- Benefits of data rules must reach citizens, not just companies: S Gopalakrishnan 16 Sep 2019 07:24 CHENNAI: Infosys cofounder S Gopalakrishnan said the broad strokes of data regulations lie in trying to leverage the economic value of data for the benefit of the citizens, not just for corporations, and protecting them from the vulnerabilities inherent in …
- India: Government grants Rs 3,000 relief for drought-hit Bihar farmers 16 Sep 2019 06:26 PATNA: The state cabinet on Friday cleared the government’s proposal to pay Rs 3,000 immediate assistance to every family in 896 panchayats in 18 districts hit by drought-like conditions, cabinet secretariat department principal secretary Sanjay Kumar said …
- Is agriculture credit being used for the right purpose? RBI questions 15 Sep 2019 20:28 Is farm credit going into the right hands? Well, the country’s apex bank has questioned it. In the latest report of its Internal Working Group to review agricultural credit, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says it found that in some states, credit …
- 35 missing in Andhra Pradesh tragedy 15 Sep 2019 19:18 Kakinada: Thirteen persons drowned and another 35 went missing when a tourist boat, Royal Vasishta, capsized in the Godavari in Devipatnam mandal of East Godavari on Sunday afternoon. It was not clear whether the trip had been authorised by the officials …
- Hormuz Strait Tensions Threaten Asian Energy Security, Agriculture, Industrial Sector – Report 15 Sep 2019 13:50 Business 16:20 15.09.2019(updated 16:37 15.09.2019) Get short URL The narrow strategic waterway through which nearly a third of the world’s sea-bound oil supplies pass has witnessed a spike in tensions between Iran and the US/UK ‘maritime security …
- Priyanka Gandhi Hits Back After MoS Claims North Indians Lack Quality, Not Job Opportunity 15 Sep 2019 12:18 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed Union Minister Santosh Gangwar after he made a comment that was seen by many as being derogatory and insulting to North Indians. "Mantriji, your government is in power since last more than 5 years. Jobs …
- Malnourishment Has Risen By 45% In The last Seven Years 15 Sep 2019 12:18 A recent report released by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has stated that there has been an increase in the number of malnourished people in drought-sensitive countries by 45 per cent in the last seven years, India being one of them. The …
- Climate change can reduce banana yield in India, study finds 14 Sep 2019 19:06 Global warming in the last about 60 years had helped increase banana yield at annual rate of 0.024 tonnes per hectare translating to an average increase of 1.37 tonnes per hectare in 27 countries since the 1960s. But with continued warming, the yield gains …
- How WhatsApp Business has become a popular tool for micro enterprises 14 Sep 2019 18:16 Buy fish through a chat window — that is the USP of Parthaa Kundu’s venture. Delhi-based Kundu, the founder of Fishappy, home-delivers fish from selected vendors. Customers can see videos of live fish, select what they want and type in their orders — all …
- Transforming education, economy top priority for India 2030: IIT Madras report 14 Sep 2019 14:47 IIT Madras alumni association conducted the report. Indians are ‘highly positive’ about India in 2030. Most of Indians are inspired by scientists and across ages, Indians believe that education or transforming education needs to be the top priority of the …
- Most Indians 'highly positive' about India a decade from now 14 Sep 2019 12:14 CHENNAI: A 'Mood of the Nation' survey conducted by the IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) on the state of India in 2030 has revealed that most respondents were "highly positive" about the country a decade from now. IITMAA released …
- Her six-point guide to drive up exports... 14 Sep 2019 12:13 Stressing that the Government is focused on exports promotion and is aware of the hiccups being faced by the exporting fraternity, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced a slew of measures to revive business sentiments among country’s …
- ‘Whither Rural India?’ review: Farmers in rural India ground down by policies 14 Sep 2019 11:53 For some economists, research on economic issues is a social commitment. Prof. Venkatesh Athreya belongs to this class and his former students and co-researchers have written a festschrift, Whither Rural India?, in his honour, a collection on socio- …
- RCEP: Why India softened its stand on a mega trade deal 14 Sep 2019 08:54 NEW DELHI: Months after India said it was not convinced if the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a proposed 16-nation trade deal better known as RCEP, is a win-win, New Delhi appears to be taking a more nuanced approach, raising hopes of an …
