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Indian wines popular in the UK, but there’s a long way to go

Experts say the report about the popularity of some Indian wines in the UK is good news for the wine sector, but much more needs to be done to make Indian brands better known abroad After two years of sluggish growth, the Indian wine industry seems to be on track again. In June wine sales jumped by 30% and now, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper published from London, two Indian wine brands, made from .....

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Russia, Ukraine emerge biggest markets for Pakistani Kinnow

Russia and Ukraine have emerged as the biggest markets for Pakistani kinnow as exports to these countries have reached to 30 percent of total exports of the fruit from the country. During the last five years, the kinnow exports to Russia and Ukraine have increased from almost zero to an over 100,000 tons, almost  30 percent of the total exports of the fruit, Chief Executive Officer, Harvest Tradings Ahmad Jawad said in .....

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Russia - Increase in beef imports

Russian beef imports for 2010-11 increased five per cent on the previous year, assisted by a surge in imports from Europe, reports Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). MLA states that imports from the European region for 2010-11 were up 324 per cent year-on-year, totalling 101,762 tonnes swt. The rise was largely driven by higher shipments from Germany (up 263 per cent, to 29,541 tonnes swt), Lithuania (up 98 per cent, to 13,749 tonnes swt), Italy (up 304, to 13,185 tonnes swt), Poland (up 502 per cent, to 10,893 tonnes swt) and .....

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Centre will give all support to Kerala for computerisation of PDS: Thomas

The Centre will provide all possible support to Kerala for its ongoing computerisation of PDS (Public Distribution System). It will provide more assistance for increasing warehouse capacity and developing bio-metric-based food grain distribution system. This was conveyed by K V Thomas, minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, to Oommen Chandy, chief minister of Kerala, during a meeting here on Thursday. The chief minister along with a delegation of senior officials of the .....