New Delhi: Sugar production in Karnataka, the country’s third largest producer, is estimated to fall by 42.30 per cent to 34.51 lakh tonne in the 2023-24 sugar season that started this month, due to lower cane output and less sugar recovery. Sugar production in the state stood at 59.81 lakh tonne in the just completed … Read more
Nepal imports at least 70% sugar from India. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ahead of the festive season, Nepal is set to import 20,000 metric tonnes (MT) of sugar from India, which meets at least 70% of the Himalayan country’s domestic annual demand of approximately 3,00,000 MT. In view of the upcoming festivals, … Read more
“So, next few months should be good for sugar stocks. The key we will need to watch out subsequent to this and the start of the next sugar season is given that there are elections next year,” says Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com.You have been tracking the prospects of sugar pretty closely. Just wanted to understand what … Read more
Pune: Prices of essential kitchen staples are on the rise as erratic weather, incidence of disease in cattle, and crop damages caused by unseasonal rainfall have impacted production, insiders said. Prices of sugar, milk, jeera and dhaniya have all increased in the last week while prices of pulses like tur, urad and chana remained firm … Read more
About 12 lakh to 15 lakh people migrate within Maharashtra, from dry Marathwada to western Maharashtra’s Sangli, Kolhapur, Pune, Satara, Solapur, and Ahmednagar — also known as the sugar belt. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Bombay High Court took suo motu cognisance of an article by The Hindu on the financial and sexual exploitation … Read more
India’s year-on-year sugar production is expected to fall by 10% in 2022-23, which is expected to make sugar more expensive during the summer season when demand for cold drinks and ice creams increases substantially. Industry body National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) has pegged India’s 2022-23 sugar production at 325 lakh tonnes against 359.25 … Read more
Washington: According to a new study, an artificial pancreas created at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technologies improves blood sugar management in children aged 2 to 6 with type 1 diabetes. The clinical study’s details and conclusions were just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Trial participants using the artificial pancreas … Read more
Indianapolis: Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute showed that continuous glucose monitors and other wearable devices present wearability and use issues for patients and their carers when used by older persons with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes to test and control low blood sugar. “This is a whole area of health technology that needs study. … Read more
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in New Delhi on January 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Scores of larger-than-life cut-outs of Rahul Gandhi in different poses, including chewing sugarcane and striking a combat pose, have lined up the roads as the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered the Jat-dominated western Uttar Pradesh … Read more
Shares of sugar companies such as Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries, Rajshree Sugar & Chemicals and rallied up to 20% on the BSE in Monday’s intraday trade as reports were doing rounds that the government may increase sugar export quota after assessing the domestic production in January. In November, the government allowed the export of … Read more