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Delhi's AQI touches 400 post-Diwali, air pollution worsens in adjoining districts

New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Delhi's air quality index (AQI) post Diwali neared 400 till 9 AM while some of the adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana showed the pollution worsening in the morning f... Read More


Delhi's post-Diwali AQI reading raises questions over pollution averages

New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Delhi's post-Diwali air quality readings faced scrutiny after monitor outages raised doubts over whether the government's reported AQI captured the full severity of the surge. De... Read More


Prices drop at FCI's wheat sales in major growing States as Indian govt doubles quantity

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Prices in major wheat-growing states, except Maharashtra, dropped by Rs 59-344/quintal at the e-auction conducted by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) on November 4. Experts att... Read More


Triveni reassessing sugarcane outlook in Uttar Pradesh after unseasonal heavy rain

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Triveni Engineering, India's second biggest sugar producer, has reported 16.5 per cent increase in realisation from sugar business during July-September period of current fiscal d... Read More


Dubai takes a shine to Kullu's Sinduri pomegranates

New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- Noida-based Amama Exports shipped 1.3 tonnes after directly sourcing from four farmers of a village in the state's Kullu district. While farmers have received 50 per cent higher r... Read More


India's sugar production up at a record high of 8.5 lakh tonnes in October

New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- India has produced a record 8.45 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar in the first month of the 2026-27 (October-September) crushing season, largely driven by the 7.20 lt produced by mills i... Read More


India's rabi acreage down 46% as sowing of all crops gets delayed

New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- The area under India's rabi crops is down by 46 per cent, with 37.56 lakh hectares (lh) being covered as of October 30 against 69.02 lh a year ago, according to a weekly update on... Read More


Delhi-NCR combats air pollution: Govt, private offices capped at 50% capacity from Nov 5-20

New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas for the first time issued an Order as a preventive measure to check air pollution in Delh... Read More


IMD sees better November rain in key wheat-growing regions

New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast normal to above-normal rainfall in parts of central and north-west India during November, the main wheat-sowing period, off... Read More


Indian millers bid higher rates to get FCI's wheat, offtake 100% in many States

New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- A large number of buyers bid for wheat at a higher price in this week's Food Corporation of India (FCI) open market sales scheme (OMSS) auctions, designed to check prices of rice... Read More