Tag: Apples

SRINIGAR, Indian-administered Kashmir —  Kashmiri apple growers are demanding that the Indian government take strong action to stop the alleged illicit movement of Iranian apples through Afghanistan to markets in India, saying the practice is depressing prices and undermining a $150 million (12 billion Indian rupees) in annual regional ...

Sopore: Amid the presence of black bear in north Kashmir areas, the Wildlife Protection department has issued an advisory, asking the orchardists to dump the leftover apple in a pit to avoid man – wild animal conflict. Wildlife Warden North Division asked the orchardists to dump apple leftovers in ...

NEW DELHI, Sept 28: The manufacturing of iPhone 14 in India within weeks of the global launch demonstrates the maturity of Apple’s manufacturing capabilities in the country, according to Moody’s Investors Service.Increasing volumes of locally-manufactured iPhones will also accelerate Apple’s expansion strategy in India, Raj Joshi, Senior Vice President, ...

Roadworks halt thousands of trucks carrying millions of dollars worth of apples, triggering protests by the growers.Roadworks have halted thousands of trucks carrying millions of dollars worth of apples on Indian-administered Kashmir’s main highway, a major union leader said, triggering protests by growers as their produce begins to rot. ...

Coca Cola’s CSR initiative is enabling reverse migration in Uttarakhand and is looking at increasing livelihood opportunities for over 500,000 farmers by 2025 with its Fruit Circular Economy initiative. Coca Cola launched the ‘Apple Unnati’ project in the state, with Indo Dutch Horticulture Technologies Pvt Ltd as its implementation ...

Moved by the losses suffered by apple farmers due to untimely snows last week, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said those who suffered immense losses will get all possible assistance from the government.“The government will provide all possible assistance to the farmers who suffered losses ...

The Union Cabinet has given its nod for a Central procurement agency to buy 12 lakh tonnes of apples in Jammu and Kashmir this year, even though the same scheme flopped when it was introduced last year, managing to procure only about 1% of its target.Apple procurement in the ...

Cabinet extends MIS for Jammu Kashmir apples   New Delhi, Oct 21: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the extension of Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for apple procurement in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for the current season also i.e. 2020-21 on the same terms and ...

 After taking the Middle East market by the storm last year, Kashmiri-grown apples this year could not make it to Gulf countries owing to the worldwide Coronavirus spread.The UAE-based retail company ‘Lulu Group’ that was in the Valley last year had taken 200 tons of apples as “sample” to ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook said he’s been impressed by employees’ ability to operate remotely and predicted that some new work habits will remain after the pandemic. During an interview at The Atlantic Festival on Monday, Cook said Apple created new products, despite the need for most ...