- African nations seek wider defence and counter-terror ties with India 14 Sep 2019 05:20 NEW DELHI: Africa has urged wider defence and counter-terror ties with India -- amid growing challenges from international terror -- at the just concluded mega review meet between two sides in Delhi that hailed Delhi’s non-exploitative approach to the …
- Soybean bulls see a trifecta of good news... 13 Sep 2019 22:27 The USDA lowered ending stocks by -115 million bushels; rumors circulating that Chinese buyers stepped in and purchased at least 10 cargoes of U.S. soybeans out of the Pacific Northwest; and talk from Washington that deputy-level meetings with the Chinese …
- Focus on sustainability of agriculture, not loan waivers, says RBI 13 Sep 2019 22:10 An internal working group of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review agricultural credit has said loan waivers should be avoided and the focus should instead be on improving the viability and sustainability of agriculture. There should also be a formal …
- India drawing up red lines on Asia trade pact... 13 Sep 2019 20:35 13 Sep 2019 - 21:12 An Indian shopkeeper prepares a bill for a customer at his shop in New Delhi on August 3, 2016. AFP Sajjad Hussain India is drawing up a list of ‘must haves’ to enable it to forge ahead with a pan-Asian free trade agreement, as …
- Govindacharya Blames Liberalisation Policies Of 1991 For Slowdown, Says ‘Nature's Enrichment Is Development’ 13 Sep 2019 20:28 K N Govindacharya, once a key RSS leader, on Friday blamed the liberalisation policies of 1991 for the current economic slowdown and demanded that the government should review the New Economic Policy being followed since years. Addressing a press …
- India’s Miners of Glittery Mica Deadlocked in Debt Traps 13 Sep 2019 17:42 Miners of mica, a multipurpose mineral widely used in the global cosmetics, automotive and electronics industries, are unable to pay off loans with exorbitant interest rates to local money lenders, including mica traders, deadlocking many in debt traps and …
- Skim Yogurt Market Overview, New Opportunities & SWOT Analysis by 2025 : Clover S.A., Chi Limited, Brookside Dairy , Sameer Agriculture & Livestock 13 Sep 2019 17:10 Sep 13, 2019 (HTF Market Intelligence via COMTEX) -- A new market study is released on Global and China Skim Yogurt Market with 100+ market data Tables, Pie Chat, Graphs & Figures spread through Pages and easy to understand detailed analysis. At …
- India draws up red lines on Asia free trade pact before key meeting 13 Sep 2019 14:21 India is drawing up a list of ‘must haves’ to enable it to move ahead with a pan-Asian free trade agreement, as pressure mounts on the South Asian nation to conclude discussions to finalise the pact before end of the year, a senior government official said …
- US expresses concern over trade deficit with India 13 Sep 2019 10:22 New Delhi, Sep 13 () The US on Friday expressed concern over the trade deficit with India and the challenges being faced by American companies to invest here. Addressing the Indo-US Economic Summit here, US Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs Aileen …
- IMF explains why India's economic growth is ‘much weaker than expected’ 13 Sep 2019 03:39 The growth is expected to rise to 7.2 per cent points in FY21, down by the projected growth rate of 7.5 in the earlier report. Washington: International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said that India's economic growth is "much weaker" than …
- Jobs-intensive sectors slump 12 Sep 2019 23:32 Hyderabad: The industrial production (IP) in India has reportedly grown by 4.3 per cent in July 2019, according to government data released Thursday. Though the industrial production has slowed considerably compared to 6.5 per cent growth in July 2018, the …
- Manmohan is sceptical about India's $5 tr GDP dream 12 Sep 2019 20:08 The dangerous thing about the present situation is that the government is complacent enough to not realise that we are in the midst of a protracted economic slowdown, Singh said. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said there was no hope of …
- Polish National airlines launches Delhi-Warsaw flight to push ties with Central Europe 12 Sep 2019 18:44 Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Marcin Przydacz who travelled on the inaugural flight from Warsaw to Delhi told ET’s Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury how this initiative will enable to push bilateral partnership across sectors in the backdrop of Foreign Minister S …
- India, Africa review progress of projects in maritime security, climate change, counter-terrorism 12 Sep 2019 17:18 NEW DELHI: India and Africa reviewed projects of cooperation in maritime security, climate change, connectivity and counter-terrorism among others during a two-day mid-term review meeting. The mid-term review meeting of the Strategic Cooperation Framework …
