P.V. Satheesh, founder and Executive Director of the Deccan Development Society passed away on 19 March, 2023. Periyapatna Venkatasubbaiah Satheesh – P.V. Satheesh to friends – was born in Mysore in 1945. He studied mass communication and television production at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and the Film and Television Institute of India. He joined Doordarshan as a senior producer and worked on programming related to rural development and...
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Russia-Ukraine war hits Indian tea prices -Avijit Sinha
-The Telegraph At the start of current tea season, tea stakeholders had feared if exports would go down in CIS countries of which Moscow is a part, because of the war Siliguri: The price of Indian teas has seen a dip in Russia and some other countries of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), during the first eight months of the current year, compared to the corresponding period last year. Representatives of the...
More »Maharashtra farmers threaten to stop onion supplies from Aug 16 demanding better prices
-The Hindu Business Line Growers’ body seeks ₹25, says they are unable to recover production costs Maharashtra farmers, led by the State Onion Growers’ Association, have threatened to stop bringing onion to the agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yards from August 16, if they don’t get an average price of ₹25 per kg for their produce. Maharashtra State Onion Growers’ Association President Bharat Dighole said in a statement on Monday: “For the past...
More »High in pesticides, many countries send back Indian tea
-PTI/ Hindustan Times All teas sold in the country must conform to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) norms. However, most of the buyers are purchasing tea that have unusually high chemical content, Kanoria told PTI. Both international and domestic buyers have rejected a series of tea consignments due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits, Indian Tea exporters Association (ITEA) chairman Anshuman Kanoria said on...
More »Average retail price of atta up 13% from last year
-TheNewsMinute.com The Union government’s wheat procurement is set to decline by more than half to 19.5 million tonnes in the current rabi marketing year amid higher exports and likely fall in output. The average price of wheat flour in retail markets stood at Rs 32.91 per kilogram on Monday, a nearly 13% increase compared to the year-ago period, according to official data. The all-India average retail price of wheat flour or atta...
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