October 23rd, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation, based on official wholesale price index, fell further to 11.07 percent for the week ended Oct 11, due to a 0.8 percent ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
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By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Aug 15 (IANS) Farmers in some districts of Haryana are a worried lot as they face an invasion of crop-destroying grasshoppers. The pests are destroying crops and the state's ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation rose further to 12.44 percent for the week ended Aug 2, goading the finance ministry to say it was a "major disappointment". ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
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By V.N. Balakrishna
Kathvada, July 19 (IANS) A practising cardiologist for 25 years, Dinesh Patel spends long hours cultivating grain, fruit and plants in his organic farm on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's ...
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July 7th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Kuala Lumpur, July 7 (IANS) India's decision to stop exporting maize has hit Malaysia's chicken farmers who have been advised to cut production or cope with higher maize prices. Maize from India ...
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June 13th, 2008 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi , June 13 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that no other party in power at the Centre has done so much for the farmers community, while recalling ...
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May 20th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by admin
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Ahmedabad, May 20 (IANS) The Ahmedabad-based Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Ltd, the country's largest starch manufacturer, announced Tuesday that its maize grinding project at Uttarakhand has commenced production. The plant, located in ...
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April 15th, 2008 - 12:08 am ICT by admin
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Nagpur, April 14 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will do all it can to contain the food grains price rise, including buying stocks from the domestic and international market and ...
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April 12th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A day after the government announced a ban on cement export to arrest prices, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said Saturday that it is not applicable ...
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April 9th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi/Amritsar, Apr 9 (ANI): The Union Government's failure to arrest the prices of essential commodities has triggered protests in several parts of the country on Wednesday.
Activists of Socialist Unity Centre ...
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April 9th, 2008 - 6:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Urgent measures are needed to ensure that short-term adverse effects of higher foods prices do not impact more alarmingly on the poor, the chief of a UN ...
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April 4th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
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Singapore, April 4 (IANS) India will come down heavily on traders hoarding essential commodities and earning profits in the backdrop of soaring inflation, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said here Friday. ...
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April 1st, 2008 - 1:35 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The cabinet committee on prices Monday night imposed a complete ban on export of non-basmati rice and fixed the minimum export price for basmati rice at $1,200 ...
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March 31st, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
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Ahmedabad, March 31 (IANS) Gujarat Ambuja Exports Limited (GAEL), in which George Soros Quantum Fund has a 5.8 percent stake, announced here Monday that its maize processing plant in Uttarakhand has begun ...
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March 20th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his Government is preparing a National Action Plan at the highest level to deal with the issues of climate change, including ...
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