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Saturday, June 20, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, June 20, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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CULTIVATION: Deficient rainfall delays kharif crops sowing Area under oilseeds, pulses down; paddy coverage up. With the southwest monsoon playing truant so far, sowing of kharif crops is yet to ... RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Scientists hope to bring Omega 3 back into food chain RESTORING BALANCE. Pune, June 19 Scientists at the Pune-based Interactive Research School for Health Affairs (IRSHA) have identified and isolated the gene that produces Omega 3 in flaxseed, one of the richest natural sources of the fatty acid, ... AQUACULTURE: Dakshina Kannada, Udupi see rise in fish prices Pink perches, oil sardine contribute major share in quantity. Mangalore, June 19 Eating fish was a bit costlier for Yashpal D., a resident of Nagori area in Mangalore, in the last season compared to previous years. He had to spend nearly Rs 50 ... WATER: Water storage level turns grim Chennai, June 19 The water storage level in the 81 major reservoirs in the country continues to recede. As on June 18, the live capacity of the reservoirs was just 10 per cent or 15.068 billion cubic metres (BMC) against the full reservoir ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Central India may get rains from June 25 Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the ongoing activity in the Bay of Bengal may not be sufficient to ‘push’ monsoon into central India for at least another ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Marginal rise in pepper futures The pepper futures market continued to witness high fluctuation on Friday and closed marginally higher on tight supply ... AQUACULTURE: Decline in fish catch on east coast The message from fishermen, who ventured out into the Bay of Bengal on June 15 after the completion of the two-month conservation period when no fishing activity is allowed, is not very encouraging ... RUBBER: Spot rubber prices improve Kottayam, June 19 Spot rubber turned better on Friday. The market improved catalysed by the marginal gains in the domestic and international rubber futures though there were no fresh enquiries from the tyre ... SUGAR: Shree Renuka to add refining capacity Mumbai, June 19 Shree Renuka Sugars has decided to increase refining capacity at its Athani unit in Karnataka to 2,000 tonnes per day (tpd) from 1,000 tpd. It will also build a new sugar refining capacity of 1,000 tpd at ... COFFEE: Correction With reference to the report “Strong rupee boosts coffee exports’ unit value” published in these columns on July 19, the headline should read as “Weak rupee boosts coffee exports’ unit value”. Also, the ... Columnists: • G Chandrashekhar • Sharad Joshi Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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