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El Niño and Iran sharpen India’s food prices challenge
July 06, 2026 1:22 am
India imported a record 16.9 million tonnes (mt) of vegetable oils in 2025-26 and 7.3 mt of pulses the previous fiscal. El Niño — which has overtaken Iran as the No 1 risk factor for the Indian economy today — will make further imports inevitable
For India, weakening monsoon and fertiliser crisis, a double whammy
May 22, 2026 8:20 pm
India needs to source nearly four times its current urea opening stocks to meet kharif requirements, and that gap must be bridged through imports purchased at crisis-level global prices
At least 30% kharif crop in state damaged by heavy rain
September 23, 2025 10:00 pm
Marathwada suffers for third straight month
State sets target of 204 lakh metric tonnes under kharif cultivation: CM Devendra Fadnavis
May 22, 2025 12:44 am
Fadnavis was addressing reporters after the annual kharif review meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday. The objective of the meeting was to assess the preparedness for the kharif season, which begins with the onset of monsoon that arrives in Maharashtra in early June.
Kharif rice production to reach record high of 119.93 million tonnes, says agriculture ministry
November 06, 2024 2:06 am
The agriculture ministry's First Advance Estimate of Production of Food Grains indicates the output in pulses and some millets in the current kharif season is expected to be lower than last year.
This year, Gujarat to purchase 11.51 tonnes of Kharif crop at minimum support price
October 21, 2023 5:44 pm
Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel, however, said the number of farmers who have registered to sell their produce as per MSP is low.
Nutrient Based Subsidy for kharif 2023 gets Cabinet nod
May 18, 2023 8:08 am
Briefing on Cabinet decisions, Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “The Cabinet has taken an important decision regarding fertiliser subsidy”.
Kharif rice production to drop by 6%: Agriculture Ministry
September 22, 2022 7:16 am
The kharif rice production estimates are lower than the target of 112mt set for the current season and 105.21mt figure of 2020-21
Lakhs of hectares of Kharif crop fall prey to snail attack
August 23, 2022 6:33 am
The issue of snail attack, one of the rare instances in the state, was raised through a calling attention motion in the Assembly by BJP MLA Abhimanyu Pawar and few others.
Kharif sowing up, soybean sees largest growth
August 19, 2022 2:53 am
As per the latest data of the state government, farmers have so far sown Kharif crops in 78.88 lh, slightly higher compared to the 78.83 lh in the corresponding period last year.
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Hunter Biden reveals new details of Joe Biden’s ‘painful cancer’ battle
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Former US President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to his bones and is causing him significant pain, his son Hunter Biden said. Hunter, who was speaking in a BBC interview broadcast, became emotional while discussing his father’s health and described the situation as difficult for the family.
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