The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 29, 2007

RICE
APEDA moots amendment to basmati rice export rules
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has proposed to bring amendment to the Export of Basmati Rice (Quality Control and Inspection) Rules 2003 to notify Basmati 320 as a land race or traditional ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Torrential rain forecast in central, north India
Thiruvananthapuram, June 28 Southwest monsoon has reached Delhi a day ahead of normal on Thursday as the previous day’s well marked ‘low’ in the northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal intensified twice over to ... More

CULTIVATION
Long live the King?
Some of the choicest varieties of mango may be lost to us owing to unhealthy farming practices. More

INSIGHT
Zinc: More than a micronutrient
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HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Bountiful
Seasonal fruit: A girl waiting for customers in her pineapple shop on the Guwahati-Shillong National Highway in the Meghalaya outskirts of Guwahati city on Thursday. Fruits season has started in Meghalaya and will last ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber prices decline
Kottayam, June 28 Spot rubber resumed the downward journey on Thursday. The domestic markets were hit hardly as the Japanese trendsetter failed to hold on for the third day in a raw surrendering the early gains on late selling. On the physical ... More

TEA
Mixed trend at Kochi auction
Kochi, June 28 Arrivals of both dust and leaf tea to the Kochi tea auction were steady at around last week’s levels. There were 13.87 lakh kgs of dust tea on offer at the auction, which generated good general demand. Better liquoring ... More

METALS
Value of M&A in metals sector zoomed in 2006: Study
Chennai, June 28 The year 2006 saw the aggregate value of deals in the metals sector more than doubling from the previous year, according to ‘Forging Ahead,’ a PricewaterhouseCoopers study of mergers and acquisitions activity in ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures move up on bullish activities
Kochi, June 28 Pepper futures market moved up on Thursday on bullish activities following buying interest shown by exporters and domestic players to buy spot.Exporters and domestic players are said to have bought 50-60 tonnes of the ... More

OUTLOOK
Centre counts on declining corn prices to rub off on wheat
Even as there is every possibility of bidders quoting upwards of $310 per tonne cost & freight in the State Trading Corporation of India’s (STC) latest 10 lakh tonne (lt) wheat import tender, the Centre is counting on the declining ... More

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