Agriculture
Biofuel crops replace grasslands
20 Jun 2015
India faces world's worst groundwater depletion: NASA
19 Jun 2015
The stress on groundwater resources is more apparent in India than in any other part of the world, data received from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites show
Monsoon hits Kerala, advances further north
05 Jun 2015
Monsoon rains likely in 48 hours: IMD
04 Jun 2015
Australian weather bureau sees hope for Indian monsoon from MJO wave
02 Jun 2015
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has found signs to support the view that the monsoon may not be that bad
Global protest over Monsanto’s GM crops, pesticides
25 May 2015
US biotech giant Monsanto is at the receiving end for its prime products, the co-called Roundup crops and neonicotinoid pesticides that have now turned up to be carcinogenic
Bird flu spreads to Manipur
02 May 2015
Small farmers to benefit as RBI widens priority sector lending coverage
24 Apr 2015
While major foreign banks are already covered by the priority sector lending norms, smaller foreign banks too will have to meet the lending target over the next five years
Land bill delayed, but Modi govt won’t take onus of farmer suicides
24 Apr 2015
The Narendra Modi-government has delayed a bill making it easier for industry to buy farmland amidst rising rural anger over neglect of farmers distressed by successive crop failures
Monsoon rains in India could be below normal in 2015: IMD
22 Apr 2015
Normal or average rainfall in India, according to the IMD, is estimated between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month (June to September) season
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation