off the vehicles.

Tucked away from Himachal''s prosperous vegetable and fruit belt, Pangi is yet to grab the spotlight it deserves for growing organic fruits and vegetables in abundance.

Developed after years of research by agriculture scientists, the much-hyped new RR-564 Basmati variety seems to have proven a failure in its first commercial utilisation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Even as Kashmir loses thousands of hectares of its agricultural land to urbanisation...

With the Uttarakhand Government seizing the initiative in the matter, the state might well be on its way to becoming the walnut basket of India.

It turned out to be a prosperous 2008 for Punjab farmers as they reaped rich dividends from the bumper wheat and paddy crops. The plentiful season brought some cheer for the state Government as well with Punjab farmers

Along with experiencing a bumper wheat crop this season, farmers in Uttar Pradesh are also forced to sell their produce for as low as Rs 910 per quintal...

With increasing awareness of healthy diets and nutritional security gaining as much focus as food security, Indian researchers are now growing...

It was not the Congress that had defeated the BJP in the 1998 Assembly elections in four states, it was the onion. The vegetable remains as politically potent.

In a minor revolution in the agrarian history of the Kashmir Valley, the farmers in the region harvested the legendary Basmati rice for the first time this autumn.

While the government is looking to offset the losses in Kharif production on account of the drought with an increase in productivity levels and area...

The sudden burst of rain across Uttar Pradesh may have brought respite from the humid weather, but for the farmers across the state this has been a double blow.

Amid arguments for and against introducing genetically modified (GM) crops in India, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee....

What was once an arid land, now wears a bright orange hue. From Punjab''s belt bordering Rajasthan Abohar in Ferozepur, Muktsar and Bhatinda...

When scientists of Sher-e- Kashmir Agricultural University of Agriculture Science and Technology developed short duration wheat and maize...

Growing moong with sugarcane and mango orchard has turned out to be a successful cropping pattern in summer for Bihar''s Samastipur farmers....

In spite of a bumper mango crop this year, the mango growers of the famous Maal-Malihabad belt of UP are the losers.

Ashok Bajare, a potato cultivator from Ambegaon taluka in Pune district has reason to worry. He has a Rs eight lakh investment riding on his potato crop at his 20 acre plot in Bhavadi village....

Finally, there''s hope for the shrinking saffron fields of 226 hamlets in Pampore along the Srinagar-Jammu National highway close to the summer capital.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will now prepare a list of do''s and don''ts for farmers.

India needs to prepare itself in advance as acute foodgrain scarcity is likely by 2020.

Globetrotting farmers, NRIs come together in Punjab to sell exotic and high-value vegetables in domestic and offshore markets.

Assessments reveal that this year''s crop susceptible to pest attack in March-April would be about 40 per cent less than last year''s

In Gumla district''s rice belts, which remain barren for six months in a year, a social worker has introduced farmers to fruits and horticultural plants

Farmers in Assam, who have traditionally remained content with a single crop per year, now have reasons to go for two or more crops beginning the current rabi season

World Bank-aided pilot idea uses GPS, cellphones and remote-sensing data to try and overcome problems of existing insurance schemes

Lenders say the larger challenge is to communicate to borrowers the difference between moratorium and waiver

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