The economic slowdown, a rise in interest rates and aggressive lending in good times led to a sharp rise in bad loans

Recommendations of Rangarajan panel on decontrolling sugar sector should be implemented

To counter the debilitating effects of natural calamities, the Himachal Pradesh Government has proposed to the Centre...

India resumed selling mangoes to the US last year. Exports are now set to rise ten-fold.

For years, Jawher in Maharashtra battled poverty and malnutrition. But mango exports have changed the fortunes of this village

The mango growers of Ratnagiri have reasons to cheer. Their persistent protests against thermal power plants in the region...

Himachal''s apple revolution, which spawned an economy worth Rs 1,500 crore, has its roots in the Kotgarh belt in the upper Shimla region, 82 km from here.

"These machines have become all the more significant with the government declaring support price on the basis of parameters like staple length and micronaire value"

Pune-Based entrepreneur Rajiv Devkar seems to have hit the jackpot in his quest to preserve mangoes without the use of cold storage facilities.

While varieties like Rajapuri haven''t made it to the Mumbai markets at all, others like Badami and Lalbaug have been hit by a peculiar lack of demand

The National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, is working to develop transgenic varieties of mangoes and bananas...

With elections in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana around the corner here''s a look at how the prominent political parties in the states are wooing the powerful farmer lobby.

Across the Malihabad town of Uttar Pradesh, growers are joyously looking at their blooming trees. This year has seen a record flowering and the blooms are so far not even infested with pests.

The fate of the birthplace of famous Dashehari variety of mango, the Dashehari village, is hanging in a balance.

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

Poultry farmers in the remote hills of Manipur have found two new birds Australian emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) and turkey.

Mango growers of Marathwada region fear more than 50 per cent losses this season.

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

Alphonsos will not be seen in the market after mid-May. Their produce has anyway been very low and prices steep

Giant Noor Jahans grow only on three trees left in the Katthiwara area of MP''s Alirajpur district

At Farm Progress Show in the US, forecast of over 20 gene traits in corn, 20 years from now.

K R Jayan is leading a movement aimed at food security and environmental conservation. And at the centre of this revolution is the humble jackfruit

As traders pass off Dasheharis, Langra and Gulab Khas of the state as those from UP and Bihar, the Orissa horticulture dept draws post-harvest management and intelligent marketing plans

30 bighas to be identified in each of the 126 Assembly constituencies; Rs 20 cr earmarked

How to prepare soil for next crop without burning field

A 45-year-old man was arrested in outer Delhi's Bawana area for sexually assaulting a six-year-old minor girl, police said on Tuesday.

Following the embarrassing defeat against India in the ongoing World Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani has told captain Sarfaraz Ahmed that they should focus on the remaining four matches of the tournament.

Provisioning costs higher than expected; FY21 EPS estimated to decline by 2-4 per cent

Iron ore extraction in a falling demand scenario due to cutbacks in steel production is weighing on its prices

Costs unlikely to fall; does not bode well for earnings

Asian Paints, Berger Paints India, Kansai Nerolac Paints and Akzo Nobel India slipped in the range of 2 per cent and 5 per cent on the BSE.

CM Uddhav Thackeray on Friday shunted out BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi (in pic) for ‘inept’ handling of the Covid-19 crisis, replacing him with IAS officer Iqbal Singh Chahal (56) who has been secretary with the state urban development department.

In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old youth man residing in south Mumbai attacked three policemen with a chopper near Marine Drive early on Saturday morning.

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