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Greaves Cotton Unveils Three New Ampere E-Scooters, Electric Cargo Vehicles at Auto Expo 2023
Greaves Cotton on Wednesday unveiled six new products at Auto Expo 2023, including three new e-scooters under its Ampere brand and three new three-wheeled cargo and passenger vehicles. The firm also revealed that its average selling price has jumped to nearly Rs. 1 lakh from Rs. 40,000 over the last 30 months.
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Used Masks Instead Of Cotton In Mattresses - Maharashtra Factory Busted
The police have busted a mattress-making factory in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district for using discarded masks, in place of cotton or other material, to stuff its products. They have filed a case against the owner of the unit and launched a probe.
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Punjab Cotton Farmers' Dilemma: Despite More Crop Yield, Profit Is Meagre
For 12 years, the majority of Punjab's farmers have been growing Bt cotton, or genetically modified cotton seeds, which have protected their crops from pests like bollworms. Their yields have doubled too. However, in the last few years, Bt cotton has displayed a remarkable vulnerability to a large number of sap feeding pests like white-flies, which...
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Gujarat Day 2017: Foundation Day History And Celebration
Gujarat also referred as the 'Jewel of Western India' was known to the ancient Greeks. It was one of the main centres of the Indus Valley Civilization. This year on May 1st Gujarat completes 50 years. Gujarati is the state language. It is an Indo-Aryan language evolved from Sanskrit and local Prakrits. About 59 million people speak Gujarati, making...
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Cotton Farmers in Telangana Distressed Over High Input Costs
Domestic production of cotton in India this year may be at an all-time high of over 40 million bales. However, farmers who grow the crop in Telangana are in deep distress due to high input costs and low remunerative prices. In Warangal district, for instance, where 50 per cent of cultivated area grows cotton, erratic rainfall has reduced output wit...
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Greaves Cotton Unveils Three New Ampere E-Scooters, Electric Cargo Vehicles at Auto Expo 2023
Greaves Cotton on Wednesday unveiled six new products at Auto Expo 2023, including three new e-scooters under its Ampere brand and three new three-wheeled cargo and passenger vehicles. The firm also revealed that its average selling price has jumped to nearly Rs. 1 lakh from Rs. 40,000 over the last 30 months.
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Used Masks Instead Of Cotton In Mattresses - Maharashtra Factory Busted
The police have busted a mattress-making factory in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district for using discarded masks, in place of cotton or other material, to stuff its products. They have filed a case against the owner of the unit and launched a probe.
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Punjab Cotton Farmers' Dilemma: Despite More Crop Yield, Profit Is Meagre
For 12 years, the majority of Punjab's farmers have been growing Bt cotton, or genetically modified cotton seeds, which have protected their crops from pests like bollworms. Their yields have doubled too. However, in the last few years, Bt cotton has displayed a remarkable vulnerability to a large number of sap feeding pests like white-flies, which...
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Gujarat Day 2017: Foundation Day History And Celebration
Gujarat also referred as the 'Jewel of Western India' was known to the ancient Greeks. It was one of the main centres of the Indus Valley Civilization. This year on May 1st Gujarat completes 50 years. Gujarati is the state language. It is an Indo-Aryan language evolved from Sanskrit and local Prakrits. About 59 million people speak Gujarati, making...
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In Tamil Nadu's Spinning Mills, Long Working Hours, Torture And Child Labour Common: Research
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Various forms of slavery, including child labour, are present in more than 90 per cent of south India’s spinning mills which produce yarn for Western brands, researchers said, calling for mapping of supply chains and tougher audits. The India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), a human rights organisation, spoke to...
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Cotton Farmers in Telangana Distressed Over High Input Costs
Domestic production of cotton in India this year may be at an all-time high of over 40 million bales. However, farmers who grow the crop in Telangana are in deep distress due to high input costs and low remunerative prices. In Warangal district, for instance, where 50 per cent of cultivated area grows cotton, erratic rainfall has reduced output wit...
