Castorseed, oil suffer on stockists' offerings
Groundnut oil maintained at the reduced level on the oil, oilseeds market on Friday. Castorseed and its oil on the other hand suffered fresh losses in the wake of low overseas demand.

Gasoline hits crossroads, heating oil set to soar
Just ahead of the US summer driving season's fourth of July peak, the speculative funds that pushed summer gasoline prices to record highs are now poised to turn their attention to heating oil, the bull of winter, analysts said.

Greenpeace urges India to reject genetically engineered BT Cotton
Greenpeace has urged the Indian government to reject Mahyco's application for large-scale fieldtesting of a genetically engineered cotton (BT Cotton) that has been rejected for imports or commercial cultivation by 15-member nations of the European Union.


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