- India has developed first catchment treatment plan for Ganga to meet climate goal: Official 12 Sep 2019 16:21 Greater Noida: In order to fulfil its commitment to create additional 2.5-3 billion tonnes of carbon sink by 2030, India has developed its first catchment treatment plan for the river Ganga, a senior environment ministry official said on Thursday. The …
- With India’s Economy Facing a Slowdown, What Tools Does the Modi Government Have? 12 Sep 2019 13:14 India’s economy is running into headwinds. On August 30, 2019, India’s Ministry of Statistics released its estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2019-2020, ranging from April-June 2019. The estimates showed that India’s GDP …
- Don't live in denial mode, India staring at a very long economic slowdown: Manmohan Singh to Modi govt 12 Sep 2019 09:21 Attacking Modi government on the current slowdown, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has advised the government to come out of denial mode and "carry out the next generation of structural reforms" to overcome the current "structural and …
- India doesn't need 'foolish theories about millennials', but concrete plan to fix economy: Rahul Gandhi 12 Sep 2019 08:24 NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government over the state of the economy, saying what India needs is not propaganda, manipulated news cycles and foolish theories about millennials, but a concrete plan to fix …
- Pak-China joint statement: India irked over reference to IOK 12 Sep 2019 03:38 Pak-China joint statement: India irked over reference to IOK NEW DELHI: India is irked by the reference to Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in a joint statement issued by Pakistan and China following Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Pakistan on …
- India for safeguards to counter import surge 12 Sep 2019 01:24 NEW DELHI: India is batting for a special mechanism in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement, being negotiated among 16 Asia-Pacific countries, which will help it protect itself from sudden surges in imports from China. New …
- #BoycottMillennials Top Trend On Twitter Day After FM Sitharaman's 'Ola, Uber' Comment 12 Sep 2019 01:07 A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the mindset of millennials could be one of the reasons behind the massive decline in automobile sales in the country, #boycottmillenials was the top trend on Twitter. The users took potshots at the …
- Agriculture: Lagos seeks private sector support for self-sufficiency 12 Sep 2019 01:03 Samson Folarin The Lagos State Government has asked the private sector to tap into the agricultural potential of the state for Lagos to be self sufficient. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, called on stakeholders to treat agriculture as a …
- India's oil demand to rise at fastest pace in world: Opec 11 Sep 2019 16:48 NEW DELHI: India's oil demand will rise by the fastest pace globally this year and the next even as its economic expansion has slowed down, oil producers cartel Opec said on Wednesday. In its monthly world oil demand report, Opec said that India's …
- P K Mishra assumes charge as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister 11 Sep 2019 12:01 New Delhi: Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra, on Wednesday, has been appointed as the new Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, effective September 11. He replaced Nripendra Misra, the Prime Minister's long-serving aide who resigned last month …
- Bond bonanza gives traders a chance to tidy up 11 Sep 2019 10:12 The US bond market is having a September to remember as far as debt sales are concerned. Investors ought to use this borrowing binge to their advantage. Investment-grade companies issued some $74 billion of debt last week, a record for any comparable …
- Pak-China joint statement on occupied Kashmir irks India 11 Sep 2019 09:52 Web Desk Wed, Sep 11, 2019 Pak-China joint statement on occupied Kashmir irks India NEW DELHI: India is unhappy over the reference of situation in the occupied Kashmir in the Pakistan-China joint statement issued Sunday after the conclusion of visit by …
- Eat Local, Eat Seasonal, Eat Variety, Eat Healthy 11 Sep 2019 09:26 A friend in the international nutrition community once narrated me an interesting interaction with few tribals in their project area. While making the villagers aware about the benefits of traditional foods like millets for a healthy living, a smart …
- India irked over reference to occupied Kashmir in Pak-China joint statement 11 Sep 2019 07:40 India is irked by the reference to occupied Kashmir in a joint statement issued by Pakistan and China following Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Pakistan on September 7-8, The Hindu newspaper reported. According to The Hindu, Indian External …
- Global Precision Farming/Agriculture Device Market 2019- Ag Leader Technology (U.S.), AgJunction, Inc. (U.S.), CropMetrics LLC (U.S.) 11 Sep 2019 04:48 Sep 11, 2019 (Eon Market Research via COMTEX) -- A research report added to the repository of eonmarketresearch.com details the historical data of the global Precision Farming/Agriculture Device market and assesses the present market scenario based on …
