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Foodgrain production in 2023-24 higher than previous year: Final estimates
The total foodgrain production in the country during 2023-24 is estimated at record 332.298 MT which is higher by 2.611 MT than the production of…
2023 is already on track to be the hottest year ever recorded
The hottest June on record has been followed by an early July that now includes 10 of the hottest days in history. Simultaneous heat waves…
Last month was the planet’s hottest June on record by a huge margin
Brussels: This past June was the hottest June globally on record in terms of sea and air temperatures, according to a statement by the EU-backed…
Economists concerned over lower rice acreage pushing up inflation
Lower rice sowing due to deficient rains, coupled with increasing global prices, may end up pushing up inflation, economists said. Rice accounts for 4.4% of…
Hotter, drier weather likely across Australia for winter and early spring
SYDNEY: Dry and warm weather is forecast across large chunks of Australia through the southern hemisphere winter and into spring, the Bureau of Meteorology said…
Will strive to get inflation to 4%; El Nino a challenge: RBI Governor Das
Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the Reserve Bank will strive to get headline inflation to its 4 per cent target but flagged El Nino as…
el nino: Will strive to get CPI down to 4 pc; El Nino a challenge for food inflation: Das
Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the Reserve Bank will strive to get headline inflation to its 4 per cent target but flagged El Nino as…
‘Strong demand may stoke inflation if supply conditions not flexible’
Inflation expectations may have moderated, but firm demand in the economy could fuel cost and price increases unless supply conditions are flexible enough, Shashanka Bhide,…
El Nino set to be party-pooper for policymakers in ‘most vulnerable’ India
Authorities the world over have been tormented by the forecast of El Nino, a climate phenomenon that can quite easily undo the heavy lifting done…
Paddy: Area under paddy down 35 per cent so far this kharif season; pulses, coarse cereals acreage up
Area under paddy is down nearly 35 per cent to 10.77 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif (summer-sown) season . The rice acreage…