UP allows wheat sale at MSP without online registrationUttar Pradesh farmers can now sell wheat at government procurement centers without prior online registration. This decision comes after man...
20 Apr, 2026, 03.17 PM IST
California on edge: Oil shock looms as Middle East supply crunch hits the USCalifornia may face fuel price rises after Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz. Oil shipments dropped sharply, creating fears of shortages. E...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
Russia lacks capacity to ramp up fertilizer exports, industry lobby saysRussia faces a global fertilizer shortage. The nation's production plants operate at full capacity. Russia prioritizes its own farmers for ...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.28 AM IST
Food rationing, grounded planes: Economists outline how hard countries will be hit due to Iran war - a global recession next?Iran war economic crisis global oil shock raises urgent fears of fuel shortages and supply disruptions worldwide. With nearly 20% of oil fl...
20 Mar, 2026, 11.08 PM IST
Europe’s widening fertiliser crisis threatens food suppliesRussia’s squeeze on flows of gas- a key feedstock for fertilisers and source of power for heavy industries in Europe, is hitting everything...
26 Aug, 2022, 09.53 AM IST
Fertilizer usage is being pummeled by Europe’s energy crisisEuropean fertilizer makers have been hit hardest by high gas prices. The global sector has also contended with US and European Union sancti...
18 Aug, 2022, 09.05 AM IST
Rising fertilizer costs are catching up to rice farmers, threatening suppliesIndia, which relies heavily on fertilizer imports, is set to spend about $20 billion to shield farmers from higher prices, up from about $1...
19 Apr, 2022, 09.02 AM IST
Soaring prices for everything used to make food brings more inflationRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken things to another level, sending markets soaring for fertilizers and for the fuels needed to run far...
20 Mar, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
From India to South Korea, this chemical is in short supplyUrea is an important type of agricultural fertilizer, so rising prices could ultimately mean higher costs at dinner tables around the world.
07 Dec, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
Black market for fertilizers is booming in India as prices soarWith a key planting season underway for India’s millions households that depend on agriculture for a living, farmers say they don’t have mu...
29 Nov, 2021, 10.01 AM IST
World’s record food bill is hitting poorer countries hardestA particular worry is that food-import costs in poor countries are climbing faster than those in developed economies, something that’s beco...
12 Nov, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
Here are some stock winners and losers in India’s power crunchCoinciding with the global spike in energy prices, India’s coal crisis is escalating when high crude oil prices are already threatening to ...
06 Oct, 2021, 02.29 PM IST
Cashless in the country: SBI gauge hints at fall in economic activity, but it may be temporary“The impact of demonetisation on different sectors of industries is largely negative in the short term,’’ Soumya Kanti Ghosh, economist at ...
27 Dec, 2016, 08.39 AM IST
Rajasthan facing Urea supply crunch : Congress Chief Sachin PilotIt is ridiculous that Agriculture Minister Saini is not accepting the failure of the Vasundhara Raje government for procuring urea- Sachin ...
04 Dec, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
Coal India plans Rs 10,000-crore joint venture with GAIL India, RCF, FCILCIL plans a Rs 10,000-crore JV along with GAIL India, RCF and FCIL to set up a urea & ammonium nitrate chemicals complex that will run on g...
06 Jun, 2014, 04.27 AM IST
Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers declares lockoutTuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd, which stopped production since March 1, has declared a lockout, citing acute financial crun...
28 Jun, 2013, 03.21 PM IST
- Naphtha beats LNG as cheaper fertiliser fuel
For the first time, fertiliser companies have begun paying a higher price for spot LNG (liquefied natural gas) than for naphtha.
04 Oct, 2008, 02.32 AM IST