-Financial Express There are multiple varieties of regional dals that are eaten across the length and breadth of the country Lentils today are a mainstay of most meals across the country, but the interesting part of the lentil story is that while we think of dals as an Indian staple, the truth is they probably came to us way after a lot of other civilisations. Lebanese people love them (hummus and falafel),...

-The Telegraph A system without any steering control An essential characteristic of modern capitalism is that the living conditions of millions of people are determined by the whims and caprices of a handful of Financial speculators; indeed, that is what ‘leaving things to the market’ really entails. Consider what is happening in India today. There is a massive outflow of finance from the country because of which the rupee is depreciating  vis-à-vis...

-India.mongabay.com * After the drop in wheat production due to heat waves, extreme weather events have now cast a shadow on rice production, which is likely to drop beyond centre’s initial 6% loss estimate. * In six years (2015-21), the country lost 33.9 million hectares of the cropped area due to floods and excess rains and 35 million hectares due to drought, which are likely to intensify as various studies predict. * Centre...

-Livemint.com Most companies flagged a sluggish rural demand in the September quarter that impacted their quarterly volumes. However, most expect some form of recovery in demand in the second half of the Financial year New Delhi: September quarter earnings of fast moving consumer goods companies helped zoomed in on the demand environment in rural markets that remains squeezed due to high inflation. Most companies flagged a sluggish rural demand in the September quarter...

-Financial Express The credit outstanding to industry stood at Rs 32.4 trillion as of September 23, according to the data. The banking sector lending to industry has picked up, led by disbursals to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector. Bank credit to industry improved 12.6% year-on-year in September, compared to a muted 1.7% growth in the same month last year, data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed. Banks’...