New rice variety fights bacterial flight disease and climate stresses
By Surya S Pillai India is the world’s largest producer of rice with the production reaching a record 150.18 million tonnes last fiscal, largely
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COMMODITIES
From food security to quality food: Telangana’s fine rice welfare experiment
By Amaravaji Nagaraju In the landscape of public policy, welfare programmes are often assessed by their reach and scale. Telangana’s
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Punjab: Hailstorm, rain & winds destroy wheat crop in Majitha area
By Manmeet Singh Gill A heavy hailstorm accompanied by rain and high-velocity winds has caused widespread damage to standing crops
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Telangana: War disrupts rice trade, shipments to Iran stuck
By Sribala Vadapatla Amid escalating tensions in the Gulf, rice exports to war-hit regions have hit an unexpected roadblock, leaving
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Japan: Cabinet OKs demand-based rice output policy, boosts shortage measures
The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a shift in its rice policy, moving toward a demand-aligned output strategy and introducing
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Unseasonal rains sow anxiety for farmers; likely to delay wheat harvest in Malwa belt
By Kulwinder Sandhu The latest spell of unseasonal rains across Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali and several other parts of the
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Oil for rice: Punjab exporters call for barter deal with Iran amid trade disruptions
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba With the war in West Asia disrupting India’s rice exports, exporters in Punjab have renewed calls
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Haryana: DFSC recommends departmental action against 2 officials after paddy found missing from rice mill
By Nitish Sharma Days after an FIR was registered against a rice miller and show-cause notices were issued to two
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Telangana: Rice millers sound legal warning over baseless allegations
The Rice Millers Association of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district on Wednesday denied allegations of irregularities and asserted that all rice
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Middle East war propels demand for local biofuel, Verbio CEO says
By Danny Callaghan Soaring fuel prices have been “extraordinarily beneficial” to biofuel producer Verbio (VBKG.DE), which is seeing rising demand as countries
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