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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Nashik district maintains grape export volume at 1.57L tonne during 2024-25 season despite adverse weather conditions
Nashik: The district has sustained its grape exports at 1.57 lakh tonnes (MT) during the 2024-25 grape season (Nov-May) and matched the previous season's figures, despite adverse weather conditions. The Oct 2024 rain had significantly impacted vineyards in the district, affecting grape availability. A lthough the agriculture department initially predicted a 20% decline in exports, the district successfully maintained its export volume. Total exports comprised 1.10 lakh tonne to European nations and 47,000 tonne to non-European destinations. The harvest season concluded in the second week of May 2025. During the previous grape season in 2023-24, Nashik exported the same amount — 1.57 lakh tonne of grapes, including 1.18 lakh tonne to European countries and 39,000 tonne to non-European countries. State agriculture department officials said unseasonal rains also damaged vineyards in April. "Hence, we initially estimated a drop of over 20% in grape export in the 2024-25 grape season. However, the availability of grapes in the second phase of harvest led the district to match grape export figures of the previous season," an agriculture official told TOI. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Resort com tudo incluído na Bahia Palladium Hotel Group Undo Kiran Jadhav, a grape farmer and exporter, told TOI, "After unseasonal rains damaged vineyards to some extent in Oct last year, its effect was seen in Jan this year as harvest began late in the second half of Jan. However, the grape harvest picked up after Feb 15 and was in full swing by the end of March. Thereafter, the grape harvest continued till the first week of May. Hence, the availability of grapes was good during this one-and-a-half-month period, and the grape export of the district could touch the 1.57 lakh tonne mark. " Moreover, grape farmers also received good rates for export in Feb and March, which was in the price range between Rs75 and Rs110 per kg. During the same period the previous year, farmers sold at the price range from Rs55 to Rs85 per kg, added Jadhav. The area under grape plantation in Nashik district is estimated at around 1.60 lakh acres, including 58,000 acres in Niphad taluka, 42,000 acres in Dindori taluka, 32,000 acres in Nashik taluka, and 15,000 acres in Chandwad taluka. The rest of the grape plantation is located in Bagalan and Kalwan talukas of the district. Of the 1.60 lakh acres, early grape harvest takes place particularly in the Satana belt during the Oct-Nov period on 7,000 acres, which is 4% of the total grape plantations. Regular grape harvest, which begins in Jan, is taken on 96% of total grape plantations in the district. In the 2021-22 grape season, the district exported 1.29 lakh tonne of grapes to European and non-European countries. In the 2022-23 grape season, this figure was 1.27 lakh tonne of grapes, including 92,000 tonne to European nations and the remaining 35,000 tonne to non-European countries. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Brother's Day wishes , messages and quotes !


Time of India
24-05-2025
- Time of India
Merchant navy officer loses 1cr to cyrpto fraud
Mumbai: A merchant navy officer has complained to the police that he was duped of over Rs 1.03 crore in cryptocurrency trading. He had received a message on Telegram, assuring high returns and was instructed to open an account on a cryptocurrency trading platform. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He bought USDT for cryptocurrency trading and sent the USDT to wallets provided by the accused. In 71 transactions, he sent USDT amounting to Rs 1.03 crore. He realised he was duped when he did not receive his money back and was asked to pay taxes. The officer, in his late 20s, lodged an FIR with the south cyber crime police station at Grant Road recently. The crime occurred between Mar 25 and May 9 this year. Police said the complainant got a Telegram message on Mar 25 about high returns in cryptocurrency trading. Upon inquiry, he was asked to open an account on a cryptocurrency platform and buy USDT. He was given a login and password by the accused, who sent him a link asking him to access it. When he opened the link, he found a virtual wallet in his name. The police said the IP addresses of the cryptocurrency trading platforms in the crime are located in Cambodia. When the complainant told the accused that the cryptocurrency was costly, they provided him with the name of another platform and issued a fresh login and password. Police said that the accused told him they would do trading for him, and he kept sending money. He could see his investment and profit in the virtual wallet. The complainant told police that after investing over Rs 1.03 crore, he saw his profit and investment at Rs 3 crore. When he wanted to withdraw his money, he was told to pay taxes. He was later blocked the trading platforms. A probe team led by senior inspector Nandkumar Gopale, inspector Kiran Jadhav, and sub-inspector Shweta Dhok has written to three cryptocurrency platforms for details about the accused.


The Hindu
29-04-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
NRAI names a strong squad for Munich Shooting World Cup
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has judiciously mixed its selection, allowing some of the high performers to continue while bringing a few others fresh, while naming the squad for the Shooting World Cup to be staged in Munich, Germany, from June 10 to 14. Air pistol ace Suruchi Singh, who won the individual gold medals in the last two World Cups (Buenos Aires and Lima) retains her place, along with double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker. Asian Games gold medallist Palak Gulia returns to the squad as the third member. Sift Kaur Samra, Vijayveer Sidhu, Arya Borse, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Arjun Babuta and Chain Singh are the other medal winners from the first two World Cups who have retained their place in the 22-member squad. Kiran Jadhav makes the team in both the air rifle and 50-metre rifle 3-position events. Olympic medallist Swapnil Kusale, too, makes the team. Rudrankksh Patil and Saurabh Chaudhary who had won gold medals in the recent World Cups, make way for others in rifle and pistol. Olympian Sandeep Singh returns to the squad for air rifle, while Aditya Malra and Nishant Rawat made the cut for air pistol. Ananya Naidu makes the team in women's air rifle. India had won 15 medals in the first two World Cups, including six gold. The Indian shooters made 32 finals in all. The 18-year-old Suruchi was the most successful with three gold and a bronze. The team: Air rifle: Arjun Babuta, Kiran Jadhav, Sandeep Singh; Arya Borse, Elavenil Valarivan, Ananya Naidu. Rifle 3-position: Chain Singh, Swapnil Kusale, Kiran Jadhav; Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Shriyanka Sadangi. Air pistol: Varun Tomar, Aditya Malra, Nishant Rawat; Suruchi Singh, Manu Bhaker, Palak Gulia. Rapid fire pistol: Vijayveer Sidhu, Anish Bhanwala, Ankur Goel. Sports pistol: Manu Bhaker, Simranpreet Kaur Brar, Esha Singh.