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The Department of Posts under the Ministry of Communications will discontinue selected outward international letter mail services starting January 1 to keep in line with Universal Postal Union (UPU)'s decisions.These reforms aim to align postal offerings with evolving global e-commerce standards, the government said. The step is also aimed at enhancing customer experience, service reliability, trackability, customs compliance and security.Also read: India Post does a Gen-Z makeover: Kerala and Andhra Pradesh Get trendy, futuristic post offices after IIT Delhi. Check detailsWhich international letter mail services will be discontinuedUnder a service improvement exercise, the Department of Posts has decided to rationalize certain international letter post services. The list particularly incl
NEW DELHI: When India overtook China as the world's largest producer of rice this year, the country's politicians and agriculture lobby marked the moment by praising resilient farmers and innovative government policy. India has nearly doubled the amount of rice it exported over the past decade, with shipments crossing 20 million metric tons in the latest fiscal year. But many rice farmers in the country's agricultural heartlands are in a less celebratory mood. Interviews with growers, government officials and farm scientists, as well as a review of groundwater data, reveal widespread concern that thirsty rice crops are unsustainably draining India's already-low aquifers, forcing farmers to borrow heavily to drill ever-deeper borewells. In the rice-basket states of Haryana and Punjab, gr
