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No slowdown yet, but inflation and El Niño are risks: ITC's Sanjiv PuriITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri revealed plans for a Rs 20,000 crore investment over the medium term, including hotel expansion. He highlighted st...- CJP vehicle for message of frustration of youth but established political parties to take issue forward: Jairam RameshCongress leader Jairam Ramesh acknowledged the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) movement as a significant expression of youth frustration but s...
- Ants distracted by potato chips in Panama may be forgetting one of their biggest jobs, and scientists say that could slow the seed dispersal plants depend onHuman food scraps on hiking trails disrupt a vital ecological partnership. Ants, crucial for planting seeds, abandon their task for easy sn...
- US-Iran peace deal brings relief, but India turns to a risk at homeIndia just got a near-term macroeconomic breather from a US-Iran peace deal. However, early monsoon weakness and potential El Niño conditio...
- Beyond coriander and mint: 7 herbs from around the world you could grow in your kitchen gardenDiscover a world of culinary herbs beyond the usual suspects like basil and mint. Many are easy to grow in pots and can elevate everyday me...
- Inside Amul’s new plan to sell everything from frozen pizza to protein shakesDairy giant Amul, which has touched a milestone Rs 1 lakh crore turnover in FY26, is making its boldest bet with its blue-and-red-ocean str...
- Why bananas ripen so quickly, and the trick that may slow it downBananas ripen quickly due to ethylene gas. A new method uses aluminum foil to wrap banana stems, limiting gas release and slowing ripening....
- Why You Should Never Store Potatoes and Onions TogetherKeep onions and potatoes separate in your kitchen to extend their shelf life. Onions release ethylene gas, which causes potatoes to sprout ...
- Why You Should Never Store Potatoes in the FridgeRefrigerating potatoes is a common mistake that spoils their flavour and texture. Cold temperatures convert starch to sugar, causing bitter...
- What was that tentacled object floating on the ISS? Viral ISS photo sparks panic before astronaut reveals the truthA bizarre, tentacled object photographed on the International Space Station by astronaut Don Pettit sparked online alarm, with many mistaki...
- Watch stunning photographs of Martian moon Phobos, NASA makes startling revelationsNASA released a spectacular photo of Phobos, a moon of Mars that is approaching a slow collision with the planet. This moon, which was form...
- MCX seeks Sebi approval to re-launch potato contractsMCX had a successful potato futures contract, few years ago, but it lost liquidity over a period of time due to which Forward Markets Commi...
- Potato farming see a decline trend in northern BengalAccording to the farmers, the cost of seed, fertilizer, medicines and manpower put together comes around 45 to 50 thousand rupee per acre.
- China plannning to send mini-ecosystems to MoonThe silkworms will hatch and create carbon dioxide, while the potato plants will generate oxygen, Zhang Yuanxun, who designed the ecosystem...
- Shortage of cold-storage space hurts West Bengal's potato farmers“Storage-space crunch is a chronic problem here. This season, it has touched a critical level,” said Jiban Dam, a potato farmer.
- Bengal farmers consider suicide as cold storage options dry up for potato cropLocal market ground level price of different varieties has also come down to Rs 4 a kg at some places while production cost is over Rs 5 pe...
- Potatoes to be grown on Earth under Martian conditionsThe experiment demonstrates that potato crops can be grown in the most inhospitable environments to save millions of lives.
- Growing potatoes and other spuds on runway verges a good ideaEven the choice of potatoes is significant, for this is not an ode to its ubiquity — as some Indian politicians might be inclined to assert.
- After PepsiCo's Lays and ITC's Bingo, Balaji Wafers to now challenge McCain India in the potato snack segmentNeel Kotak, MD and CEO at Iscon Balaji, said, “We will have a number of potato speciality products, including Indianised innovations to com...
- Expert expects potato prices to stabilise at Rs 5-6 a kgPotato prices, which have fallen to Rs 5-6 a kg in retail markets, are expected to stabilise at the current level, an expert feels.
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