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Abu Dhabi: Plans are underway for wheat cultivation in Abu Dhabi in addition to a number of other crops, a senior official told Gulf News on Wednesday. As part of a research project, about 100 varieties of wheat used for the production of flour used to make bread were cultivated in Al Ain region in early November last year, and the initial results were positive, Mohammad Jalal Al Reyaysa, director of communication and community service at Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), said.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said India-US trade will get a boost from business-to-business, business-to-government and government-to-government interactions, in a context where new structural reforms like GST will boost growth and the overall development of the country. "Foreign investment is important for India in order to have larger investment in infrastructure sector," Jaitley told members of the visiting US CEOs Forum, according to a Finance Ministry release in New Delhi.