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SECTOR | 07 Jul 2025

Weather update: Monsoon rains lash India, IMD issues alerts in key states

Business Standard

Weather Latest update: IMD warns of heavy to very heavy rainfall across India, ranging from yellow to red alert in multiple states. Thunderstorms and lightning are also expected

Agriculture

SECTOR | 06 Jul 2025

Millennials, GenZs turn monsoon into travel season with value trips

Business Standard

Monsoon, traditionally considered an off-season for travelling, is witnessing an increased demand from GenZs and Millennials flocking to explore adventure and scenic beauty, leveraging the advantage of low pricing and fewer crowds, according to industry experts. "Being a traditionally low season for travel, Monsoon is the perfect time to embrace the great outdoors and experience travel at discounted rates with special offers from backwaters to wildlife safaris, biking trails, spiritual circuits to Ayurveda retreats," Thomas Cook (India) President and Country Head - Holidays, MICE, Visa, Rajeev Kale said in a statement. Monsoon holidays offer something for every traveller across segments of families, millennials, working professionals, groups of friends, couples and 'frolleagues', he said. According to Thomas Cook (India) data, monsoon holidays are gaining strong interest from young India's GenZ and Millennials, working professionals, couples, multigenerational families, a rising ..

Monsoon travel trends rise among Gen-z and Millenials, say experts

Business Line | 06 Jul 2025

Agriculture

SECTOR | 05 Jul 2025

Maha onion farmers seek procurement from APMCs instead of 'corrupt' FPOs

Business Standard

Onion growers in Maharashtra have urged the state government to procure the crop directly through Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) instead of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), alleging corruption in the current mechanism. They also sought the intervention of the Central Government to prevent further "malpractices", and revise its onion procurement guidelines to prioritise APMC-based purchases. Central agencies such as the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) procure onions through registered FPOs. "Purchasing onions through FPOs has led to large-scale corruption at the local level. Many genuine farmers have been deprived of fair prices. The system benefits intermediaries rather than cultivators," farmer outfits said in a statement addressed to the Maharashtra government. The outfits also claimed that the FPO-based model has failed to serve its intended purpose, depriv

Agriculture

SECTOR | 05 Jul 2025

Monsoon Getaways Near Mumbai: Lonavala Is So Last Season Try These 10 Stunning Destinations Instead!

NDTV Profit

From the misty mountains of Malshej Ghat to the serene beach of Kashid, here are some of the mesmerising weekend getaways near Mumbai.

Agriculture

SECTOR | 04 Jul 2025

Monsoon set to intensify, fuelled by strong winds over Arabian Sea, Bay

Business Line

IMD flags extremely heavy rain alert for East Madhya Pradesh; Himachal Pradesh; ghats of Madhya Maharashtra

Monsoon Ravages: 43 Dead In Himachal Pradesh In Two Weeks, 37 Missing

NDTV Profit | 04 Jul 2025

Agriculture

SECTOR | 04 Jul 2025

Monsoon On Track: Kharif Sowing Gathers Pace, July Remains Crucial

NDTV Profit

Sowing areas for rice, pulses, coarse cereals, oilseeds, and cotton have exceeded last year's figures.

Early Monsoon Rains In India Raise Hopes Of A Bumper Grain Crop

NDTV Profit | 04 Jul 2025 5 more

Agriculture

SECTOR | 04 Jul 2025

Truck rentals rise in June amid pre-Kharif demand and resilient manufacturing activity: Shriram Mobility Bulletin

Business Line

Truck rentals remained firm during June, on the back of demand from manufacturing sector

Agriculture

SECTOR | 03 Jul 2025

LS speaker Birla urges political parties to curb disruptions in Parliament

Business Standard

Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday urged all political parties to reduce disruptions in House proceedings and asserted it is time to change past practices. Addressing the national level conference of Urban Local Bodies here, Birla said that people would teach a lesson to political parties that resort to disruption of the House proceedings. Birla said there has been some reduction in disruption of the House proceedings in the 18th Lok Sabha, which had its first sitting in June last year. "It is time for change. If we have to strengthen democracy and hold democratic institutions accountable, we have to ensure that the Houses function in a proper manner," he added. The speaker said all political parties should make efforts to reduce disruptions in proceedings of the House. Parliament's Monsoon Session is scheduled to begin on July 21 and continue till August 21, a week longer than the original plan to conclude on August 12. Birla said

Agriculture

SECTOR | 02 Jul 2025

Millers seek easing of export curbs as DDGS glut hits wheat bran demand

Business Standard

Wheat bran prices drop to almost 20 a kg from nearly 25 in May 2025

Agriculture

SECTOR | 02 Jul 2025

Monsoon holds strong, heavy rain likely for East-Central India, West India

Business Line

Extremely heavy rainfall (20 cm+) forecast at parts of over East Rajasthan and ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra