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Govt approves plan to turn surplus rice into sanitizer

The government on Monday approved that surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India can be converted into ethanol in order to manufacture alcohol-based hand sanitisers and also for......

13 UP distilleries to shut down for 3 months during Ardh Kumbh

'The government is of the view that distilleries around Hapur and Bijnor would pollute groundwater in the vicinity and its spill over into the sacred Ganga. Hence, we are looking to close these......

REVEALED: The 'barbaric' man behind the Paris attacks

Belgian-born Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been identified as the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks, a French official has revealed. The 28-year-old is known to authorities as an......

SC stays death sentence in Mumbai blasts case

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Abdul Ghani Isma Turk in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G......

Dawoodi Bohra leader carried by followers

Head of the Dawoodi Bohra sub-sect of Islam Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin is carried by followers after offering prayers in Ahmedabad late on Tuesday. The Dawoodi Bohras are a sub-sect of the......

Reduce sugar production, focus on ethanol: Gadkari tells sugar mills

Increasing sugar production shall create problems for the industry, whereas boosting ethanol output can bring rich returns, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told sugar mills on Wednesday. Photograph:......

India's plan to produce ethanol from 2G sources delayed

India’s plan to produce ethanol from second-generation (2G) sources -- mainly farm waste -- is taking time to materialise even as the government is set to dedicate to the nation on Wednesday......

India's sugar output down 30.22% in Oct-Dec 2019

Ex-mill sugar prices have remained steady in the range of Rs 3,250-3,350 per quintal in north India and at Rs 3,100-3,250 per quintal in the south India. The country's sugar production has fallen......

Will new Maha govt sweeten the lives of sugarcane growers?

Maharashtra, the country’s largest cane and sugar producer after Uttar Pradesh, had, over the past few years, weathered adverse market dynamics brought about by a domestic and global sugar......

Sugar glut, a bitter pill for Paswan

Three million tonnes of buffer stock, where the government bears the interest and insurance cost, was announced by the Centre only for a year and that period is ending in June. With Ram Vilas......

ISL: 10-man East Bengal hold Chennaiyin to draw

IMAGE: East Bengal's Debjit Majumdar pullb off a save during their match against Chennaiyin FC at Bambolim on Monday. Photograph: ISL/Twitter A resolute Debjit Majumder stood tall under the bar as......

La Liga: Ronaldo scores brace as Real ride luck to beat Sporting

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring against Sporting Gijon during their La Liga match at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Saturday. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters......

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