The Paris motor show has always been a major draw in the motoring calendar. Unlike previous Paris shows, where new diesel models took centerstage, much of the buzz this year centred around hybrids......
The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon. Farmers are faced......
For Andhra Pradesh tobacco farmers, 2010 was a tough year.Heavy rain in the last week of November and the first week of December damaged the crop extensively, resulting in a loss of around Rs 625......
Just three weeks into auction, tobacco prices in Karnataka have scaled fresh peaks at about Rs 113 a kg, defying the ongoing economic slowdown. "The prices at the on-going Karnataka auctions are......
The Tobacco Board will submit a Rs 125-crore (Rs 1.25 billion) proposal to the Commerce Ministry in the next 10 days to rehabilitate farmers who would switch to other crops, as part of a move to......