Deal once notified will also see Dhaka commit to purchasing 25 Boeing aircraft, as well as increase its energy imports to roughly $1 billion annually for the next 15 years.
Millers in Bangladesh say duty-free yarn imports threaten their businesses, warn of indefinite strike. But garment exporters say new duties could hurt their competitiveness.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Economic Survey 2024-25 says complex regulations & lack of vertical integration have hindered India's ability to capitalise on shift to human-made fibres, impacting textile exports.
Not just yield, but even fibre quality affected adversely, say farmers, industry and agriculture experts. State agriculture minister J.P. Dalal says govt will compensate farmers.
Principal scientist at Central Institute for Cotton Research said infection range was 40-45% & widespread in state, where yield in 2022-2023 season hit 20-yr low due to pest attacks.
Cotton, paddy are the main crops grown in Haryana during kharif season. Attacks by Pink Bollworm & Whitefly, diseases like leaf curl & parawilt contributing to drop in yield.
Cotton ginners from Haryana, Punjab & Rajasthan up the ante with certification on cotton bales to be mandatory from 1 Sept according to govt's 1 March notification, threaten to shut units.
Find predates evidence of cotton cultivation in Indus Valley, indicating either wild cotton products were created before domestication, or domestication occurred earlier than believed.
New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top...
By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
COMMENTS