CHENNAI: India’s natural rubber (NR) production has grown 8.6% from 7.89 lakh tonne in FY21-22 to 8.57 lakh tonne in FY23-24 with industry estimating it will hit 8.82 lakh tonne in FY24-25.

In essence, the Board signs a blank cheque with each withdrawal. This effectively reduces the Board to a rubber stamp and the Public Accountability and Oversight Committee [PAOC], which is ...

Opposition representative on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board Terrence Campbell today declared it a rubber stamp and said that his efforts for justification for withdrawals from the Fund have ...

As a way to resolve this excess waste, shredded rubber tires are now sought after to use as mulch in home landscaping, at playgrounds, and as crumb rubber in turf sports fields. And because most mulch ...

Over the last few decades, I’ve handled rubber hunting boots from almost every brand on the market. I’ve analyzed new models year after year, studying both subtle and major changes from one ...

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An East Yorkshire mum living with a brain tumour has ramped up a festive display of lights at her home that brings joy to others each Christmas. Bev Fennell’s aim is to raise money for the Brain ...

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It'll be like the Christmases of yesteryear if you visit the Bullring this week. If the recent openings of SDMN, Pop Mart and Pureseoul are anything to go by, shoppers will be queuing up for hours ...

Dozens of Yamaguchi city residents were rescued in rubber dinghies from their flooded ... of rain in northern and southern Kyushu; 180 mm in the Tokai region; 150 mm in the Kinki region; and ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Hextar Rubber Sdn Bhd and Datuk Ong Choo Meng, who offered RM1.80 per share in their takeover of Rubberex Corp (M) Bhd, explained that there was concern among them and the sellers ...