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Crude prices hit 5-month lows as glut fears weigh
05 May 2017
Oil prices fell 3 per cent on Friday after prices crashed to five-month lows in the previous session amidst concerns of global oversupply
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Syngenta shareholders approve ChemChina’s $43-bn takeover offer
05 May 2017
ChemChina today said it received 80.7 per cent of shares in favour of the deal, which is higher than the minimum acceptance of 67 per cent needed for the transaction to go through
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Patanjali doubles turnover to Rs10,561 crore, to double sales in FY18
05 May 2017
The Haridwar-based company, which doubled FY17 revenues from around Rs5,000 crore in fiscal 2015-16 to Rs10,561 crore in FY17, now hopes to cross Rs20,000-25,000 crore in sales this financial year
Trump administration sued over offshore drilling
04 May 2017
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Fake news and filters aren't fooling internet users
04 May 2017
Despite what some politicians argue, fake news and biased search algorithms aren't swaying public opinion, finds a survey of 14,000 internet users in seven nations: the US, Britain, France, Poland, Germany, Italy and Spain
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National steel policy aims at 300 million tonne capacity by 2030-31
04 May 2017
The new steel policy focuses on enhancing domestic consumption, quality steel production and making the sector globally competitive
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Local sourcing norms to boost Indian steel industry
03 May 2017
The government is expected to come out with a new policy that makes local sourcing of steel mandatory for all state infrastructure projects
UK tobacco legislation set to change from 20 May
03 May 2017
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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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
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