AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES
RICE
Plea to raise MSP for paddy
Visakhapatnam, Oct. 18 The demand for fixing the minimum support price for paddy at Rs 1,000 a quintal, being voiced by different political parties in the State and several farmers’ organisations, is quite justified and the Union ...
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CLIMATE & WEATHER
Easterlies beckon even as hold-up continues
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 18 Hold-up in the withdrawal of southwest monsoon continued for a third day even as wind flow charts gave out signals that easterlies may slightly gain in speed over extreme southeast Bay of Bengal from Friday. ...
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RUBBER
Spot rubber tops Rs 100/kg
Kottayam, Oct. 18 The domestic rubber market resumed the upward journey as TOCOM bounced back gathering steam from a strong close in oil and gold futures. In the physical front, sheet rubber settled higher at Rs 100 a kg on renewed buying ...
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SUGAR
Ethanol blending: Sugar industry in South optimistic
With the 10 per cent blending of ethanol with petrol norm appearing on the horizon, SISMA (South Indian Sugar Mills Association) has decided to counsel its members on tapping this opportunity.Mr N Nageswara Rao, the newly elected ...
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DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS
Mother Dairy, GCMMF hike milk prices again
‘Margins likely to go up further in coming weeks’
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SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Pepper futures drop on cues from stock market
Kochi, Oct. 18 Pepper futures market declined marginally on Thursday under the influence of the drop in the stock market. The market would have gone up but for the decline in the stock market, trading sources told Business ...
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