Rice Economy Faces Turmoil as El Nino Turns Up Heat

In the coming months, globally as well as in India, rice might remain a hot potato. IMAGE: Women plant rice saplings in a paddy field in Assam. Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters A fortnight or......

Modi gifts green diamond to Jill Biden

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in the United States for a three-day state visit, has gifted an eco-friendly lab-grown 7.5 carat diamond, placed in Kashmir's exquisite Papier mache box, to......

'Farmers are not enjoying any freedom'

'We will be hoisting the tiranga, but this kind of celebration is uncalled for when the farmers in this country are dying by suicides, their families are ravaged by poverty and farmers are not......

Farmers should get more avenues to sell crops: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised on farmers getting more avenues to sell crops and said a food processing revolution was needed in the country for value addition to farm produce......

Bangladesh Crisis: Advantage Tiruppur!

India's gain will be an additional business of $300 million to $400 million per month if 10-11% of Bangladesh's export is diverted to Indian hubs like Tiruppur. IMAGE: People celebrate Bangladesh......

Non-basmati rice bore the brunt of export curbs imposed in 2023

As a panel of senior ministers deliberates on the need to review curbs on exports of some rice varieties, data shows that since outbound shipments saw restrictions in July-August last year, the......

'The real GDP was captured better'

'Revision of the base year for both CPI and GDP are long overdue.''The basic data that went into the 2011-2012 series were mainly from surveys done in 2011 or earlier.''We have since seen the......

Global rice markets in turmoil as India bans export of non-basmati

India’s decision to ban the export of non-basmati white rice has pushed up global prices, prompting multilateral lending agencies, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to call for a......