These mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsIf you are putting fresh money into the stock market (or even looking to rejig your existing portfolio), it would be best not to react to w...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.42 PM IST
GBS outbreak claims 2 lives in MP town; govt ramps up detection, treatmentTwo people have died following a Guillain-Barre Syndrome outbreak in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. Authorities are actively identifying and trea...
18 Jan, 2026, 08.47 AM IST
Tomato shoots above Rs 100: Why prices are turning red hotAn acute shortage of the bright, red fruit has been burning the Indian pockets for the past few days. The tomato prices have skyrocketed in...
26 Jun, 2023, 03.28 PM IST
Tomato prices double due to heat, delayed rainfallThe output nosedived due to multiple factors such as high heat, delayed rainfall and lack of interest among farmers to grow the crop as pri...
26 Jun, 2023, 12.37 AM IST
Kolkata man catches potentially deadly plant disease; first such case in worldThe 61-year-old unnamed person is a plant mycologist. He went to a hospital with complaints of "recurring couch, hoarseness of voice, diffi...
01 Apr, 2023, 11.07 AM IST
Two international passengers test positive for Covid at Kolkata airportThe woman passenger, with a British passport, had arrived from Kuala Lumpur and was travelling to Bodh Gaya. The other passenger (male) cam...
26 Dec, 2022, 10.39 PM IST
Industry bodies come out in support of local steelmakers in BallariThere were 244 cases of Covid-19 at the Ballari plant last week, up from 106 cases on June 6. The district administration has restricted mo...
23 Jun, 2020, 02.28 PM IST
FMCG cos say supply of products to ease in one week though shortage of labour remainsThe country's biggest biscuit maker by volume, Parle Products category head Mayank Shah said while government has made it clear that we hav...
31 Mar, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
- 'Gene therapy, biotechnology can tackle deforestation and air pollution'
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Gene therapy and biotechnology can be used to tackle environmental issues like deforestation and air pollution, whi...
19 Jun, 2018, 10.02 PM IST
- Bengal conditions apt for growing kinnow orange, finds researcher
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) West Bengal has the potential to grow and produce kinnow oranges, a researcher proposed here on Saturday.
04 Nov, 2017, 09.02 PM IST
Biological pathways: Designing genetic circuits from scratchLearning to control these pathways is not easy because they keep talking to each other, and there is no reliable way to find out whether on...
16 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Emissions from coal power stations claimed 1 lakh lives: study
Around one lakh people died prematurely as a result of emissions from coal-fired power stations in India in 2012, a new study has claimed.
12 Mar, 2013, 09.37 PM IST
- Coal power emissions may have killed 100,000 Indians in 2012: Study
The study is based on a database of 111 coal power plants representing a generation capacity of 121 GW.
12 Mar, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
- Siemens to make nuclear medicines at Indian plants
Germany’s Siemens AG is finalising plans to manufacture radiopharmaceuticals (nuclear medicines) in India.
28 Jul, 2008, 03.35 AM IST
- Fertiliser crisis: Tea sector gets a lifeline
India Potash, sole importing agency for MoP, has agreed to supply it to the tea industry to tide over the present crisis.
20 Mar, 2008, 04.25 AM IST
- No signs of pests in imported US apples: Govt
The government on Thursday debunked reports that apples imported from the US were suspected of carrying around 100 pests, saying that the f...
19 Oct, 2007, 03.05 AM IST
- APEDA wants more powers for promotion
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has pitched for a level-playing field with other export p...
04 Oct, 2006, 12.00 AM IST