In the last 15 days, the rates have gone through the roof and the key vegetable is being sold at Rs 80-100 per kg by local vegetable vendors depending on the quality and locality.
The cultivators who take pride in feeding the world have no time to cook for themselves during the harvest season, and that is why they rely on the 2-minute noodles, finds out laxmi Negi/Rediff.com.
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Sensex rose 5.8% this year, against a 3.2% rise in Nifty; Axis Bank inclusion may blunt Sensex edge
There is a need for stimulus, as India is essentially a consumption economy, argues Cargill India chairman Siraj Chaudhry
'There is a need for stimulus, as India is essentially a consumption economy.'
Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.
The compact sleek car with no grille features a roof that is a panoramic pane of glass from front to back.
Demonetisation, Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US presidential elections, and the fear that US Fed may hike rates in the upcoming policy review in December have dented market sentiments, report Puneet Wadhwa & Deepak Korgaonkar.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
I-T dept investigating black money angle; FM hints against bailout for bourse's investors.
BSE Mid-cap index ended lower by over 2.5% and BSE Small-cap index tumbled over 3%.
The 50-share NSE Nifty was trading lower by 24 points.
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The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
Murkumbi will continue to retain his post till the stipulated notice period of 90 days or completion of open offer by Wilmar, whichever is later.
The Budget has to provide for capex on roads, railways, defence and other infrastructure sectors.
The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 305 points to end at 25,400 and the Nifty50 dropped 87 points at 7,783.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
The trend still looks bullish but there are bursts of profit-booking above 7,250.
'We began foolishly bragging about Saudi-Emirati investment plans as indicative of the sheikhs 'distancing' from Pakistan, including on Kashmir,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Swachh Bharat Cess imposed last year should be made broad-based.' 'Budget should be predominantly economy/ business-oriented and problem-solving rather than political consideration-based.'
PDS: Smart ration cards need to be smarter
Mahindra & Mahindra gets the biggest impact of the Supreme Court's ban on sale of vehicles in Delhi with diesel engines bigger than 2,000cc.
Whatever the outcome of the assembly election in Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot is firmly ensconced in the Congress inner circle.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay, columnist and author of several books like From Lehman to Demonetisation: A Decade of Disruptions and Sahara: The Untold Story, tells Rediff.com why Yes Bank depositors should not panic and the current crisis at India's fifth largest private lender does not pose any systemic risk.
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
And why markets could give up 25 per cent of all these gains made since March 2020
Food inflation is still very much a problem and needs fixing urgently, but the bad monsoon apparently did not make it worse.
Sensex catapults 1,241 points and Nifty vaults 382 points in two sessions in a row.
'The ability to tailor schemes to market conditions and invest in unlisted equity and real estate, as well as commodities, makes Alternative Investment Funds a sought after platform.'
Invest in stocks of export-oriented and capital-intensive companies, says Devangshu Datta.
Rajan said investments should return after initial investor worries over Brexit.
Many things are going unnoticed by India watchers.
In a move that could potentially irk New Delhi, China has offered to supply liquified petroleum gas to Nepal after gifting fuel to ease the crisis in the country, hit by acute fuel shortage due to a blockade at key border trade points with India.
Investor confidence has evaporated amid fears over the rising cost of funding India's gaping current account deficit, prompting New Delhi to delay plans to raise much-needed funds through partial privatisations, finance ministry sources said.
Swiggy is following a path that seems similar to what Meituan, one of China's largest O2O (online-to-offline) platforms that delivers food, sells movie tickets and offers hotel reservation, has done so far, reports Patanjali Pahwa.
Lessons of Bengal's ill-advised restriction on potato trade.
Market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 1,838 declines against 1,218 advances.
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