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Hyderabad scientists to find genes controlling drought tolerance in rice
A GROUP of scientists from the University of Hyderabad, led by Prof A.R. Reddy, of the School of Life Sciences, has taken up the functional genomics approach to identify genes controlling drought tolerance in rice. They have released a CD on the ... More

ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK


Dark days
A herd of cattle collected by an agent from drought-affected villages in Mehboobnagar district of Andhra Pradesh makes its way to be sold in the market, mostly for the abattoirs. With cattle feed becoming scarce, selling the animals to feed the ... More

RUBBER


SC dismisses Govt plea on rubber issue — Upholds Bombay HC vacating import ban under advance licence
THE Supreme Court has upheld the Bombay High Court order, vacating ban on import of natural rubber under the advance licence scheme (ALS). Dismissing a special leave petition filed by the Centre challenging the Bombay High Court order, a ... More

SC order leaves rubber shrinking
RUBBER market tumbled following the Supreme Court's verdict striking down order of the DGFT suspending advance licence facility for rubber goods exporters. Now they can import NR without duty for export production. The NR content in rubber goods ... More

SUGAR


Parliament approves Bill to protect cane growers
THE Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2003 that would enable Centre to issue orders or directions to safeguard the interest of sugarcane growers, producers of sugar and the general public got Parliament's approval on Thursday with the Lok ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL


CBEC issues alert on fake notification
MUMBAI: The havoc caused on Tuesday by the widely-circulated fake notification revising tariff value on imported crude soyabean oil (Business Line, May 7) has promptly elicited response in the form of an alert from the Central Board ... More

TOBACCO


Tobacco blow to ad revenues — Agencies say regulation is fine, but blanket ban unfair
IT is the summer of their discontent - the Rs 9,000-crore advertising industry received another blow last week with the passage of the Tobacco Bill, which bans advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco products, and their sponsorship of ... More
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