2023-08-05 14:40:08 A hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India found that more than 60 pregnant women were found to be infected with HIV within 16 months. (Schematic diagram / flipped from pexels) In a hospital in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, it was found that more than 60 pregnant women were found to be HIV-positive within 16 … Read more
2023-07-05 12:40:52 Bihar has overtaken Tamil Nadu to emerge as the state with the highest microlending borrowings as of March 2023, a report said on Wednesday. Bihar achieved the growth courtesy of a 13.5 per cent growth in the gross lending portfolio in the March quarter as compared with the preceding quarter, the report by … Read more
2023-06-25 19:04:39 Tomato prices have doubled in the past week in most parts of the country to ₹80-120 per kg in the retail market, while wholesale prices have increased to ₹65-70 per kg from ₹30-35 per kg, following a sudden plunge in production. The output nosedived due to multiple factors such as high heat, delayed … Read more
2023-06-22 21:19:08 The delay in monsoon progress is likely to affect sowing of paddy and soybean this harvesting season as key producing areas of these major kharif crops face an acute rainfall deficiency in June, agriculture experts said. Major agricultural states such as Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal stare at a … Read more
2023-05-21 07:47:36 Uttar Pradesh has surpassed Maharashtra in sugar production in the current season even as 118 sugar mills operated in UP during the period compared to 210 mills that were operational in the western state. UP’s Cane Development and Sugar Mills’ minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary told PTI, “UP is ahead of Maharashtra as far … Read more
2023-05-18 18:04:32 Wheat prices have increased by more than 4% in the last two weeks across the country – an unusual occurrence during the harvest season that runs from April to June because normally the new crop keeps the supply side augmented, experts said. One of the possible reasons for upward movement in prices is … Read more
2023-05-04 11:25:30 Man arrested for killing 22-year-old son. (Picture / flip from Bijnor Police) Inbreeding is not only a cultural taboo in human society. If inbreeding occurs, the child is more likely to have deformities and diseases. Therefore, humans usually do not inbreed. Unexpectedly, a 45-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh, India, found that his son … Read more
2023-04-21 18:38:54 Wheat procurement in the current season has touched 11.14 million tonnes as of April 19, 12% more than the 9.98 MT a year ago, according to the latest data from the Food Corporation of India (FCI). The wheat stocks had fallen to 8.3 MT in April 1, the lowest since 2016, as the … Read more