Budget 2024: Strong emphasis on agriculture & climate resilience signals transformative developmentIn its 77-year history, India's economy has consistently relied heavily on agriculture, contributing significantly to economic growth and c...
25 Jul, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
Centre to support incubation of new method developed by Kerala-based farmer to control pests in cashew gardensIn a statement, the agriculture ministry said, "A woman farmer from Kannur district of Kerala has come up with an innovative practice to de...
25 Oct, 2021, 08.19 PM IST
PM Modi launches 35 crop varieties with special traits to address climate change, malnutritionThe new crop varieties were dedicated to the nation through a video conference organised at all ICAR institutes, state and central agricult...
28 Sep, 2021, 12.16 PM IST
Traditional agri-chemical companies bet big on bio-solutions marketTorretta said that for NPP products, UPL is seeing demand from farmers due to their concern on plant growth & stress, soil health and need ...
02 Jul, 2021, 07.38 PM IST
Mumbai based IPCA gets a shot in the arm as USFDA suspends import ban for key Covid-19 drugIPCA has a market share of nearly 70% of these drugs, as it is one of the largest suppliers of the active pharmaceutical ingredient of thes...
23 Mar, 2020, 10.42 AM IST
Bombay Natural History Society launches climate change programme in Central Himalayas29 Jan, 2017, 07.25 PM IST
- 'Sweeping generalisations about GMO not fair'
Mohanpur (West Bengal), Jan 16 (IANS) Sweeping generalisations about safety of GMOs are "not fair", an eminent scientist said on Monday.
16 Jan, 2017, 07.47 PM IST
Time for portfolio rejig? 10 stocks to look at after the market crashHere are stock ideas from market experts that one can use do rejig a portfolio. The minimum investment horizon for these stocks should be o...
11 Feb, 2016, 10.14 AM IST
IARI releases seven new varieties of cropsIn a sign of the strength of India's public research institutions, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) released seven new varieti...
08 Feb, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
How to diagnose what ails a pharma Merger & AcquisitionAmid heightened M&A activity in pharma space, there are some rules of thumb for investors to figure out deals that may backfire.
16 Oct, 2014, 12.46 PM IST
Fund allocation to NFSM up by 44 per cent at Rs 2,254 crThe government today said it has allocated Rs 2,254 crore as funds towards the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) for the financial year...
02 Jul, 2013, 09.57 PM IST
Colour-banding may help save forest owletsAs many as 25 pairs of the critically endangered forest owlet , which is endemic to India, will be colour-banded to study their distributio...
15 Apr, 2013, 04.15 AM IST
- Poaching fears over tiger relocation at Sariska
The ambitious but controversial tiger relocation programme at Sariska Tiger Reserve is set to enter the next phase with the introduction of...
16 Oct, 2012, 03.03 AM IST
Poaching biggest threat to tiger relocation at SariskaThe ambitious but controversial tiger relocation programme at Sariska Tiger Reserve is set to enter the next phase with the introduction of...
15 Oct, 2012, 04.01 AM IST
- Will global players' focus on niche marketing pay off in India?
International premium frozen yogurt brands are trying to lap up the Rs. 683 crore frozen yogurt market by targetting only the Indian elite.
12 Apr, 2012, 02.53 PM IST
- Short-duration onion crop mooted for kharif
Delayed rains have stalled sowing of kharif onion. As a result, harvesting will also be pushed back by a month to November.
12 Jul, 2011, 06.11 AM IST
- CSR focus yields cos rich rewards in mine belt
There was a time little Arsu Tadu hated going to school. She had to walk six km every morning to reach a rundown shed, which was the local ...
19 Feb, 2010, 02.28 AM IST