-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Green vegetables are fast vanishing from the dining tables in Delhi's average household because of skyrocketing prices in the market. On an average, traders say, there has been a 10%-20% increase in wholesale prices of onions, potatoes, tomatoes and green leafy vegetables in the mandis, while in retail market the increase is anywhere between 50%-150%. Metha Ram Kriplani, president, Chamber of Azadpur Fruit and Vegetable Traders, said...

-The Indian Express Farmers say CM promised Rs 2,500 per tonne, but factories paying only Rs 700; govt orders probe. Bengaluru: On June 24, Ningegowda, 61, a differently abled sugarcane farmer from Mandya in south Karnataka, turned the standing sugarcane crop in his 18 gunta field (1 acre = 40 guntas) into his funeral pyre. Till then, only one other farmer’s suicide had been reported from the region since April this...

-The Times of India MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Medicines widely used to treat diabetes, infections, pain and digestive disorders will cost 5-40% less with immediate effect, with the drug price regulator issuing an order to fix the prices of 39-odd formulations. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's (NPPA) order, issued on Wednesday, includes drug combinations such as ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, cefotaxime, paracetamol, domperidone and metformin + glimepiride and amoxycillin + potassium clavulanate. These drugs and combinations are...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to re-examine its drug pricing policy for essential medicines, calling it "unreasonable and irrational" as the price of some medicines is at around 4000% higher than what has been fixed by some state governments. A bench headed by Justice TS Thakur asked the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers to analyze and give explanation why the controlled price of...

-The Indian Express Reducing preventable disease should be a developmental priority. Government needs to invest in a healthier future. Indians are famous for our savings mentality. The 2014 Towers Watson Global Benefits Attitude Survey found that Indians had the second-highest savings rate, after the Chinese. We save for a variety of reasons, to create a safety net and to yield returns in future. While there is a time to save, there...