AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
NCDEX ties up with CDSL for demat trading
NATIONAL Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX), Mumbai, has added a second depository, Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL), for its participants to hold their commodities stocks in electronic format. This is in addition to the .
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Kerala: `Excess' rainfall in most places
SOUTH-WEST monsoon continued to be active in the State, with all districts except Wayanad recording `excess' rain during the week ending May 26. Wayanad had a `deficient' rain during the week. However, the season's rainfall (March 1 to May 26) ...
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AQUACULTURE
Trawling ban from June 14 in Kerala
THE monsoon-time ban on mechanised trawlers fishing in the seas off the Kerala coast would come into force from the midnight of June 14, according to the Fisheries Minister, Mr K.V. Thomas. Further details on the type of fishing boats to be ...
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Vegetable research project develops 70 hybrid varieties
THE All-India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops (AICRPVC) has so far developed 284 improved varieties and 70 hybrids of vegetables as a part of its efforts to boost horticulture production in the country, according to Dr Mathura ...
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RUBBER
Steady trend in rubber continues
THE physical rubber prices continued to be almost steady on Thursday. The only gainer of the day was RSS 4, which improved to Rs 60.25 from Rs 60.00 a kg on brisk buying pressure, while the other grades were static in an unenthusiastic market. ...
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SUGAR
For sugar cos, by-products look sweeter
AFTER a spate of teething troubles, by-products such as power and ethanol are now sweetening up the earnings of sugar companies. Investments in power cogeneration and ethanol are getting a boost from lower capital costs and a more friendly policy ...
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Gold may test resistance levels
GOLD prices continue to rise higher on the back of a dollar sell-off hitting a 20-day high. News that US April durable goods orders fell 2.9 per cent knocked the dollar to a 20-day low versus the euro. The euro rose higher making dollar-priced ...
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COTTON
Cotton prices likely to rule firm on demand
COTTON prices are likely to rule firm in next few days on expectation of good buying for export in select cottons, reduced inflows and spread offerings by some ginners and stockists. Select cotton prices such as V-797 Kalyan, Shankar-6, J-34, ...
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
UPASI to get Spices Board's support for growing spices
THE Spices Board will provide assistance to the United Planters' Association of Southern India (UPASI) in identifying spices that can be grown as intercrop in the tea and coffee plantations at higher elevations. The board has suggested trying ...
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EVENTS
Workshop on farm productivity reforms
THE Centre for Good Governance (CGG) and the Department of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh, are organising a one-day workshop on `Agricultural Productivity Reforms in AP' on May 29 at the MCR Human Resources Development Institute. Policymakers, ...
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Meet on white revolution in Udupi
MANGALORE: The Dakshina Kannada Milk Producers' Co-operative Union, in association with Bharatiya Vikas Trust and the Academy of General Education of Manipal, will hold a seminar on "White revolution in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada ...
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NATURAL CALAMITIES
Ryots' suicides under scrutiny in AP
FACED with the crisis of unabated suicides by farmers, the State Government on Thursday announced yet another step to stem the tide. The Government has set up a control room at the Secretariat here, under the charge of the Principal ...
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