August 8th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sushma Ramachandran
Headlines can be misleading! The media stories on the recent trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva had banners saying "Talks fail" or "Doha Round Collapses". These ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Monsanto, a global agricultural products company, has successfully implemented anti-child labour programmes in Gujarat, said a top company official here Thursday. "We have pledged over Rs.110 million for ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
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By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, Aug 5 (IANS) South Africa should be heaving a sigh of relief that the Doha Round of global trade talks in Geneva last week were stalled after India and ...
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July 22nd, 2008 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Geneva, July 22 (Xinhua) The US offered Tuesday to cut its farm subsidies to $15 billion and said it expects other members of the World Trade Organisastion (WTO) will undertake similar measures ...
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July 11th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) India's institutional and business environment is "poor", according to the World Trade Indicators (WTI) 2008 released here Friday. "While India has achieved substantial reductions in tariffs since ...
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July 10th, 2008 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
New York, July 10 (DPA) The appeal for $404 million launched Wednesday by the Kabul government and the UN shows that the world has not done enough to meet Afghanistan's humanitarian needs, ...
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May 24th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
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By Ashish Goel
Dehradun, May 24 (ANI): The fruit processing industry in Dehradun is generating fresh employment opportunities for locals due to the area's sub-tropical climate in the summers and an ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:40 am ICT by admin
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By Simone Humml
Hamburg, May 14 (DPA) Business concerns in the West often make money by patenting their own medicines and agricultural products based on the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples. A US ...
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April 28th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will start its sealing drive of non-notified roads from today.
On March 10, the Supreme Court had asked the civic body ...
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April 25th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Vienna, April 25 (DPA) The international community must take immediate measures to battle rising food prices, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday in Vienna. "This steeply rising food prices have ...
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April 16th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by admin
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Havana, April 16 (IANS) Cuba is moving to restructure the system for marketing food products to revitalize the farm sector, Spain's EFE news agency reported Wednesday. "We are working hard on the ...
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April 14th, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by admin
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Ranchi, April 14 (IANS) Jharkhand's industry body Monday threatened a state-wide stir over the proposed Agriculture Produce Marketing Board (Amendment) bill 2007, which doubles the market fees on agriculture products. The state ...
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April 11th, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Apr 11 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the signing of an agriculture cooperation agreement between India and Brazil.
The pact also includes clauses for cooperation in ...
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March 20th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by admin
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Brussels, March 20 (IANS) Trade between the European Union and India has witnessed a sharp increase from 47 billion euros ($73 billion) in 2006 to 55.6 billion euros ($86 billion) in 2007. ...
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February 28th, 2008 - 6:01 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): The Economic Survey tabled today says the appreciation of the rupee vis-a-vis the dollar, the main invoicing currency of export compared to the lower appreciation of competing ...
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February 23rd, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, Feb 23 (IANS) Brazil and other Latin American countries are planning to set up a permanent commercial centre in the UAE and establish a gateway for mutual investments in various sectors ...
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February 21st, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) India will host the first global conference on farm industries being organised by various UN organisations here April 8-11, to promote the sector as the major means ...
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February 5th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): Senior officials of the Commerce Ministry on Tuesday advised Indian industry to apply themselves to the task of determining the stance that India should take in the ...
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December 19th, 2007 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, December 19 (ANI): A consortium of researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of California at San Diego has shed light on how the Argentine ant Linepithema humile became ...
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November 28th, 2007 - 4:29 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Nov.28 (ANI): Safety experts at the Michigan State University (MSU) have said that the quality of Chinese consumer goods imported to the United States need to improve.
A team of MSU researchers ...
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