- Balkrishna’s valuation premium over tyre peers likely to deflate 11 Sep 2019 03:32 ET Intelligence Group: Balkrishna Industries, an exporter of offhighway tyres, enjoys a valuation premium to conventional tyre-makers. That premium could narrow as global demand moderates, slowing earnings growth. Balkrishna trades at 18.5 times one-year …
- Why India Just Stripped 1.9 Million People of Citizenship 10 Sep 2019 18:57 Bilama Khatun was declared a foreigner by a Foreigner's Tribunal in Assam. Although her family has citizenship, she was left out due to error in documents and send to Tezpur detention camp, where she lives with her youngest child. (Shaheen Abdulla) …
- WiSig Networks licenses Ceva's mobile IoT technology to serve India market 10 Sep 2019 13:22 Ceva announced that WiSig Networks, an incubated company of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, licensed the Ceva-Dragonfly NB2 IP product for the rapid development of a 3GPP Rel.14 compliant eNB-IoT SoC. The SoC will be deployed in systems and …
- WiSig Networks License CEVA's Cellular IoT Technology to Serve the India Market 10 Sep 2019 12:23 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 10, 2019 -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that WiSig Networks, an incubated company of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad and a …
- Restoring land for livelihoods, climate and economy 10 Sep 2019 10:16 By René Van Berkel India is hosting the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). In his opening remarks, Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of UNCCD,called on global community to invest in …
- View: India is seeing tight domestic conditions, tardy consumption and income growth 10 Sep 2019 05:31 By Amish Mehta For an economy, rarely do endogenous and exogenous headwinds converge at scale, and now is one such time. On the endogenous side we are seeing tight domestic conditions, limited fiscal latitude, and tardy consumption and income growth. That …
- India Promotes South-South Cooperation, but Key Questions Unaddressed 10 Sep 2019 05:11 Biodiversity, Climate Change, Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Featured, Food & Agriculture Opinion Joydeep Gupta is the South Asia Director for the Third Pole. Indian Prime …
- Tweak policy, revive demand: Gold trade 10 Sep 2019 04:00 Kolkata: With a steep surge in prices dragging gold demand down 35 per cent, the industry has sought a comprehensive policy, that includes raising the PAN card limit to Rs 5 lakh for purchasing jewellery. “One needs to furnish his PAN details for buying …
- Microsoft appoints Rajiv Kumar as Microsoft India (R&D) managing director 09 Sep 2019 20:42 Microsoft has appointed Rajiv Kumar as the new managing director for its Indian research and development arm, Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd (MIRPL). Kumar, who is currently vice president of Microsoft’s Experiences and Devices (E+D) Group, will take …
- Telangana: No mention of TRS poll promises in budget, say Congress and BJP 09 Sep 2019 20:32 Hyderabad: The budget for 2019-20 presented by the TRS government has ignored the ruling party’s key promises like double bedroom houses for poor, employment generation and financial assistance to unemployed people, the opposition Congress and the BJP …
- Letter to BS: India needs a government which gives freedom to people 09 Sep 2019 18:47 This refers to “Strong government, weak reform” (SWOT, September 5) by Kanika Datta. India needs a government which gives freedom to people — even freedom from the nationalism rhetoric from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh. Is …
- Teachers’ Day: A farmer, a homemaker to an IITian, meet India’s favourite YouTube teachers 09 Sep 2019 16:18 Nisha Madhulika, Gaurav Garg, Sabin Mathew and Darshan Singh have over a million followers on Youtube India has found newer ways of learning new skills, courtesy the internet and neverending curiosity. What began as an entertainment platform, Youtube has …
- There is no quick solution to the slowdown: Sachin Trivedi, UTI MF 09 Sep 2019 13:57 We cannot find a quick solution to the slowdown that we have been witnessing for last at least two, three, four quarters, says Sachin Trivedi, Equity Fund Manager & Head of Research, UTI MF. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW. What are your thoughts …
- The problem of skilling India 09 Sep 2019 13:44 The Modi government assumed that this problem crystallised because the trained youth were not well-trained enough.(Illustration by CR Sasikumar) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his recent Independence Day speech, said, “We need to worry about population …
