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June 19, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Officer shot

June 18, 2023 11:04 pm

Inspector Rattan Chand Sharda, head of the criminal investigation agency at Phagwara in Kapurthala district of Punjab, was shot dead by two unidentified youths, alleged to be extremists.

Short-termism in policy making, poor market intelligence, lack of credible production estimates are hurting Indian agriculture

September 12, 2022 9:03 am

The restrictions imposed now relate only to non-parboiled non-basmati rice, on which a 20 per cent export duty has been slapped.

Mizoram to import rice from Myanmar as rail work likely to hamper supply

September 11, 2014 7:22 pm

The gauge conversion is set to begin by October 1 and is expected to be complete by March next year.

India's 2013 monsoon delivers 6 pct more rains than normal-weather office

October 01, 2013 12:33 pm

Ample harvests also help keep a lid on food inflation,now running in double digits.

No immediate plans to import rice: Scindia

March 08, 2010 12:11 pm

The government may consider overseas purchases if it fails to buy adequate quantity from local farmers.

After 20 years,India to import rice

November 18, 2009 9:34 pm

India,a traditional rice exporter,will import the grain for the first time in 20 years to meet a projected shortfall of the crop hit by drought and floods,government said.

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