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India's sugar production declines 22% to 233 lakh tonnes

ISMA assured that there is enough sugar with the sugar mills, and therefore, there will not be any problem of availability of this essential food item to the consumers

2 min read1 Apr 2020
News

Pakistan silences army's critics with raids, terror charges

Raids like this are part of an expanding push by Pakistan's security services to crack down on anyone who voices criticism of their activities

3 min read17 Oct 2019
News

India produces 32.11 million tonnes of sugar in Oct-Apr, to hit new record: ISMA

Much of the sugar has already been manufactured and only a few mills are in operation at presentThe country's sugar output during the 2017-18 marketing year (October-September) was a record 32.5 million tonnes

2 min read3 May 2019
Industry

Sugar production up 7.73% till mid-February

Total sugar production in the country would be around 30.7 million tonne in 2018-19 as against 32.25 million tonne in 2017-18Maharashtra has produced 8.29 million tonne till 15 Feb compared to 7.47 million tonne on the corresponding date last season

1 min read20 Feb 2019
Politics

States must ensure payment of ₹20k crore to cane growers: Ram Vilas Paswan

Paswan has written to chief ministers of all sugar producing statesThe Centre last week raised the benchmark price of sugar sold at factory gate to ₹31 per kg from ₹29 per kg earlier

1 min read19 Feb 2019
Politics

Indian cane farmers owed $2.8 billion as sugar prices fall: ISMA

Farmers in key cane-growing states are protesting the delay in cane payments from the millsIndia has been trying to encourage its cash-strapped mills to export their excess refined product, but shipments have lagged

2 min read4 Feb 2019
Politics

News in numbers: Facebook plans $1 billion data centre in Singapore

Facebook plans to invest $1 billion to build a data centre in Singapore which is expected to create hundreds of jobs

1 min read6 Sep 2018
Industry

Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai gets a Google Doodle on 107th birthday

Ismat Chughtai's work faced criticism from conservatives and many of her writings were banned in South Asia because of their reformist and feminist content

1 min read21 Aug 2018
Politics

Dues to cane farmers may have crossed ₹20,000 crore: ISMA

Till 12 April, mills across different states owed farmers Rs18,044 crore, according to the food ministry

1 min read17 Apr 2018
Politics

Dues to sugarcane farmers cross Rs16,000 crore: ISMA

According to ISMA, mills owed Uttar Pradesh sugarcane farmers Rs7,200 crore by March-end, followed by Rs5,000 crore across Maharashtra and Karnataka

1 min read3 Apr 2018
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