-Moneycontrol.com The spike in WPI will put more pressure on the rate-setting body to initiate a tight policy stance On April 18, the government data showed that India's inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose to a four-month high of 14.55 percent in March from 13.11 percent in February. With this, the WPI inflation has now been in double-digit territory for 12 consecutive months. What is the significance of this data?...
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Left delegation finds out what led to Jahangirpuri clash -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
-The Telegraph Members suggest the flare-up in an area not known for communal unrest should be seen in conjunction with a series of earlier events New Delhi: A fact-finding delegation of three Left parties has concluded that Saturday’s clashes at Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi were the fallout of an agenda by some alleged Sangh parivar affiliates to use religious festivals to foment communal strife. The delegation from the CPM, CPIML and the Forward...
More »Summer crops may be damaged this year due to temperature rise: Experts -Raju Sajwan
-Down to Earth States accuse the Centre of not taking any initiative to help them increase production of summer crops Agricultural experts have warned that an unusually hot March and April this year may cause damage to summer crops, which are grown in the Indian subcontinent between ‘Rabi’ (winter) and ‘Kharif’ (monsoon) crops. States have also accused the Centre of not taking any initiative to help them increase production of summer crops...
More »SKM appreciate's Supreme Court's decision to cancel the bail of Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident
-Press release by Samyukta Kisan Morcha dated 18th April, 2022 By canceling the bail of the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri murder case, Ashish Mishra alias Monu, the Supreme Court has restored hope in the justice system After this order of the Supreme Court, Ajay Mishra Teni should be immediately sacked from the post of minister, failing which SKM will protest nationwide Justice should be given to the farmers implicated in the...
More »What’s fuelling higher inflation in rural India? -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Why are food, clothing and fuel prices higher in the hinterland? Will a good monsoon help ease the crisis? The story so far: The retail inflation rate surged to 6.95% this March — its highest level in nearly one and a half years, capping off six successive months of accelerating prices for consumers. With incremental fuel price hikes only kicking in during the latter half of March, the full impact...
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