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Of mentors and tormentors!

A ready-reckoner to help you choose the right one to guide the best and the brightest




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Skill Development - Bharat U: the ultimate B-school?

Top management talent from across the world heading to India




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Risk Management: Learning to tackle operational surprises

Knowing what can go wrong is key to getting things done right




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Be curious, spend time on important stuff, says Ericsson CEO Vestberg




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Of commitment and self-fulfilment, the Harman way

Vinita Shrivastava, Senior Director at Harman India, on how to ensure loyalty while helping employees reach personal goals




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Do we have meaningful conversations at work?

There’s enough ‘noise’ in our organisations; what we need is honest and caring communication




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Startups must have mentors to succeed, says experts




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Coping and decision making in the time of Covid-19




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Leadership in the time of Covid-19 for Family businesses




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'Thin slicing', a recommendation




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Mentoring and emotions




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Employee Engagement: What, why and how?

It is intrinsic and based on the belief system, attitude and values of the individual




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Government reduces subsidised tomato price to ₹80 a kg

After a re-assessment of the situation from across 500 plus points in the country, the government has decided to sell it at ₹80 per kg from July 16th, 2023




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House panel tells government to ensure fertilizer availability, increase local production

Standing Committee also questions the high GST rate on components of fertilizers




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As farm labour diminishes, mechanisation is key for India’s agri-sector growth, says Mahindra & Mahindra’s Sikka 

Hemant Sikka says the farm machinery industry is expected to grow from ₹9,200 crores in financial year 2022 to ₹15,000 crores in financial year 2026.




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Farmers from flood-ravaged northern States to gather in Chandigarh to press for special package, compensation from Centre 

Farmers associated with as many as 16 farmer outfits from the States Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand would be participating




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Government imposes restrictions on export of Basmati rice

Basmati rice below $1200 per tonne will not be allowed to export




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Farmers to approach Supreme Court against India-U.S. deal on poultry

Reduced import duty on produce and relaxed norms will affect farmers and traders here, they say




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Campco releases Ayush and Poushtik manures under its brand for arecanut farmers

The multi-state cooperative has so far earned Rs. 22 crore profit from April during the current financial year




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Manipur to compensate farmers hit by ethnic violence with ₹38-crore package 

Farmers are afraid to go to the fields because of sporadic firing by armed miscreants from higher grounds 




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Ahead of Telangana election, Turmeric Board constituted

The Board is expected to help develop and grow the spice’s market in India, which controls over 62% share of the turmeric world trade




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Centre raises minimum support prices for Rabi crops, farmers unhappy

Farmers’ organisations say the MSP did not match the increase in input costs




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Government imposes minimum export price of $800 per tonne on onion till December 31

Onion prices have further risen to ₹65-80 per kilogramme in the retail market of the national capital on lower supply.




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Cooperatives are the solution for hunger, farmers’ woes: Brazil Agriculture Minister

Minister Carlos Fávaro offers transfer of technology to India to boost cooperative production




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Sceptical Nizamabad farmers ask why PM has not laid foundation stone for Turmeric Board

After dominating the region’s electoral stage for almost a decade, turmeric has lost its sheen; the PM’s announcement of a National Turmeric Board has not satisfied farmers, who also ask for MSP




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Centre bans onion export till March; Nashik farmers protest

On August 19, the Union government imposed a 40% duty on the export of onions until December 31,




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Poor demand, bountiful output plunge kinnow price, leave farmers of Punjab in distress

Growers in Punjab are worried over the drop in prices in the ongoing season and have demanded State intervention; many fear that they won’t be able to recover input cost




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Amit Shah launches portal for procurement of pulses 

The Cooperation Minister said that before the sowing operation, tur farmers can register on the portal to sell their produce to NAFED and NCCF




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CM exhorts Godrej Agrovet to explore potential in real state, furniture and consumers goods sectors in Telangana

Govt prepared to extend necessary support to the company in expanding its oil palm and dairy businesses 




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Supreme Court questions Centre on GM mustard

Centre says the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee is a statutory body and the committee had examined relevant scientific data before giving the go-ahead for the environmental release




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PM KISAN Yojana | FM Nirmala Sitharaman says 11.8 crore farmers receive financial assistance

“The government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing systematic inequalities, which have plagued the society,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.




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To curb price rise, Centre tells traders, millers to declare rice stocks on government portal

They have to declare stock position of paddy and rice every Friday




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Farmers’ income will be increased with innovative schemes: Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

‘We intend to bring a revolutionary change in the agriculture sector with a special focus on promoting animal husbandry,’ Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu tells the hill State’s milk producers




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‘MSP guarantee can nudge farmers to diversify beyond paddy and wheat, bolster incomes and consumption’




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PM Modi lauds role of cooperatives in farmers’ welfare

PM Modi made his comments while inaugurating the pilot project of “world’s largest grain storage plan”, which is being done across 11 States




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Don’t consider our discipline and preference for dialogue as weakness: RSS farmers body tells government

BKS terms the government’s attitude towards farmers’ demands “regrettable”; seeks MSPs, abolition of GST on agri inputs, and increase in Kisan Samman Nidhi income support payments for farmers




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G-33 nations urge WTO members to find a permanent solution to public stockholding issue

A group of developing and least developed countries want WTO to find a solution to the issue of public stockholding of rice and wheat




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Centre announces ₹24,420 crore subsidy for summer crop fertilizers




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Govt. should announce legally backed minimum procurement price for food crops, says Prakash Kammaradi

Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission headed by Prakash Kammaradi submitted a report on the legally backed MSP to the government in 2018




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Idukki gets its first women-led cardamom auction company




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VST ropes in Axis Bank to offer loan to farmers

This partnership is expected to enable farmers to avail hassle-free, affordable, and flexible credit facilities.




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Mango arrivals in Salem market increase to 40 metric tonnes per day




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Farmers struggle to dry harvested cotton and fear drop in price




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Will work faster to double income of farmers, says Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also been allocated the Rural Development Ministry in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Cabinet




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Officers prepare for livestock census in India, will use mobile app for first time

The data will be used for formulating policies and programmes for farmers and the dairy sector




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Government’s subsidised onion sale brings relief, prices drop in major cities

The government initiated the sale of onions at a subsidised rate through mobile vans and outlets of NCCF and NAFED.




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India needs to hike domestic fertiliser output to offset unstable market: Economist

Dr. Sitko warns that the West Asia and Ukraine situation will continue to impact fertiliser and oil prices. He urged reducing dependence on imported fertilisers and boosting domestic production




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Environmental groups are taking Norway to court over oil drilling in the Arctic

It’s against the Constitution, and means Norway will not respect the Paris Agreement, argues Tina Andersen Vågenes.




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Remembering Lord Joel Joffe

The world will miss the lawyer and philantrophist who defended Mandela and was chair of Oxfam, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.




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The day Colombia’s FARC guerrilla ceases to exist as an armed group

The guerrillas are handing weapons over to the UN, but they are in fear. Thomas Mortensen reports from Urabá.