- India: Solutions for those managing risk in climate disasters 09 Sep 2019 04:58 Indian farmers take aim at climate disasters through bundling high-tech solutions By Giriraj Amarnath Increasingly unpredictable weather is becoming a major hazard across the globe. In South Asia, more than 750 million people are vulnerable to natural …
- Riding on Cloud, India set to help farmers reap gold: AWS 09 Sep 2019 03:04 New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) India which currently hosts more than 450 start-ups in the agri-tech sector and every ninth start-up in the world in this field is originating from its soil, the nation has a humongous task at hand –- educating farmers in Machine …
- RCEP asks India to make up its mind on staying in group 08 Sep 2019 20:33 NEW DELHI: Members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) have asked India to decide if it wants to remain a part of the proposed trade grouping, as pressure mounts to conclude the deal this year. The demand came amid discussions India …
- RCEP member countries to work in resolving outstanding issues: Joint statement 08 Sep 2019 16:37 NEW DELHI: The 16 RCEP participating nations that are negotiating a mega free trade agreement have agreed to work together to iron out outstanding issues which are fundamental to conclude the talks this year, a joint statement said on Sunday. The statement …
- Insurgents from other States are considering Arunachal Pradesh as a safe haven for their hideouts: Governor 08 Sep 2019 15:06 GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh Governor B.D. Mishra expressed his concern that insurgents from other States are considering Arunachal Pradesh as a safe haven for their hideouts, extortion, and fresh recruitment operations. Addressing the 68th plenary session …
- Farmers to participate in national conference on Crop Residue Management 08 Sep 2019 13:03 CHANDIGARH: As many as 400 innovative and progressive farmers from Punjab will participate in National Conference of Farmers on Crop residue Management to be held in New Delhi. Punjab agriculture department spokesperson said that nearly 1000 farmers from …
- Artificial Intelligence is creating jobs in India, not just stealing them 08 Sep 2019 08:47 Five years ago, Hyderabad resident Tulasi Mathi was forced to quit her job as a maths teacher due to health issues and the birth of her two children. But today, the 29-year-old does data labelling and makes up to Rs 15,000 a month. The money isn’t much but …
- India’s space agency calls for cooperation with Turkish Space Agency 07 Sep 2019 09:36 Sevil Erkuş - BENGALURU The deputy director of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has said that the agency has told Turkey’s Space Agency that India is ready to cooperate with Turkey. “We are waiting for a response,” Uma Maheshwaran told …
- Paddy cultivation picks up as rains recede in Bihar, Odisha & Karnataka 07 Sep 2019 09:32 NEW DELHI: Receding waters in flood affected regions of Bihar, Odisha and Karnataka have helped in recovering area under paddy cultivation, narrowing from last week's shortfall of 1.75 million hectare to just one million ha. Farmers in these areas …
- States to be key drivers of growth for making India USD 5 trillion economy: Niti CEO 07 Sep 2019 08:35 By PTI NEW DELHI: States will have to become key agents of growth to help achieve India's target of becoming a USD 5 trillion economy, Niti Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant said on Saturday. Speaking at an event organised here by industry …
- 'Navdhanya' to check drought damage 06 Sep 2019 22:23 New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh government is hoping that navdhanya or nine grains, coupled with various water budgeting initiatives, will help its farmers, particularly those from the most drought-prone Rayalaseema area and Anantapur districts. Between 2000 …
- For Caritas India director, humanity is the best charity (photos) 06 Sep 2019 20:24 Monsoon rains have devastated the country, but the dead are no longer news. The Catholic charity released data on aid and the widespread destruction. In 2018-2019, some 30,000 volunteers helped eight million people. More than 840 people have died. New …
- Farmers’ contribution will be significant in making India $5-trillion economy: Agri Minister 06 Sep 2019 16:43 Farmers should focus on developing agri-allied activities such as animal husbandry, bee-keeping and horticulture to double their incomes by 2022, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday. Addressing the 9th Agri-Asia Conference here, …
- Baseless case against India’s sugar subsidies 06 Sep 2019 16:40 At a time when the sugar sector in India is in deep distress, at the WTO, a few countries have accused it of providing subsidy support to the extent of the entire value of production of sugarcane. What explains this paradox, what are the main claims …
