As many as 57 agricultural entrepreneurs participated in the fourth edition of the Agri Founders Retreat at Chilika in Odisha recently. Past editions were held in Nashik, Bengaluru and Jaipur. A media brief said that this wasn’t the typical agri-tech conference as there were no pitch decks, no business card exchanges, no panels. Instead, founders … Read more
As many as 57 agricultural entrepreneurs participated in the fourth edition of the Agri Founders Retreat at Chilika in Odisha recently. Past editions were held in Nashik, Bengaluru and Jaipur. A media brief said that this wasn’t the typical agri-tech conference as there were no pitch decks, no business card exchanges, no panels. Instead, founders … Read more
As many as 57 agricultural entrepreneurs participated in the fourth edition of the Agri Founders Retreat at Chilika in Odisha recently. Past editions were held in Nashik, Bengaluru and Jaipur. A media brief said that this wasn’t the typical agri-tech conference as there were no pitch decks, no business card exchanges, no panels. Instead, founders … Read more
Tahawwur Rana | Photo Credit: ANI Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian citizen, is likely to be extradited to India from the Unite States “shortly” to face trial here. A multi-agency team from India, including officials from intelligence agencies, was camping in US to complete formalities for bringing Rana, who is said … Read more
Stressing that technological interventions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture sector would reduce the country’s total emissions, policy think tank ICRIER has suggested the PLI scheme to support manufacturing of PV solar panels should be extended to the manufacturers of agriculture-related products like feed additives for livestock, biofertilisers, nano fertilisers and climate resilient … Read more
(L to R): Julian Thomas, Informa Markets; Mohammed Rinas Chenangadan, Lagnuvo Energy; G Sivaramakrishnan, KREEPA: R Harikumar, EMC-Kerala; Narendra Nath Veluri, ANERT Kerala; Rajneesh Khattar, Informa Markets; Noushad Sharafudeen, PM Suryaghar scheme, KSEB, pose at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram. Speakers at a round table held here on Tuesday on ‘Future of Renewable Energy in … Read more
The rate-setting six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) on Wednesday voted unanimously to cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) from 6.25 per cent to 6 per cent to support growth, which could face headwinds from the ongoing global tariff war. This comes in the backdrop of the latest retail inflation reading coming … Read more
From sweetened breakfast cereals, cookies to deep fried chicken, packaged pastries, and flavoured yogurts, ultra processed foods (UPFs) have undeniably marked their formidable presence in everyday diet. NOVA Food classification system , categorises UPFs broadly as ready-to-eat products characterised as industrial formulations composed of substances extracted from food, along with additives for taste enhancing. These … Read more
IVPA has asked the Government to impose bank guarantees equivalent to the applicable duty differential from the importers to ensure compliance with Rule of Origin guideline. Even as India faces exorbitant tariffs from the United States, it faces another tariff challenge from an unlikely source – Nepal. The Indian Vegetable oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) said … Read more
Noida-based Dixon Technologies on Wednesday signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government (with Guidance) for setting up a new manufacturing facility at Oragadam near Chennai with an investment of ₹1,000 crore. The facility at IndoSpace Industrial Park will employ around 5,000 people and will manufacture laptops. Tamil Nadu Industries Minister TRB Rajaa in a … Read more