Economy
Three big ticket items pull up export growth
THE 25.43-per cent export growth registered in the first four months of the current fiscal is mainly due to the performance from triple sectors comprising chemicals and related products, engineering goods and textiles which together account for 53 per ce nt of aggregate exports.

Foreign Trade
CII team to visit Latin America
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will visit the Latin America between October 28 and November 10 in a bid to give a boost to bilateral trade between India and the countries in that region.

Infrastructure
FAO moots solar energy for rural uplift
SELECTIVE use of solar energy could significantly improve the livelihood of millions of people in rural areas in developing countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said in a new report titled `Solar photovoltaics for sustainable agr iculture and rural development'.

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