New Delhi : Total foodgrain production in the country this year is going to be record 279.51 million tonne, which is 4.4 million tonne higher than the last year, Union Agriculture Ministry said in its third advance estimates issued on Wednesday. Last year, the...
Mumbai : Reliance Power has divested its entire holding in Jharkhand Integrated Power Limited (JIPL) to Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd for Rs 112.64 crore, a regulatory filing by the company said here on Wednesday. "The company has transferred its entire holding of...
By Saurabh Katkurwar, Bhopal : Barku Jairam, a 55-year-old farmer from Barwani of Madhya Pradesh, has taken up cultivating organic cotton, which he claims, has significantly brought down input costs besides ensuring a decent yield. The demand for organic cotton from...
By Nishant Arora, Seattle (Washington) : While the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is making its presence felt across the spectrum globally, India needs to prioritise AI-based predictive analysis to improve outcomes in three core areas -- agriculture,...
By Sourabh Kulesh, New Delhi : Finnish company HMD Global that makes Nokia smartphones has refreshed its line-up to gain some momentum in the competitive mid-price segment in India. The recently-launched Nokia 7 Plus runs the "Android One" platform -- the unmodified...
By Vishal Gulati, Bad Kreuznach (Germany) : Tapping renewable energy is a major economic opportunity for developing economies like India. There is a master plan to clean up cities and this would lead to more jobs. But we need to invest, says German environmental and...
By Brij Khandelwal, Agra : The controversial Taj Heritage Corridor which brought down the Mayawati government in 2003 is being resurrected in a new avatar -- but disturbing questions remain, environmentalists say. The Uttar Pradesh horticulture department, in...
New Delhi : With the resumption of dynamic pricing system for transport fuels on Monday by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), petrol prices in the national capital shot up to 74.80 per litre. The IOC had suspended dynamic pricing system for transport fuels for 19 days...
Rome : Italy's Finance Ministry is investing six million euros in European Bank for Reconstruction and Development projects to promote economic inclusion in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region, the EBRD announced on Wednesday. The Italian contribution is...
Mumbai : The business optimism in India has deteriorated with the country ranking sixth globally on the optimism index in the first quarter of 2018, said Grant Thornton's International Business Report (IBR) on Tuesday. According to the quarterly global business...