Is it sustainable?' 'Or is it like an overdose of a medicine that saves your life in the short run but kills you through long-lasting side-effects?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
In the last one week several companies have had to face the hurdle of making a distinction between what's essential and what's not. To help them the government has now clarified that grocery would include hygiene products such as hand wash, soaps, disinfectants, body wash, shampoo, surface cleaners, detergents, tissue paper, toothpaste, oral care, sanitary pads, diapers, chargers and battery cells, etc.
Trade sources believe that tomato supply from Maharashtra has slumped due to incessant rain in the state towards the fag end of the monsoon season, reports Dilip Kumar Jha.
A cyclist was killed after being hit by a speeding Blueline bus at Dwaraka in New Delhi on Saturday. The deceased, who is yet to be identified, is the 98th victim of accidents involving Blueline buses in the capital.
Agitating farmer groups on Thursday held a four-hour nationwide 'rail roko' agitation with the railways saying there was negligible impact on services though some trains were stopped by officials at stations as a precautionary measure.
Mukhtiar Ahmed Khan, belonging to Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, was arrested at the Azadpur fruit market at around 5 pm, a senior police official said.
Retail prices across the country continued to be at Rs 80 a kg.
Two kg of RDX, a timer device, a detonator and a pistol have been seized from Meharajuddin.
Police teams have also been sent to Jammu and Kashmir.
Onion supply to the city, which comes from Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, is normal at 12,000 quintals in Azadpur, Asia's largest wholesale market, it added.
The novel coronavirus pandemic has hit businesses and people who could afford four goats till last year do not have enough money to buy even one this Eid.
He was 'punished' for trying to enter the home of an influential man 'without permission'.
For many the resumption of trains is a big boon, but some say it doesn't come without confusion and worries
The rates of peas, which were ruling at Rs 139 per kg last week, have come down to Rs 79 per kg.
Those gathered at the Tikri border continued to hold ground as wellA decision on whether they would head to the designated protest site is expected soon.
Kejriwal alleged that demonetisation was the "biggest scam" in Independent India's history while Banerjee said Modi should not run the country through "dictatorship".
The undated video, posted on Facebook by a user, has been shared over 6,000 times and shows the constable in inebriated state struggling to hold on to a pole while swinging back and forth inside a coach.
Farmers remained hesitant in sowing vegetable seeds in drought-hit areas.
With almost all opposition parties and several trade unions backing the 'Bharat Bandh' and many announcing parallel protests in support of the farmers, the Centre has issued an advisory directing all the states and Union Territories to tighten security and ensure COVID guidelines are followed.
The plucking of dussehri, which will hit the shelves next week at 50% premium, started late this season, because of poor crop and adverse weather conditions, including hailstorms, in the orchards of Malihabad.
Drones are being used for carrying out a host of tasks like surveillance to ensure that people are maintaining social distancing, spreading awareness about COVID-19 in densely populated areas, spraying disinfectants and checking people's temperature
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases with 74, including three foreigners, followed by Kerala at 52 including seven foreign nationals.
A deficient rainfall season starts with heavy showers.
Prices of the kitchen staple in Azadpur mandi, Asia's largest wholesale market, were ruling at Rs 60 per kg today as supplies were below normal.
Most key rabi-producing states of north India, such as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, have staggered their procurement to enable farmers to come in batches, so that there is no overcrowding. The Centre has also set up a call centre to coordinate the inter-state movement of farm commodities.
Onions and tomatoes are essential cooking ingredients and both have witnessed rise in prices.
In the coming weeks prices are expected to further cool down as new crop from Karnataka has started coming into the market.
The prices of tomato are continuously moving up with the onset of monsoon due to strained supplies and higher wholesale prices in key producing states.
Apple farmers say things have become difficult for them as these agents have not paid for their produce for the several years.
To give relief to Delhiites, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd has started selling onions at Rs 55 a kg through its five retail outlets and two mobile vans in the national capital.
Calling for availability of all necessary equipment for medical professionals, she said the onus lies on the government to ensure that the spread of infection and casualties are not caused owing to lack of infrastructure or preparedness.
Vegetables tend to get damaged faster during summers.
A home ministry official said while 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their primary contacts have been quarantined till now across the country due to "massive efforts" to check the outbreak, the Centre has written to all states and union territories that "the lockdown measures should be implemented in letter and spirit".
Prices of the key vegetable have also gone up in various cities.
Price of ladies finger shot up staggering 236% at Vashi wholesale market last month.
Currently, onion is being sold at Rs 36 per kg in retail markets of the national capital and Rs 32 per kg each in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, according to the Consumer Affairs Ministry that monitors prices of 22 essential food items.
The southwest monsoon season was deficient by 16 per cent.
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