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Himachal CM unveils Rs 1,500 support for Kinnaur women, geothermal project for PeoHimachal Pradesh celebrated its 79th Day with enthusiasm. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced significant welfare schemes and d...
Big Tech giants to spend more on capex than payouts in 2026 amid AI boom: HSBCHSBC predicts big tech companies will boost capital expenditure as AI enters a "megacycle." Despite market concerns, these firms are expect...
GST Council Meeting: Railway Platform tickets exempted from GST, biometric authentication push & other key decisionsAt its 53rd meeting in New Delhi, the GST Council decided to implement nationwide biometric authentication to combat fake invoicing. Financ...
Apple, at the centre of climate crisis, faces a new threat from WashingtonIncessant rains and landslides are threatening to wipe away the apple crop in Himachal this year, even as the farmers are still figuring ou...
Want to grow fruits & vegetables in cities? Become a beekeeperMost research on crop pollination has focused on rural areas, leaving us with limited information about urban settings. While the role of i...
Union budget disappoints apple growers in HimachalThe apple economy in Himachal is worth Rs 5000 crores and 2.5 lakh families are directly dependent on it, says apple growers associations.
Who is 'Pappu' now? Mahua Moitra's jibe at Centre over fall in industrial output, other economic indicatorsMoitra accused the Narendra Modi government of spreading "falsehood" about India's growth and appealed to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam...
Investment climate in Jammu and Kashmir brighter after Article 370 removal, says FM SitharamanSitharaman also emphasised in her reply that India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress had internationalised the Jammu...
Unemployment, price rise become biggest problems, says Farooq Abdullah in Lok SabhaInitiating the debate on the Union Budget on the third day of the discussion, he said despite having higher degrees scores of youths in the...
Budget session: Full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's speech in ParliamentPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said any form of violence in the name of protest makes our society and country weaker. He was addressin...
Why India should start taking apples seriouslyGovt announced special measures to support Kashmiri apples, but it will still face a challenge in selling them. A regional partnership coul...
Will FM Arun Jaitley give a rural touch to Budget 2018 or will he hold on to fiscal prudence?Arun Jaitley is likely to avoid slashing the corporate tax, for example, lest it offer fodder to the Opposition to call the budget pro-rich.
Arunachal Pradesh 2015-2016 budget best in decades: Cong MLA C T MeinDismissing criticism raised by BJP members of the 2015-2016 budget of AP, ruling Congress MLA C T Mein said it was the best he had seen.
History of Prohibition: How the liquor ban in Kerala may benefit Mahe in PuducherryConventional wisdom tells you that a liquor ban is bad for business. But nations that toyed with Prohibition experienced a boom in unexpect...
NABARD launches warehousing scheme for advancing direct loansNABARD has launched a NWS to advance loans to Public and Private sector for creation of storage infrastructure with a corpus of Rs 5,000 cr...
Seven levers marketers are pulling to beat slowdownFrom auto to FMCG, insurance to telecom, every sector is hitting the brakes, and CMOs are having to work harder and smarter to beat the blu...
- Lok Sabha Polls on radar, Virbhadra Singh woes unemployed, teachers and farnmers
After recent assembly win Singh seem to have set eyes on Lok Sabha polls as he made allocation of Rs 165 crore for unemployment allowance p...
- Government not serious about plight of farmers: Apple growers
Himachal Apple Growers Association said the "callous and indifferent" attitude of the government was forcing farmers to switch over to othe...
FDI in retail: Are commission agents really that bad?Retail FDI is on hold. Commission agents, the supposed bad boys of farm products' retail, can carry on. Do we underplay their role as marke...
- Fruit prices soar on low supplies
Traders at Dhalli mandi in Shimla district said the royal delicious variety of apple sold at Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 for a box of 25 kg.