Bihar's farmers have done it again. A farmer from Sohdih village of Bihar's Nalanda district has set a new world record in potato production through organic farming this year. The potato farmer, Rakesh Kumar, has harvested 108.8 tonnes of potato per hecrtare and set a new world record in potato production, Nalanda district magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agrawal said on February 18. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 18, 2013
US planemaker Boeing has used the humble potato as an unusual substitute for passengers to test its in-flight wi-fi system. Passenger seats on a decommissioned plane were loaded with huge sacks of the tubers for several days as signal strengths were checked. ...
02:26 AM, Dec 24, 2012
PepsiCo on Wednesday said it is looking to double procurement of potato in India annually over the next five years from the current 2.4 lakh tonnes, a day after BJP leader Sushma Swaraj stated that the food and beverages major rejected local produce in Punjab. "We work with around 24,000 farmers right now and last year we procured about 2.4 lakh tonnes of potatoes through contract farming and the programme...
05:16 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Continuing to support its stand against FDI in retail, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday targeted fast food chain McDonald's and said they do not source potatoes from Indian farmers for its fries. ...
02:59 PM, Dec 04, 2012
London: 'Couch Potato' Britons spend an average of nine years of their lives watching television, a new study has found. Researchers say that the time spent in front of the 'idiot-box' is five years more than the combined length the country spends shopping, playing sport and in bed. Three of those years is astonishingly spent watching repeats or what people consider to be "rubbish" programmes, the Daily Express reported. As...
03:33 PM, Nov 19, 2012
London: Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic successfully defended her Olympic javelin title on Thursday night. The 31-year-old Spotakova, who holds the world record, secured the gold medal with a best mark of 69.55 meters. Germany collected silver and bronze, with Christina Obergfoell finishing second at 65.16 and Linda Stahl third at 64.91. Obergfoell improved one spot on her finish four years ago, when her bronze was Germany's only track...
03:31 AM, Aug 10, 2012
The prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses have shot through the roof in major metros. ...
09:25 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi Inflation moved up to 7.55 per cent in May because of spurt in prices of potato, pulses and wheat, although onion and fruits showed a declining trend. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 7.23 per cent in April. In May last year, however, it was 9.56 per cent. Overall food inflation rose to 10.74 per cent in May, from 10.49 per cent in April....
12:47 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Jalandhar: Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. Back in December, after a bumper harvest of potatoes, furious farmers dumped tonnes of their crop on roads in protest over a crash in prices: four months later, the annual wholesale inflation rate of the potato is galloping at...
12:33 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Terming anti-terrorism body NCTC as a "Constitutionally vulnerable" instrument which went against the country's federal structure, the BJP on Sunday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as to why the fight against terror through POTA was "compromised" for vote-bank politics. "When you talk of fighting against terror with a constitutionally vulnerable instrument, BJP puts forth some questions to you," said BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad, while asking Prime...
09:49 PM, May 06, 2012
A report on how a packet of potato chips looks big, but has very less content in it in the US. ...
01:08 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: Not surprising that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who had promised that law and order will be his government's priority, inducted controversial MLA Raja Bhaiya in the Cabinet. But to give him prison department was a shocker indeed! He will also be in charge of food and civil supplies despite charges of a multi-crore scam under his watch. Independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, who...
10:04 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Washington: Sex, politics and beer-drinking appear to be among the top day-to-day activities of people in ancient Mesopotamia, according to a newly translated tablet dating back more than 3,500 years ago. The tablet, which seems to be written by an inexperienced hand, possibly a student, reveals a series of riddles about the lifestyle of Mesopotamian civilisation widely considered to be the cradle of civilisation. The text was written in Akkadian,...
04:36 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: Food inflation fell to a nearly four-year low of 4.35 per cent during the week ended December 3, reflecting a decline in prices of essential items like vegetables, onions, potatoes and wheat. This is the lowest rate of food inflation since the week ended February 23, 2008, when it stood at 4.28 per cent. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 6.6 per...
12:20 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday deferred its verdict on confirmation of death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case that claimed 52 lives. The judgement is likely to be pronounced either next week or in the first week of January when court resumes after vacation, Justice A M Khanwilkar said. Khanwilkar said in his chamber that since fellow judge...
03:21 PM, Dec 12, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court is likely to give its ruling on Monday on confirmation of death sentence, awarded to three convicts including a woman, in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts case. Ashrat Ansari (32), his aide Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and wife Fehmida Sayed (43) were held guilty on charges of planting powerful bombs in two taxis which exploded at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar on...
07:11 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will on December 12 pronounce its judgement on confirmation of death sentence awarded to three LeT activists in the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts that claimed 52 lives. The arguments concluded at a special hearing by a division bench of Justices AM Khanvilkar and PD Kode on Saturday after which the court reserved its verdict. Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida...
08:54 PM, Nov 12, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI will be giving a presentation to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on its proposal to file a Special Leave Petition in Supreme Court challenging the acquittal of 12 people in the murder of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. Sources in the agency said a presentation was to be made soon before the Home Minister during which it was expected that he may point...
05:43 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: It was a blow for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday when the Gujarat high court acquitted the 12 accused in the 2002 assassination of former Home Minister Haren Pandya. The acquittal comes at the end of a long and controversial trial and the CBI was even criticised for a poor investigation. It also observed that the trial in the special POTA court was a waste...
08:40 PM, Aug 29, 2011
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The hint of smoky sweetness wafts over the dusty smog of the city As I carry my Monday morning hangover face to work. It carries ...
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