'Gau rakshaks feel they have become emperors'

'Gau rakshaks portray themselves to be bigger than the chief minister and Prime Minister Modi.''We have lost business of Rs 4,000 crore in UP alone since the BJP manifesto was released.' IMAGE: A......

UP meat-producers mull legal options against ban on mechanised abattoirs

As the Yogi Adityanath Yogi government goes after mechanised slaughterhouses, meat producers in Uttar Pradesh say the action conflicts with the Centre's policy of encouraging the meat industry and......

'Money from illegal animal slaughter being used for terrorism'

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has expressed concern about India being the world's largest beef exporter and claimed that the money from illegal animal slaughter was used for perpetrating acts of......

Why Delhi-Dhaka ties ride on the cow

Amir Bhai is a worried man. The middle-aged man with salt and pepper hair and a neatly trimmed beard runs a tannery near Posta Bazaar in Dhaka. He is also a partner in an export firm, partly funded......

Export opening for India in Russia-West stand-off

Russia’s retaliatory ban on import of meat, poultry and some other agricultural products from America and the European Union has opened an opportunity for India. Strict quality norms and......

Avian flu: Industry sees the threat passing

The emergence of the dreaded avian influenza (bird flu) among poultry birds in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra may cause a major set-back to this fastest growing agro-industry but the threat......

Is trade with Pakistan possible?

For the first time in 50 years, on July 26, a consignment from India rolled across the Wagah border into Pakistan -- a truckload of garlic. For now, the Pakistan government has cleared the......

Flu in east Asia boosts poultry exports

The Indian poultry industry is cashing in on the opportunity as a result of the outbreak of Avian influenza (bird's flu) currently affecting South East Asia by upping its exports to major chicken......