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TopicDairy farming

Topic: Dairy farming

Did Harappans exploit animals for dairy? Lipid residue from Gujarat’s Kotada Bhadli has answers

The Harappan site of Kotada Bhadli contains the earliest direct evidence of dairy product processing, which may have played an important role in its survival and expansion.

‘No other option’ — behind Amul price revisions, a battle against soaring costs in Gujarat’s dairies

Gujarat’s Amul has courted controversy as a ‘challenger’ to Karnataka’s homegrown Nandini, but the dairy giant is struggling due to rising costs, farms shutting down.

Amul turns to Lord Krishna, Goumata to counter PETA & hail India’s cultural links with milk

The move comes nearly a month after the NGO, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) asked Amul to switch to producing vegan milk.

How AI can help Indian dairy farmers

Artificial Intelligence can be a game-changer for the dairy industry in India — if the right data can be made available to the right stakeholders.

India’s dairy farmers have become a big hurdle for trade deals with US, EU

India feels strongly about milk products on worries that imports could destroy livelihood of millions of farmers, most of who are small & lack economy of scale.

From birth to slaughter — an account that ‘blows lid off meat, egg and dairy trade secrecy’

Poorva Joshipura's 'For a Moment of Taste', by HarperCollins, will be released on 5 August on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

Why Maharashtra’s dairy farmers are dumping milk on roads and idols

The farmers have suffered huge losses during the lockdown, and are now demanding a subsidy of Rs 10 per litre from the Maharashtra govt.

Fodder shortage in India major reason behind rise in milk costs, says govt institute

There is a deficit of 23.4% in the availability of dry fodder, 11.24% in that of green fodder and 28.9% for concentrates, the institute has said in a report. 

In Gujarat, the land of Amul, dairy farming has become a huge Lok Sabha poll issue

Dairy farmers are unhappy with low prices and lack of government support, and the Congress has turned their anger into a poll plank against the ruling BJP.

Maharashtra dairy farmers empty-handed after Rs 225 crore subsidies choked in banks

In an attempt to establish transparency, the government will release funds only after bank accounts are 'verified'.

On Camera

90 mins is a long time in politics. Trump-Biden debate may be the push Democratic Party needed

The first 2024 presidential debate summed up the choice before US voters – a candidate who could not complete his sentences and a convicted felon with an inclination to lie most of the time.

Unproductive speculation, rising household debt — SEBI, RBI’s concerns about India’s F&O market

RBI said India’s rising retail participation in the F&O market may pose several challenges, and the stock of household debt is 'comparatively high' in relation to GDP per capita.

Base price of Rafale agreed upon, fighters for Navy to have India-specific enhancements

Navy team has already visited Ambala air station where IAF has kept one squadron of Rafales to understand commonalities of maintenance that can be pursued.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.