37 lakh dog bites in a year: Karti Chidambaram raises alarm about dangerous surge, says we can’t ignore this any moreKarti Chidambaram raises concerns about increasing stray dog menace in India. Over 37 lakh dog bite cases reported in 2024. The Centre prov...
23 Jul, 2025, 02.11 PM IST
RBI reshuffles portfolios of the three Deputy GovernorsThe Reserve Bank of India assigned portfolios to three deputy governors, effective Wednesday. M Rajeshwar Rao will handle 11 portfolios, T ...
14 Jan, 2025, 08.59 PM IST
No evidence suggesting slowdown in Indian economy: Finance ministry"A strong final quarter performance pushed the GDP growth for the full year to 7.2 per cent, higher than the 7 per cent estimated in Februa...
06 Jul, 2023, 07.39 PM IST
Four stray dogs attack infant in cradle; drag her to some distance. Here's what happenedWhile the child was in a cradle, she was unexpectedly attacked by stray dogs. Luckily, residents helped to drive away the dogs and save the...
22 Apr, 2023, 08.25 PM IST
Labour force shrinks by 3.8 million in March to 428 million: CMIEEmployment shrunk by 1.4 million to 396 million in March while the count of the unemployed fell by 2.4 million, according to CMIE. This res...
15 Apr, 2022, 01.02 AM IST
India's labour force shrinks by 3.8 million in March, lowest in eight monthsAccording to CMIE, employment shrunk by 1.4 million to 396 million in March 2022 while the count of the unemployed fell by 2.4 million in M...
14 Apr, 2022, 06.18 PM IST
Agri ministry gets DGCA nod for taking drone-based crop images under PMFBY: Narendra Singh TomarThis is the first remote sensing technology based largest pilot study conducted so far in the country for crop yield estimation, the agricu...
04 Feb, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
Farm sector to expand over 4% in FY18: Farm Minister Radha Mohan Singh“This year ‘krishi vikas’ (agriculture expansion) will be good. It will easily grow to over 4% when the final estimates are released,” the ...
12 Jan, 2018, 07.04 AM IST
Country set for good Rabi season due to late rains: Agriculture SecretaryMost parts of northwest and central India received deficit rainfall, but farmers in Punjab and Haryana have access to canal irrigation that...
10 Oct, 2017, 02.03 AM IST
Quality of wheat crop likely to improve even as area under plantation shrinks 2.3%“As of now, the wheat crop health is better than the previous year,” said agriculture secretary Ashish Bahuguna.
26 Feb, 2015, 05.37 AM IST
- Winter aids wheat, oil seeds crops
Sowing of rabi crops is progressing with total area at 482.14 lakh hectare as on Friday.
17 Dec, 2012, 04.01 AM IST
- Agricultural growth slows to 2.9 per cent in Q1
The fall in production of rice and oilseeds pulled down the growth in the agriculture sector to 2.9 per cent.
31 Aug, 2012, 07.36 PM IST
- Why big errors in farm output estimates are costly
Govt knows farm output is measured wrong but bitterly disagree on correctives. Farmers and consumers are paying the cost of an endless deba...
08 Jan, 2012, 02.05 AM IST
- Green revolution over, agri yields staring at dead end?
Overexploitation of groundwater coupled with rising temperatures may push agriculture to stagnation, says a satellite study mapping yields ...
26 Nov, 2010, 12.49 AM IST
- Nothing more than CRR hike likely: Edelweiss
Edelweiss Research said that RBI is likely to hike CRR whereas key interest rates will be left unchanged.
28 Jan, 2010, 10.28 AM IST
- Nothing more than CRR hike likely: Edelweiss
Edelweiss Research in its Reserve Bank of India’s policy preview note has said that the Central Bank is likely to hike cash reserve ratio w...
28 Jan, 2010, 10.19 AM IST
- Higher acreage fails to rein in maize prices
Maize prices have continued to show a marked uptrend though the fact remains that acreage has risen and the country is expected to witness ...
16 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST