India's exports to Iran have been falling over the last one year, amid decline in rupee reserves of the West Asian economy. Going ahead, the possibility of augmenting exports to Iran may not be easy for India, considering the geopolitical tensions - Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts - and the West Asian country's support for Russia and Hamas, people aware of the matter said. Exports to Iran saw a downward spiral since November last year.
When the artery going to the brain gets clogged or closes off, and a part of the brain goes without blood for too long, it is called an ischemic stroke.
As the country prepares for a better sugarcane harvest next season, increasing possibility of more sugar production, industry and experts have demanded de-controlling the sector - one of the few sectors untouched by the liberalisation bandwagon so far.
It is lying in the godowns of the state's sugar mills, according to the Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories in Maharashtra.
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare on Thursday launched a new, sugar-free, low calorie avtar of its flagship brand Horlicks for health conscious adults.
As the fight for deposits intensifies, the cost of money will rise and the margin will be under further pressure, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The beetroot gives a hint of earthiness to this chocolate cake.
During the ongoing crushing season, mills have so far produced 3.36 million tonne (mt) of sugar and unsold stocks have touched 1 mt. Sugar prices are at Rs 2,585-2,630 a quintal, compared with Rs 2,850 a quintal on December 31.
Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd named Chandresh Chakradhar Chhaya as company secretary.
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Gutte is one of the directors of Gangakhed Sugar and Energy Limited.
As per official data, retail price of sugar has gone up to Rs 47 a kg in New Delhi from Rs 22 a year-ago.
This eggplant preparation is a marriage of several Indian flavours.
Treat yourself to two of Chef Satish Arora's signature five-star dishes.
Bangalore-based model Dayana Erappa talks about what it means to be in the business and shares her fitness mantras.
Before the monsoon begins, let your system stock up on enough panna.
Nothing adds more festivity to a Christmas spread than gingerbread men or shapes and Xmasy cupcakes.
A refreshing cocktail to celebrate summer's favourite fruit.
Your mornings are made if you start them with this spiced vermicelli dish.
Saddled with huge losses due to a glut in the industry, sugar mills are going all out for co-generation and distilleries now.
There's nothing more satisfying than a meal of freshly fried puris served with a spicy raseela potato preparation.
A division bench led by Justice Nitin Jamdar said the MPCB order was set aside for being 'disproportionate' and noted the order was passed in a 'hasty manner'.
The protesting farmers' main demand to legalise the minimum support price (MSP) regime has divided opinion. One school of thought says it would lead to crop diversification and help India keep under check its burgeoning import bill on edible oils and pulses, while another says it would incentivise farmers to produce low-quality crops. Contrary to popular perception, India has a trade surplus in agriculture and allied activities, which stood at $18.65 billion during 2022-23 (FY23) against $15.92 billion in the previous year. However, the surplus was mainly on account of rice, wheat, sugar, spices, and buffalo meat.
In the biggest surprise of the night, Emma Stone grabbed the Best Actress trophy for the complex portrayal of a Frankenstein-like character Bella, in Yargos Lanthimos' electrifying and most original film Poor Things. Aseem Chhabra recaps the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
A quick look at the winners of the 96th Annual Academy Awards.
In a firm indication of fast-changing political equations in the influential sugar belt of Western Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party have shaken the monolith of Congress-Nationalist Congress Party clout ingrained in the cooperative network with spectacular gains in the Assembly elections.
The government is likely to pay sugar mills Rs 4 per kg more for the sweetener it procures for distribution through ration shops, to offset the rise in prices of sugarcane over the last few years.
As the sugar industry is witnessing an up cycle, the government may not give due consideration to the demands of the Industry. Rather the government is already focusing on curbing the rising sugar prices.
The nominations for the 96th annual Academy Awards have been announced.
Sugar firms see no problem in RIL foray in ethanol production.
Vitamins and minerals are better consumed in a natural form as one advances in age, advises rediffGURU Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan.
With India's sugar production set to exceed domestic demand, the government on Friday decided the zero duty regime on sugar imports to lapse, which in effect will restore 60 per cent duty on the sweetener.
The case pertains to an alleged scam in the Sahakari Sakhar Kharkhana (co-operative sugar factories) and Sahakari Soot Girnis.
Two boozy desserts to make at home and present with elan to a loved one.
The early morning crackdown against the terror group in Ballari and Bengaluru in Karnataka, Amaravati, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand and Delhi, led to the foiling of a plan by the accused to carry out terror acts, especially improvised explosive device blasts.
India's private and state government-owned ports (non-major ports) continued to grow faster than those owned by the Centre (major ports) through the first three quarters of 2023-24 (FY24), cargo handling data shows. At 604 million metric tonnes (mmt), cargo at major ports grew by 5 per cent between April and December, while non-major ports' cargo traffic growth was 11 per cent at 531 mmt. During December 2023, central government-owned ports in India handled cargo volumes of 69.9 mmt, a tepid year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth of 0.7 per cent.
Karnataka Minister for Sugar and Agriculture Marketing Shivanand Patil's statement that farmers wish for repeated droughts in the state so that their loans get waived has caused a stir, with the opposition on Monday terming it as an 'affront' to the farming community and seeking his removal from the Ministry.
Reliance Industries, Tata Chemicals, Bharti Enterprises' Fieldfresh and Indian Oil are among several large companies that have evinced interest in leasing closed sugar mills that the Bihar government is offering, mainly to exploit opportunities to make ethanol to meet mandatory petrol blending norms that were introduced this year.
'Rahul Gandhi never gets firsthand information. He does not know what is good or bad going on in the party.'
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