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Unseasonal rain, hailstorms damage harvest-ready crops across states; Centre holds review

India, March 21 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday reviewed the condition of winter-planted crops in the country as torrential rains and hailstorms battered fertile northern... Read More


Centre calls for crop loss assessment, timely relief

New Delhi, March 21 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday reviewed the condition of winter-planted crops in the country as torrential rains and hailstorms battered fertile nort... Read More


Rains damage crop ready for harvest; Centre holds review

New Delhi, March 21 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday reviewed the condition of winter-planted crops in the country as torrential rains and hailstorms battered fertile nort... Read More


India in talks with nations to secure fertiliser supply

New Delhi, March 20 -- India is in talks with several countries to secure fertilisers, both from traditional and new suppliers, as it seeks to diversify imports amid a gas crunch triggered by the West... Read More


India's second LPG tanker Nanda Devi arrives at Gujarat's Kandla port after passing Strait of Hormuz

India, March 18 -- A second vessel carrying liquified petroleum gas from the Persian Gulf reached India's west coast early on Tuesday after safely transiting the troubled Strait of Hormuz, offering so... Read More


Kandla port gears up to receive 22 vessels out of troubled strait

New Delhi, March 17 -- The state-run Kandla port on the west coast is planning for a possible surge in inbound maritime traffic- up to 22 vessels in the next few days - and has been shoring up its fac... Read More


Expecting comfortable fertiliser stocks for the kharif season: Minister

New Delhi, March 15 -- The government expects "comfortable fertiliser stocks" during the kharif, or summer-sown, season because alternative maritime routes such as the Red Sea and the Cape of Good Hop... Read More


india has surplus grain stocks, say officials

New Delhi, March 13 -- The country has surplus grain stocks, and the West Asian conflict has not impacted essential food items like pulses or edible oil, while prices are currently steady, a governmen... Read More


Iran-US war: Govt announces relief measures for stranded West Asia-bound shippers

India, March 11 -- Indian shippers left stranded with West Asia-bound cargo will get concessions for key portside services to pare mounting losses, as maritime traffic to and from the Strait of Hormuz... Read More


Relief measures for shippers with cargo bound for West Asia

New Delhi, March 11 -- Indian shippers left holding West Asia-bound cargo will get concessions for key portside services to pare mounting losses, as maritime traffic to and from the Strait of Hormuz h... Read More