Coromandel International stock price closed 1.93 percent higher after there were reports of major stake acquistion in NACL. The news was later confirmed officially.

Indo Farm Equipment, a leading manufacturer of tractors and pick-and-carry cranes, raised over Rs 78 crore from anchor investors on Monday, a day before opening its initial public offering (IPO) fo

CF Industries, a leading global nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer, has received an Outperform rating from Zacks Equity Research.

Germany has announced its plan to ban use of glyphosate by year 2023 and the use will be limited before the ban will be implemented.

According to the monsoon-related forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), India can look forward to a "near normal" monsoon this year; with the annual monsoon likely to be 96 percent of the LPA - Long Period Average.

With a 5 per cent model error kept by the weather scientists, the 96 percent outcome still is the weakest in the last six-year period - ever since a rather dry 2004 spell, the following years have had the monsoon surpass 98 percent of the average.

New Delhi, Feb 27: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said that information technology has to play a major role in the expansion of agriculture in the country.

Addressing the national seminar on Agriculture Extension here, Pawar said information technology is a critical component for revitalizing national agricultural system.

Pawar''s speech, which was read in absentia, said that the technology would facilitate farmers in improving the efficiency and productivity of agriculture and allied activities.