-The Times of India HYDERABAD: Tomatoes might soon go off the common man's dinner plate, thanks to a steep hike in prices of the vegetable triggered by widespread destruction of farmland by unseasonal floods. The staple food item at almost every kitchen, available at Rs 15/kg in the open market in April this year, has now jumped five-fold to Rs 75-80/kg. The sudden spike, has also become a talking point on twitter,...
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Dang women find route to empowerment through the stomach -Yagnesh Mehta
-The Times of India A Food Stall's Success At A Tribal Fair In 2006 Led To A Restaurant Chain Ahmedabad: Freshly cooked traditional tribal food served to people visiting a fair in Dang around nine years ago was such a hit that it led to women's empowerment through a chain of restaurants. The group of women that had set up the stall at the tribal fair decided to go ahead and capitalize...
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-The Times of India NEW DELHI: If you were to ask any random aam aadmi anywhere in India what is the single biggest failing of the UPA, the answer would be - price rise. This is so because the most important items of family spending - food items - have relentlessly risen for the past several years despite repeated promises to bring them down by the economic mandarins and policy wonks...
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