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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, November 18, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Cooking oil may turn costlier if customs duty is hiked Palm oil slipping into lean production season. Mumbai, Nov. 17 Despite the Government’s recent rejection of the vegetable oil industry’s demand for re-imposition of customs duty on imported oils, efforts have once again begun to ... BIO-TECH & GENETICS: GEAC clears limited field trials of GM corn Bio-safety trials to be carried out in select State farm varsities. New Delhi, Nov. 17 The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) has permitted Monsanto India Ltd to conduct limited field trials of corn hybrids that are genetically ... TEA: Nilgiri green tea finds a new taker in pharma industry Coonoor, Nov. 16 Pharmaceutical companies are stepping up their purchase of Nilgiri green tea for medicine manufacture, producers ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Cyclone Khai-Muk remnant causes rains to linger Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 17 Erstwhile cyclone Khai-Muk has weakened rapidly since encountering land, and only a remnant cyclonic circulation managed to cross the peninsular landmass and slide into the Arabian Sea off the Karnataka-Goa coasts ... DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS: AP Dairy to diversify product portfolio To launch ice creams; plans re-launch of bakery products. Hyderabad, Nov. 17 In order to diversify its product portfolio, Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Ltd (APDDCF) is looking at launching ice creams and bakery ... AQUACULTURE: Distress alert transmitters Distress alert transmitters – high-tech devices which enable fishermen in stricken vessels to get in tough with the coast guard – were distributed here on Monday in the fishing harbour by the AP Fisheries Commissioner, Mr Aravind ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Declining trend ... RUBBER: East Godavari takes up rubber cultivation UNIQUE SCHEME. New Delhi, Nov. 17 In a predominantly tribal area, where Naxalite activity is on the high, a unique rubber cultivation scheme at Rampachodavaram in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh has been launched by the Minister of ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Cardamom prices drop on heavy arrivals Kochi, Nov. 17 Heavy arrivals at the auction held in Tamil Nadu and Kerala last week pushed down the cardamom prices with the average price dropping to Rs 500 a kg on Sunday from Rs 535.48 a kg on November ... CO-OPERATIVES: Slump in forest produce worries Girijan Co-op Visakhapatnam, Nov. 17 The slump in procurement and sale of non-timber forest produce, previously known as minor forest produce, during the past two years is one of the factors causing concern to the Girijan Co-operative Corporation ... TEA: Good demand for quality teas at N. India sale Last week, liquoring Assam CTC teas maintaining quality continued to meet with good demand at firm to dearer rates, according to tea ... RUBBER: Spot rubber declines further Kottayam, Nov. 17 Rubber prices moved down further on Monday. The market lost ground on buyer resistance amidst selling from dealers and growers. The sentiments were also hit by a weak closing in global rubber futures and rumours that ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures gain on buying support Kochi, Nov. 17 Pepper futures market moved up on buying support and short supply on ... RICE: Cyclone damages paddy crop in 50,000 acres The cyclone Khai Muk (named after an island in Thailand) has damaged 50,000 hectares of paddy area in East, West Godavari and Krishna ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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