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Ludhiana: With export of wool and wool blended items from the country dropping 12 per cent (in rupee terms) in 2010-11, the Wool and Woollens Export Promotion Council (WWEPC) has requested to the M

On Tuesday in a ceremony in Rome, the United Nations is officially declaring that for only the second time in history, a disease has been wiped off the face of the earth.

Everyone has heard of smallpox. Very few have heard of the runner-up.

That

Being the largest cocoon market in the State with business of over a crore rupees being transacted daily, Shidlaghatta is the preferred destination of traders seeking the best raw silk.

Of the total 80,000 hectares under mulberry cultivation in the State, half of them are in Kolar and Shidlaghatta taluks.

But the government

With the new hike cost of milk, the gap between the procurement price that the farmers get and the retail price the consumer pay has widened further to take it to almost double than the rate in the neighbouring states.

The difference between two ends is nearly Rs12 paid as the overhead and handling charges in the state.

The huge gap between buying and selling is due to the overheads the hand

Sixty private and cooperative dairies in Maharashtra have decided to increase the selling price of milk by 3/litre from February 16. The cow milk price will go up from 26/litre to 29/litre while the buffalo variety will go up from 33/litre to 36/litre. Amul, Mahanand and Gowardhan will take a call prices on Monday. Maharashtra dairies had raised milk prices by 1/litre only last month.