The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 24, 2006

AWARDS & HONOURS
ICAR award for DRR scientists
A team of rice scientists led by Dr N. Shoba Rani of the Hyderabad-based Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) has won the ICAR Outstanding Multi-disciplinary Team Research Award in Agriculture and Allied Sciences for 2003-04. The award recognises ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Shot in the arm
CAUSE TO CHEER: A vendor making grape juice at a shop in Kochi. Grape exports from the country have got a fillip as they have been found free of any pesticide residue in the UK. Exports have improved to over 35,000 tonnes, worth Rs 120 crore, ... More

RUBBER
Low growth in offtake may weigh on rubber prices
Tyre companies shift to synthetics; exports hold key More

Lack of interest hits rubber market
Spot rubber rates finished static on Wednesday. The market participants were unwilling to take fresh commitments since production and arrivals are expected to improve in the succeeding months. Sheet rubber closed unchanged at Rs 92 a kg both at ... More

SUGAR
Ethanol plants begin to mushroom in the US
Investments flow to build more units with huge capacity More

Simbhaoli's Rs 403-cr investment plan likely to conclude by March
To help crush 20,100 tonnes cane per day More

GMR Ind plant gets energy efficiency award
In a sugar factory, a one per cent saving in process steam on cane can result in an additional generation of a whopping 6,48,000 units of power. This can be achieved for a plant with a crushing capacity of 3,600 tonnes of cane per day (TCD) for a ... More

`Decontrol sugar, drop export ban'
The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to decontrol sugar immediately and drop the ban order on export of sugar. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, the Chamber ... More

TEA
Weak trend persists in tea stocks
Valuations of tea stocks are apparently not in sync with the buoyancy seen in the tea industry in recent times. Trading volumes in major tea counters, after a brief spurt witnessed a few months ago, have started flagging, belying the expectations ... More

COTTON
Cotton research station
Steps are being taken to establish a cotton research station in Perambalur District, the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr A. Raja, has said. Inaugurating a one-day National Seminar on `Coir Production' sponsored by ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures move up on buying support
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Bonus for Kerala cashew workers
Workers in the cashew sector in the State will get a minimum bonus of Rs 2,400 for 2005-06 as per an agreement reached at a meeting held in the presence of the Labour Minister, Mr P.K. Gurudasan. The Labour Commissioner ... More