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Wholesale and retail fruits and vegetable shops at Pettai Truck Terminal inaugurated
1+ week, 4+ day ago (137+ words) Published - January 09, 2026 07:53 pm IST - TIRUNELVELI Even as the "Pongal" is fast approaching, District Collector R. Sukumar inaugurated the wholesale and retail fruits and vegetable market in the truck terminal in Pettai here on Friday. As the roads leading to the truck…...
Irradiation centre near Hyderabad airport will help fruit farmers cut down damage and transportation cost
3+ week, 4+ day ago (323+ words) Updated - December 26, 2025 10:39 pm IST - HYDERABAD The proposed vapour heat treatment and irradiation centre near the international airport in Shamshabad on outskirts of Hyderabad, to boost mango and other fruit exports from the State, would cut the costs incurred by farmers…...
Shops shut amid tension over coastal highway survey in Thalassery
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (248+ words) Published - December 23, 2025 07:48 pm IST - KANNUR Tension prevailed in Thalassery on Tuesday (December 23) following protests by traders and headload workers against the coastal highway survey, prompting the closure of shops in key commercial areas. The situation escalated when traders and headload…...
Reflection by the mango tree
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (493+ words) It was sometime in the early 1970s . I was then a boy in the seventh standard, hardly aware that one quiet moment inside a classroom would stay with me for the rest of my life. The classroom soon filled with the…...
Workshop on export-quality mango production in Dharwad from tomorrow
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (202+ words) Published - October 23, 2025 10:32 pm IST - HUBBALLI Mango Growers Association in association with State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation and Horticultural Research Institute will organise a two-day workshop on "Export-quality mango production and export procedures" in Dharwad from Saturday. Honorary president of…...
Liquid sweetener from cashew apple could replace sugar in your diet
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (294+ words) Updated - September 25, 2025 01:25 pm IST - MANGALURU Directorate of Cashew Research (DCR), under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, has developed a liquid sweetener (liquid jaggery) from cashew apple. "The development of liquid sweetener from…...
Apple stocks dumped in ditches, as key highway remains closed for third week in Kashmir
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (531+ words) Published - September 17, 2025 02:34 am IST - Pulwama Early this summer, Mr. Rather inspected orchards of Pulwama for days together to identify the best variety of apples for trading. "I am not an fruit grower but a fruit trader. I promised to pay…...
Kashmir’s fruit markets shut down over prolonged highway closure
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (575+ words) Published - September 15, 2025 10:46 pm IST - SRINAGAR Fruit markets across the Kashmir Valley remained closed on Monday (September 15, 2025) to protest the government's failure to reopen the 290-km Srinagar-Jammu National Highway even after two weeks of closure due to heavy rain. Facing a…...
BJD demands full GST exemption on kendu leaves, handloom sectors
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (299+ words) Published - September 04, 2025 08:21 pm IST - BHUBANESWAR The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday (September 4, 2025) strongly objected to the Centre's cold shoulder in granting complete Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption on kendu leaves and handloom products " a long-standing demand of major…...
New technology to increase banana plant availability at low cost
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (232+ words) Indian scientists develop technology for faster and larger-scale propagation of elakki bananas using male flower, showcased at NHF. Published - February 28, 2025 09:10 pm IST - Bengaluru Is it possible to produce a banana through a banana flower? With the technology for Embryogenic Cell…...