NITI Aayog seeks to make stray cattle useful to the economy The government’s top think tank, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, has come up with a plan to make Gaushalas (cow shelters) ‘economically viable’ and turn the millions of homeless cattle...
Mangaluru, in Karnataka, was the hottest place in the country on Wednesday Mangaluru, in Coastal Karnataka, was the hottest place in the country on Wednesday, with a high of 38.8 degrees Celsius. This was mostly still the case on Thursday when the India Meteorological Department (IMD)...
ITC and Axis Bank join together to offer loans to farmers in rural areas Thursday, Axis Bank and ITC Limited announced that they would work together to offer loans and other services to farmers who are part of ITC’s agriculture eco-system. With this deal, Axis Bank will be able to...
Kerala to add 40 more panchayats to Dairy Village project for milk self-sufficiency J. Chinchurani, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Milk Cooperatives in Kerala, said that the Dairy Village project will be expanded to 40 more panchayats during the next financial year...
Millets included in FSSAI’s notification of comprehensive group standards Millets have been given a full group standard by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). It has told Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Second Amendment...