- PM to launch farmers pension scheme 06 Sep 2019 15:25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the farmers’ pension scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) from Ranchi on September 12 with a subscriber base of more than one million. Under the scheme, which was announced in the budget for 2019-20 …
- Mega food park inaugurated in Telangana 06 Sep 2019 15:25 HYDERABAD: Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday inaugurated the first mega food park in Telangana. The park was promoted by Smart Agro Food Park Private Ltd and located in Nizamabad district of the state, an official …
- Crop area recovers to touch last year levels 06 Sep 2019 13:52 NEW DELHI: The receding of water in flood affected areas of Bihar, Odisha and Karnataka helped recover paddy area, narrowing the gap from last week’s shortfall of 1.75 million ha to just one million ha. Farmers in these areas planted short-duration …
- Steps to boost lending could increase banking sector risk: Fitch 06 Sep 2019 12:39 Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 6 (ANI): Risks in India's banking sector may rise as a result of the central bank's steps encouraging more lending to non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) and retail borrowers, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. …
- Karnataka IAS officer resigns, says building blocks of democracy compromised 06 Sep 2019 12:06 Mangaluru: Karnataka IAS officer S Sasikanth Senthil submitted his resignation from the service on Friday, telling 'friends' in a letter that the "fundamental building blocks of democracy are being compromised in an unprecedented manner". …
- Continue to be bullish on these 4 largecap and midcap bank stocks: Sudip Bandyopadhyay 06 Sep 2019 11:51 If the economy has to grow, financial services has to grow at a faster pace than the general growth of the economy and that is standard thumb rule. Considering that, we should start looking at well managed NBFCs and banks, says Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group …
- Over 20 lakh hectares of land to be improved in India, says UNCCD 06 Sep 2019 10:12 Up to 20 lakh hectares of land in India will be on a path to improvement through sustainable landscape management and public-private finance, states a report the Global Environment Facility on the financing of programmes and projects concerning …
- How India plans to reduce its edible oil import dependency 06 Sep 2019 07:27 New Delhi: On Wednesday, the government decided to raise customs duty on the import of refined palm oil from Malaysia to 50% from 45% for a period of six months, after an investigation by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) found increased …
- Moving beyond defence, business to be focus of India-Russia ties 06 Sep 2019 06:10 Vladivostok (Russia), Sep 6 (IANS) Business is going to be the thrust area now in India-Russia relationship, which has so far been seen mostly from the prism of military and civil nuclear cooperation. Even the military and civil nuclear elements of …
- India must look at exporting Tilapia fish to US: Kevin M Fitzsimmons 06 Sep 2019 05:14 India could emerge as the next big exporter of Tilapia fish to the US because of the imposition of 30 per cent tariff on the Chinese species by the Trump administration. The US imports around six lakh tonnes of Tilapia a year and the tariff on frozen …
- India readies list of products for sops as crucial RCEP meet nears 06 Sep 2019 04:45 NEW DELHI: Policymakers will soon take a call on India’s position in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement, negotiations for which have entered the final stage. New Delhi has begun drawing up a list of products on which it …
- Smart Agriculture Market Is Booming Worldwide | Size, Share, Demand, Analysis And Forecast To 2026 06 Sep 2019 03:57 Sep 05, 2019 (Hitech News Daily via COMTEX) -- Smart agriculture can be defined as an innovative way of performing agricultural activities by using modern technologies such as big data, cloud data based services, livestock biometrics, agricultural robots, …
- Modi launches Act Far East Policy for Russia; announces $1 bn support 05 Sep 2019 20:20 NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched 'Act Far East' policy and asserted that India will walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Russia in its development of the Far East as he announced a $ one billion line of credit for the …
- World's most liveable cities: New Delhi drops to 118th spot 05 Sep 2019 17:41 By Deepti JainNew Delhi [India], Sep 5 (ANI): Delhi has gone down by six positions to rank 118th on the list of the world's most liveable cities due to increasing cases of petty crimes and deteriorating air quality, an annual survey by the Economist …
- 'Here and now': India's auto industry urges government action to fight slowdown 05 Sep 2019 16:37 By Aditi Shah and Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top auto industry executives called for the government on Thursday to take urgent steps to revive a sector crippled by plunging sales, leading to hundreds of thousands of job losses and …
