The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 25, 2007

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Royal Classic donates land to TNAU
The Rs 225-crore apparel brand from Tirupur Royal Classic group came under commendation from the Tamil Nadu Government for its gesture in offering 25 acres of its agriculture land for the cause of agriculture research. The ... More

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Chana could gain in long term
The delay in the onset of the monsoon in pulses growing States such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan has brightened the prospects of chana futures in the long term. Demand for chana flour picks up with the advent of ... More

RICE
TN varsity releases 10 new crops variety
A medium fine white rice variety with 9,625 kg per hectare yield is among the 10 new crops released for 2007 by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University here. The new crop releases include blackgram (VBN(BG)5, groundnut - VRI (Gn)6, Bhendi ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Weakened storm wagging tail over Konkan, Gujarat
Tropical Storm `03B' has weakened into a well-marked `low' on Sunday and hung over northeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch, leaving a trail of death and destruction along a west-northwest track in the peninsula. The India ... More

CULTIVATION
Two cos to promote organic cultivation launched in Assam
Each company to have plantation area of 500 hectares More

Bowlful of plans for Kuttanad
A special agricultural zone status for Kuttanad and the new focus on its rejuvenation will help the now-weakened heart of Kerala's agricultural sector beat with fresh vigour once more. More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton may rise after correction
New York cotton futures ended lower on Friday pressured trade selling and deliveries in the July contract. Expectations of huge buying by the top consumer China will continue to underpin prices. Markets will be looking at the start of deliveries ... More

Signs of bearishness in gold
Gold futures settled higher on Friday helped by a softer dollar and firm crude oil prices. COMEX gold futures rose higher in line with our expectations and then fell lower sharply. Stronger support is in the $640 zone now. Another pullback to ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper seen gaining on tight supply
The tight supply position prevailing in the world pepper market and consequent firm prices in almost all the other origins appears to have prompted overseas buyers, mainly from the US, to move towards Indian pepper which turned competitive last ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Scrapping of sugar policy deals double blow to mills
If the dip in sugar realisations and mounting cane arrears are not bad enough, mills in Uttar Pradesh have been dealt a double blow by the Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati's, decision to scrap the Sugar Industry Promotion Policy 2004 of her ... More

OUTLOOK
Groundnut oil prices high on increase in liquor consumption
Direct consumption of nuts affects its availability for oil crushing More

Analysts remain upbeat about gold prices
Present market provides an opportunity to buy More

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