Sebi bars Agri Gold Farm from raising funds from public

Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2015, 20:31

Continuing its crackdown on illicit realty investment activities, Sebi on Thursday barred Andhra Pradesh-based Agri Gold Farm Estates India from raising fresh capital from the public with immediate effect.

Farm sector reforms key to reducing fiscal deficit: Moody's

Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 22:57

Improvement in India's sovereign rating will depend on the government's ability to pursue farm sector reforms as they have a bearing on inflation and fiscal deficit, Moody's said on Thursday.

Modi govt not neglecting farm sector: Agri Min

Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2015, 16:22

The NDA government is according priority to the farm sector by allocating large funds for its growth and is no way promoting only the industry, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Thursday.

International Space Station `farm` bears fruit

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 17:29

Astronauts are growing vegetables in an experimental greenhouse named Lada aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that are safe to eat.

Food in the sky? Highrise farming idea gains ground

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 16:57

Imagine stepping out of your highrise apartment into a sunny, plant-lined corridor, biting into an apple grown in the orchard on the fourth floor as you bid "good morning" to the farmer off to milk his cows on the fifth.