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Vice-Chancellor of UAS Dharwad P.L. Patil addressing presspersons in Dharwad. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The 34th Krishi Mela will be held in the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Dharwad from September 21 to 24. This year’s theme is `Agricultural technologies for management of climate change’. The university expects around 15 lakh visitors to…

Winter storm Fern is projected to have a wide-ranging impact on energy and power production. Here are a few stocks and energy related industry groups to watch around this and future storms. Natural gas producers The price move in natural gas has been profound. A 70% jump in the commodity in fewer than two weeks is stuff…

MUMBAI: A study of state finances by RBI shows that while the fiscal deficit of Indian states has widened modestly in recent years, funding patterns have become more market-driven and disciplined, with growth headroom differing sharply between younger and more mature states.The consolidated gross fiscal deficit of states peaked at 4.1% of GDP in 2020-21…

The World Economic Forum has decided to establish five new Centres for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including one in India’s Andhra Pradesh. Two such centres are already there in India — one in Mumbai and the other in Telangana. The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network is a platform for multi-stakeholder collaboration, bringing together public and private…

Delays in visa approvals for Chinese technical specialists, requirements that mandate local manufacturing, and the lack of critical technologies threaten the government’s ambitious Advanced Chemistry Cell Production Linked Incentive (ACC-PLI) scheme, says a report by the research firms Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and JMK Research and Analytics released earlier this week….

Keeping an eye: Traders this week will be watching for U.S. harvest results. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ample global supplies have kept speculators on the short side of the Chicago grain and oilseed markets so far this year, though droughts across many key exporters are now giving bears some pause. Top soybean exporter Brazil is…

A massive winter storm disrupted air travel across the United States on Sunday, triggering widespread flight cancellations and delays at some of the country’s busiest airports and setting up what airlines warned would be a brutal travel day.The National Weather Service said late Saturday that widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million…

Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Economic Forum (WEF) has decided to establish five new Centres for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including one in India’s Andhra Pradesh. Two such centres are already there in India—one in Mumbai and the other in Telangana. The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network is a…

File photo of Kotak Mahindra Bank. | Photo Credit: Reuters Kotak Mahindra Bank for the third quarter ended December 31, 2025, reported 4% Year on Year (YoY) growth in net profit to ₹3,446 crore. Net Interest Income (NII) for the quarter increased to ₹7,565 crore, up 5% YoY. Net Interest Margin (NIM) was lower at 4.54% for…

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday increased the Minimum Support Price for rabi crops for the next marketing season of 2025-26 with the MSP for wheat going up by ₹150 per quintal. The new MSP for a quintal of wheat is ₹2,425 in comparison…