- Climate change may cause major decline in India's banana cultivation, reveals study 05 Sep 2019 14:34 By PTI LONDON: Climate change may lead to a significant decline in banana production in India -- the world's largest cultivator and consumer of the crop, according to a study. Bananas are recognised as the most important fruit crop -- providing food, …
- India's per capita water availability to further decline, says ICAR DG 05 Sep 2019 14:32 New Delhi, Sep 5 () India's per capita water availability is estimated to further decline to 1,465 cubic meter by 2025, a top official of agri-research body ICAR said on Thursday as he stressed on the need to use technology and crop diversification to …
- Poultry sector in crisis, seeks relief assistance from Centre 05 Sep 2019 14:09 Amid concerns over a slowdown in the economy with the auto sector already witnessing the worst slump in decades, worrying reports are now coming from the poultry farm sector in the country. Leaders of the poultry sector have claimed to be facing " …
- Climate change report offers food for thought 05 Sep 2019 13:12 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report on Climate Change and Land on Aug. 8, 2019. This report discusses climate change desertification, sustainable land management and food security. The summary for policy makers, totaling 43 pages, …
- Agriculture Drone Market 2019: Growth Stimulators, Market Size Volume, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin forecast to 2025 05 Sep 2019 09:14 Sep 05, 2019 (The Expresswire) -- Agriculture Drone Market Report studies the global Agriculture Drone market status, competition landscape, market share, growth rate, future trends, market drivers, opportunities and challenges, sales channels and …
- Domestic growth of India’s computer services to cut ‘over-reliance’ on exports: UNCTAD 05 Sep 2019 05:26 United Nations, Sep 5 (IANS) The domestic market for India’s computer services sector is forecast to grow faster than its export market lessening its “over-reliance” on foreign countries, according to a report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development …
- Regulatory efforts to boost credit fail as loan sanctions plunge 28% 05 Sep 2019 04:06 MUMBAI: Credit disbursals by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) continued to slide despite regulatory measures to boost credit to the sector. Loan sanctions plunged 28% in the quarter to June, almost a year after the liquidity squeeze that followed the …
- India’s climate score: high on vulnerability, low on resilience 04 Sep 2019 21:12 HSBC’s 2018 assessment of India being the country the most vulnerable to climate change is of great significance. However, against scientific warnings, carbon emissions continue to rise in China, the U.S. and India, three of the biggest emitters. Brazil, …
- India, Russia agree to step up trade to $30 bn by 2025 04 Sep 2019 15:09 India and Russia on Wednesday decided to step up industrial cooperation and create new technological and investment partnership, especially in advanced high-tech areas, with an aim to increase bilateral trade to $30 billion by 2025. According to a joint …
- Climate change may hit banana cultivation in India 04 Sep 2019 15:09 Climate change may lead to a significant decline in banana production in India, the world’s largest cultivator and consumer of the crop, according to a study. Bananas are recognised as the most important fruit crop, providing food, nutrition and income for …
- Industrial vehicles maker to invest USD 13 billion in India in next five years 04 Sep 2019 14:21 By PTI NEW YORK: Italian-American industrial vehicles maker CNH Industrial will invest more in India, especially in lower horsepower products, over the next five years despite slow economic growth as it is an important strategic market for the firm, …
- Agricultural wastage is India’s problem No 1 – Here is why 04 Sep 2019 08:38 By Vikash Mohan Home to a wide array of landscapes, from mountains to deserts to delta floodplains, India is blessed with rich, arable land. Some of the world’s best teas, rice and grains hail from India’s bountiful harvests. And the country’s 46 soil …
- China, India and Brazil firms seek joint ventures to rehabilitate GPL network . 04 Sep 2019 07:01 Sep 04, 2019 News 0 The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) will be rehabilitating its Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Network as part of its Development and Expansion Programme for the period 2015 to 2019. This project aims to not only upgrade current …
- Agriculture Robots Market 2019 Development and Trends Forecasts Report 2019-2024 04 Sep 2019 05:28 Sep 04, 2019 (The Expresswire) -- Agriculture Robots Market report tells about the manufacturing process, raw material and equipment suppliers, various manufacturing associated costs, historical & futuristic cost, revenue, demand and supply data, the …
