'My conscience didn't allow me to take the award'

'Farmers must get Maximum Support Price instead of Minimum Support Price.' IMAGE: Dr Varinder Pal Singh declines to accept an award from Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister D V Sadananda......

Farm scientist refuses to accept award in solidarity with farmers

Varinderpal Singh, an agriculture scientist from Punjab Agricultural University, has refused to accept fertiliser industry body Fertiliser Association of India's golden jubilee award in support of......

Has anything changed, ask Lakhimpur Kheri voters

"Political leaders promised many things but has anything changed," asks Kamali Devi, who runs a small store in the Ghausina area in Lakhimpur Kheri. IMAGE: Members of Samyukt Kisan Morcha stage a......

Energy from urine? IIT-Palakkad researchers show how

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Palakkad (IIT-Palakkad) have introduced a pioneering method of generating renewable energy from human urine. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image......

Govt plans to make India self-reliant in edible oils

The government will formulate a strategy to make India self-reliant in edible oils by boosting domestic output of oilseeds and launch a comprehensive programme to support dairy farmers, Finance......

Union Budget 2024 remains largely neutral for stock markets in India

Overall market reaction to the Budget was neutral. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Investors absorbed the changes to the tax rates (positive for salaried class) and capital gains taxes......

India's dilemma: Raise subsidy or cut fiscal deficit

India's plan to double gas prices from April threatens to hit government efforts to cut its fiscal deficit, as higher production costs for the country's most widely used fertiliser force......

New urea policy fails to enthuse fertiliser firms

While the government expects the new urea policy to bring more investment, the fertiliser industry is less than enthused. New capacities to make urea, industry representatives say, will come up......