Kisan Diwas: How the Centre’s curbs on food prices are harming farmers
foodgrains
Government expects 4.4 per cent rise in kharif output
Despite widespread damage caused by floods during the current monsoon season, foodgrains production in the 2019 kharif season could be at a record 148 ...
India’s mountain of grain is set to implode
A new wheat variety is to be introduced into an over-supplied market; unless the excess production is cleared out, prices will drop
Other
Bumper rice and wheat output pushes grain yield close to 285 ...
Staples make up for dip in pulses and coarse cereals
India’s corn imports likely to climb to record high on ...
India’s corn imports likely to climb to record high on ...
Production likely to be much lower than government estimates
Steep fall in foodgrains imports
Steep fall in foodgrains imports
The country imported 2.78 million tonnes (mt) of foodgrains worth $1.214 billion in 2018-19 against 7.52 mt ...
Number theory: Worldwide air traffic fatalities between 2011 to 2019
Flight jargon
SE: Single-engine is a course designed to train pilots to fly aircraft with one engineIR: Instrument Rating is ...
Fare tracker
Kia Carnival review
Kia’s next vehicle can be either a plush people mover or party central on wheels. But can the Carnival take ...
Housing for all by 2022? Not quite; just one-third of targeted houses constructed so far
PMAY (U) had sought to address housing shortage of about 1 crore; till date only 32 lakh houses have been ...
Bajaj Finance Systematic Deposit Plan: Flexible features, dynamic rates
The product seems suitable for those whowant to invest regularly in deposits but don’tkeep tabs on interest ...
The road ahead for rupee in 2020
INR was one of the weakest Asian currencies in 2019
Investment ideas for a middle-aged couple
Krishnan, 49, and Aruna, 47, approached us to understand the risks in their existing financial plan. They had ...
Hallyu 2.0: Korean pop culture gains new ground in India
It’s a wave that’s swept Indians off their feet, dictating everything from their choice of music and TV shows, ...
Quiz: Sportspersons who played more than one sport
On January 18, 1983, the International Olympic Committee restored Jim Thorpe’s athletics medals after they ...
Stefan Zweig: The man who wrote novellas
Author Stefan Zweig’s story offers sobering lessons at a time of intense political upheaval
Budgeting for Young India
Rocked by a falling economy and socio-economic uncertainties, the country’s much-touted demographic dividend ...
Takeaways for marketers from CES 2020
The big P-word — privacy — and other dominating consumer themes from the global stage of innovation
New Year’s Blues
Celebrating the many shades of blue, which is the colour of 2020
When storytelling trumps statistics
Four Seasons’s Envoy programme gives a new spin to the concept by choosing content over followers
Year in Review: Winning ways of brands in 2019
Which advertising campaigns stood out and why
The trauma of internet shutdown
Shutdowns in India in 2019 are estimated to have led to a loss of over $1.3 billion. Forum Gandhi reports on ...
Agri business and tourism bear the brunt
Small traders of farm produce took a big hit with disruption in online bill processing
Trends up to January 8, 2020
Type of shutdownOf the 381 internet shutdowns recorded between January 2012 and January 4, 2020, 236 were ...
Come and see the students on the streets
The protests over CAA-NRC-NPR have acted as a trigger, uniting youth across religious beliefs and communities ...