-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Onion prices soared to the year's high of Rs 90 per kg in many parts of the capital on Monday, amid indications that the staple many touch Rs 100 before coming down to more normal levels around Diwali. Market watchers said the quantity of fresh arrivals were not as much as expected and this was likely to further raise prices over the next one week. Onions...
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Vidarbha: Vocational training a ray of hope for farmers' wards
-PTI NAGPUR: With a spurt in farmer suicides in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region posing a question of survival before their families, a vocational training centre here is trying to help children of such farmers learn technical skills and earn a livelihood. Montfort Integrated Educational Centre (MIEC) was set up with the help of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) about two years back in Patansaongi village of Saoner taluka, about 30 kms from here,...
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-The Telegraph New Delhi: Swathes of eastern India resembled a gigantic overflowing bucket for parts of this week, with several areas flooded though the monsoon rainfall in the region till September was a staggering 28 per cent below average. Twelve of the region's 15 large river-fed reservoirs were brimming with water on Thursday night. Water levels in three of Jharkhand's five large reservoirs were above the full capacity although the operators, facing the...
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-The Hindu ‘No land to rehabilitate 2.5 lakh people in submergence zones' The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has urged the central government to halt the mega Sardar Sarovar Project at its present height of 122 meters which will bring the requisite benefits without uprooting thousands of rural and tribal population from displacement. During their two-day agitation that concluded at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, representatives of the displaced families led by Medha Patkar...
More »After minor dip, onion prices on the rise again -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Sixty is the new normal for onion prices in most cities after belying government expectation that prices would moderate in the first half of October. The end of Navratra, Eid-ul-Adha on Wednesday and insistent rain in many parts of the country has pushed prices to Rs 70 a kg in many cities, including Delhi. Retail price of onion has remained Rs 60 per kg in north Indian...
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