Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds have resulted in the damage of banana crop plantations in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], April 22 (ANI): Kerala state government body Horticorp has started procuring bananas from farmers directly in Wayanad district as they were not able to sell their produce due to nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus spread in the country.
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], April 13 (ANI): Banana farmers in Shivamogga say their crop is rotting and they are incurring huge losses amid lockdown due to COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday lauded industrialist Anand Mahindra for making efforts to aid struggling banana farmers during the lockdown by replacing plates at his factory canteens with banana leaves.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): After Bollywood actor Rahul Bose shared about his unexpected experience of paying Rs 442 for two bananas at a plush five-star hotel in Chandigarh in July this year, now music composer Shekhar Ravjiani seems to be in a similar situation.
Noney (Manipur) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): The farmers of Manipur celebrated the much-awaited 2nd State Level Banana Festival in Longmai (Noney) common ground on Friday with the hope of promoting the business better.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Preparations are being done at the Chennai airport ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival. The airport premises have been decorated with flowers, banana leaves and flags of both India and China to welcome him.
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 8 (ANI): Newly-married couple singer Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin faced backlash by Miley Cyrus fans after they enacted the pop-icons post-surgery banana freakout.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): After the central government imposed a ban on single-use plastic, banana leaf vendors in the south hope for good business in the coming days.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Bananas will no more be sold at the food stalls at Charbagh Railway station here as the local administration has put a ban stating that its peel spread dirt at the platforms.
New Delhi (India), Aug 20 (ANI): With an aim to protect the environment, reusable sanitary pads made from banana fibres was on Tuesday launched by Sanfe, an IIT Delhi-incubated startup.