Aligned with the globally recognised Hidden Disabilities Sunflower initiative, DIAL has transformed Delhi Airport into a Sunflower Airport and sensitised all passenger-facing partners through this programme with a globally developed framework.
Authorities said that a total of 160 residents were ordered to evacuate from the Sunflower area in Arizona’s Maricopa County on Sunday as a wildfire burned in the Tonto National Forest.
India has reduced customs duty on imports of refined soyabean oil and refined sunflower oil to 12.5 per cent from 17.5 per cent, according to an official notification.
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had on Saturday released Rs 29.13 crore as interim compensation to 8,528 farmers for sunflowers grown on 36,414 acres.
Protesting farmers on Friday blocked Delhi-Haryana Highway in Kurukshetra to hold Mahapanchyat over the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of sunflower seeds.
"We have only two demands, release the farmers who were detained and start purchasing sunflower seeds at MSP. We are ready to hold discussions with the government," Tikait said. Farmers and their supporters from Punjab and Haryana were seen coming out on streets in large numbers on their
The protesting farmers claimed that the government was not buying sunflower seeds at the minimum support price, and as a result, they were forced to sell their produce to private buyers at around Rs 4,000 per quintal against Rs 6,400 MSP.
A meeting was held Friday between the food department and the leading edible oil industry representatives in India to discuss a further reduction in the retail prices of edible oils amidst a continued fall in their global prices.