China’s Consumer Price Index eases
August 9th, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) China's Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, grew to 1.8 percent year on year in July, the slowest pace since February 2010, the ... Read more...
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China’s inflation to ease
July 29th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 29 (IANS) China's inflation rate is likely to fall below 2 percent in July, a media report said Sunday.The consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, ... Read more...
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Fog affects life in China
December 7th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) Foggy weather and falling air quality, plaguing various regions and cities in China since Sunday, have led to a surge in the sale of masks.Over 30,000 ... Read more...
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Fruit, vegetable production increases
March 4th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Vegetable and fruit production saw remarkable increase in the current fiscal as compared to the previous one, the Rajya Sabha was informed Friday.During the 2010-11 ... Read more...
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Budget: Mega food parks to help in storage
February 28th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Expressing concern at over 40 percent of the food production in India going waste due to lack of storage facilities, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday proposed ... Read more...
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Amid rising prices, cheerless harvest festival in Karnataka (Letter from Bangalore)
January 13th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore, Jan 13 (IANS) The lowest priced vegetable, sweet pumpkin, costs Rs.12 a kg, the humble drumstick a whopping Rs.134 a kg, watermelon at Rs.15 a piece is the ... Read more...
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Samba farmers switch to vegetable farming
December 31st, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanSamba (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec.31 (ANI): Farmers of Jammu and Kashmir's Samba village switched over to vegetable farming as it is more remunerative than traditional wheat and rice ... Read more...
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China announces control guidelines to avoid price rises
November 18th, 2010 - 1:48 am ICT by BNO News
BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- China on Wednesday announced control guidelines on prices to aid consumers facing rising inflation which rose food prices by 10.1 percent in October, the state-run Xinhua news ... Read more...
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India’s vegetable farmers hit with ‘pollination crisis’
September 28th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 28 (ANI): Reduced vegetable production in India is an outcome of decline in the pollinating insects and it may limit people's access to nutritional diet, scientists have warned.Indian researchers said ... Read more...
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Tomato prices to shoot up as rains hit yield in Himachal
September 26th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) Tomatoes are going to drill a hole in consumers' pockets in north India in the coming months as incessant rains have destroyed at least 60 ... Read more...
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Hapur, a hub of flower, vegetable production
February 11th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
By S.P. Singh
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) Exporting fresh flowers to Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and selling high-value vegetables to hotels and embassies in Delhi, this town in western ... Read more...
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Himachal all set to witness green revolution
January 10th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 10 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh are all set to witness another green revolution with a Rs.267-crore project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for promotion of ... Read more...
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72 percent of India’s fruit, vegetable produce goes waste
May 12th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) About 72 percent of the fruit and vegetable production in India goes waste because of lack of proper retailing and adequate storage capacity, an agriculture ministry official ... Read more...
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Study unveils beneficial, harmful effects of silicon supplements on sunflower
May 8th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Scientists have shown beneficial and detrimental effects of silicon supplements on sunflowers grown in greenhouse environments.Drs. Sophia Kamenidou and Todd J. Cavins, formerly of the Department ... Read more...
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