Topic: Tomato prices
Potato, tomato prices to hover over Rs 50/kg as pre-monsoon rain, lockdowns hit supply
The arrival of potatoes in Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi has decreased by one-fifth in 10 days — from 548 tonnes on 10 July to 101 tonnes on 20 July.
Tomatoes cost Rs 70/kg from Rs 4/kg a month back due to early monsoon & supply shortage
Prices of tomatoes across Delhi could rise to Rs 80/kg as the crop arrival from Himachal Pradesh and Haryana has been hampered since last week.
Wholesale vegetable prices soar as demand rises, retail rates to spike too if supply gap stays
Wholesale traders cite a nearly 20% increase in demand for vegetables as restaurants, dhabas, canteens and other eateries have opened since 1 June.
Tomato trade gets crushed by India-Pakistan tension, price jumps 200% in Pakistan
Pakistan stopped issuing permits for Indian tomatoes in 2016, since the surgical strikes after Uri, and India's exports fell to Rs 10,000 until January 2018-19 from Rs 368 cr in 2016-17.
Is it ‘shirk from home’? Jury’s still out as Europe begins working from home again
There is no evidence yet of mass remote work’s impact in the longer term on company productivity, but the current outlook is mixed at best.
Harley Davidson to discontinue sales and manufacturing operations in India
Harley’s decision comes weeks after Toyota Motor Corp. said it won’t expand further in India due to the country’s high tax regime.
Defence
Indian soldiers at LAC have go-ahead to open fire in self-defence, India tells China
With no signs of disengagement on the ground in Ladakh, where India and China have been locked in a stand-off since April, both sides will stay dug in during the region’s bitter winter too.
Suspect all, fix all? Is that the motto of our new ‘National Suspicion State’?
It’s not just Modi government or BJP, but even state governments, judiciary are getting caught in a ‘we suspect all’ mindset. Is India becoming a National Suspicion State?