Japanese hot spring facility installs biomass boiler
A hot spring lodging facility in Akita Prefecture, Japan, has installed a biomass boiler fuelled by rice husks and buckwheat
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Month: June 2026
Odisha doubles rice milling charges, to encourage paddy procurement
By PTI The Odisha government has doubled the rice milling charge in order to smoothen the paddy procurement from farmers
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Punjab: Phagwara trader cheated of ₹54 lakh in paddy payment fraud
A Phagwara businessman has allegedly been cheated of more than ₹54 lakh in a paddy transaction, following which the police
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China harvest rains dent some wheat quality, may spur imports
By Lewis Jackson, Ella Cao and Naveen Thukral Chinese state buyers could raise wheat imports for millers later in the year as rain during
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Vikram’s big Bengal solar bet targets mega clean energy hub and 12,000 green jobs
By Jayanta Basu Vikram Solar has proposed a ₹27,000-crore investment in Bengal to set up what it describes as a world-class
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QR codes on rice bags: Centre widens grain-tracking pilot to 3 states
By ET Online The Centre is set to expand its QR tagging system for Food Corporation of India (FCI) foodgrain
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Wheat procurement surges 17pc to 35 MT, exceeds target for 2026-27 season
By PTI The government’s wheat procurement rose 17 per cent to over 35 million tonne in the 2026-27 rabi marketing
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Why Punjab could see record paddy cultivation despite repeated diversification drives
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba Despite an intensifying groundwater crisis and repeated government campaigns promoting crop diversification, Punjab is once again
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Australia’s BHP explores ship biofuel blend made from cooking oil, animal fat
Australia’s BHP and Singapore’s Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation have blended biofuel made from used cooking oil and waste animal
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India approves two rice varieties to secure yields in direct-seeded rice farming
Two new rice varieties developed for dry direct-seeded rice (DSR) systems have been identified for release in India, marking an
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