-PTI New Delhi: Tomato prices, which have skyrocketed up to Rs. 100/kg, are more likely to decline over the next fortnight as supplies from southern and other growing states are expected to improve, said a senior ICAR official. Retail tomato prices have gone through the roof for more than a month now in most parts of the country and are still ruling high up to 100 per kg, as per the Consumer...
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Tomato prices soar to Rs. 100/kg in Delhi-NCR on short supply
-PTI New Delhi: Tomato prices have risen to around Rs. 100 per kg in the national capital market as supplies from major producing states have been disrupted because of heavy rains. Mother Dairy is selling tomatoes at Rs. 96 per kg here through its 300 retail stores ‘Safal’, while online grocery platforms like Big Basket and Grofers are offering this key vegetable at nearly Rs. 100 per kg. Local vendors are selling tomatoes...
More »Govt aims to connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats via optical fibre by mid-2018
-The Hindu Business Line Indian digital economy set to reach $ one trillion in another 5-7 years: Ravi Shankar Prasad Kolkata: Around 1.5 lakh gram panchayats will be connected via optical fibre under the national optical fibre network programme of the Centre by mid-2018, the Union Minister for Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said today. Of the targeted 2.5 lakh gram panchayats are to be connected under this...
More »NSSO collecting data on communicable diseases for 1st time
-IANS Kolkata: The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), which started the 75th round of survey from July 1, is for the first time collecting data related to communicable diseases, officials said here on Monday. The National Sample Survey 75th round (NSS-75) covers household consumer expenditure as well as household social consumption -- education and health. "For the first time in NSS health survey, the data collected will enable assessment of population who are...
More »Intake of Muslim students in Bengal varsities abysmally low, says survey -Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu Lack of education at primary and secondary levels is seen as one of the main reasons The percentage of Muslim students in leading State and Central universities of West Bengal is abysmally low, revealed the sixth All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for the year 2015-16. The report, prepared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, was released on Monday. Among the elite institutions that could not enrol any Muslim...
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