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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicWholesale Price Index (WPI)

Topic: Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

Wholesale inflation drops to 2.02% in June, hits 23-month low

The decline in wholesale price-based inflation was helped by a drop in prices of vegetables, fuel and power items.

Falling prices of food articles, fuel and power bring inflation down to a 22-month low

The Wholesale Price Index-based inflation in May 2019 was the lowest in 22 months at 2.5%, since July 2017, when it was at 1.88%.

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Your place or mine? This dating question comes with extreme risks, dirty pillows & toilets

Don’t call him to your place the first time. He could be a stalker who now has your address. Or worse. He overstays his welcome, clogs your toilet, picks his nails, and snores.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.