New Delhi: Imports of vegetable oils, including edible and non-edible oils, rose 18 per cent to 15.5 lakh tonnes in June due to higher imports of crude palm oil and crude sunflower oil, according to trade data.Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) data showed that imports of vegetable...
A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed her and other branches of the state administration to take action to reduce vegetable prices in the next 10 days, the task force visited various retail markets to review the situation.The task force was also accompanied by Enforcement Branch...
In Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took umbrage at rising prices of agricultural produce and blamed the central government for “completely failing” to maintain control over prices of agricultural produce. .Banerjee, who chaired a meeting at the state secretariat...
New Delhi: Tomato prices have reached Rs 90 per kg in the city markets due to supply disruption due to monsoon rains in several states across the country, several vegetable vendors said on Tuesday.Tomato prices have also increased in major wholesale vegetable markets of Delhi including Azadpur...
Thane, Maharashtra A court in Thane city has acquitted a 52-year-old man who was accused of killing his friend for money about 12 years ago.Principal District and Sessions Judge SB Aggarwal said the prosecution had failed to prove the charges against vegetable vendor Enamul Iyadali Haq.A...
New Delhi [India], The cost of preparing a homemade vegetarian thali increased by 10 percent in June compared to the same period last year, while the cost of a non-vegetarian thali decreased by 4 percent, according to the latest report . estimates from the CRISIL report.This divergence in food...
New Delhi, Agronomy company FMC India has introduced two new fungicides for the protection of fruit and vegetable crops.In a statement on Thursday, the company said it has "launched two new innovative products, Velzo and Cosuite fungicides, designed to protect fruit and vegetable crops from...
The incident occurred late on Sunday night when 28-year-old vegetable vendor Ravi Gupta was returning home and 30-year-old Amrit Lal Rai, who was riding a motorcycle, hit the cart.Chauri police station in-charge Devendra Pratap Singh said both were seriously injured and were taken to the...
Bhadohi (UP): A motorcycle collided with a vegetable cart on the Bhadohi-Varanasi highway, killing two people, police said on Monday.Chauri police station in-charge Devendra Pratap Singh said that the incident happened on Sunday night when vegetable seller Ravi Gupta (28) was returning home...
Some of the major vegetables whose prices are skyrocketing include brinjal, bitter gourd, green chilli, cucumber, tomato, capsicum, beans, cauliflower and cabbage.While the price of brinjal ranges between Rs 120 and Rs 150 per kg, the price of bitter gourd ranges between Rs 100 and Rs 120. The...
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation marked its fourth consecutive weekly rise, mainly attributed to a rise in vegetable prices, according to official data released, Dawn reported.During the week ending June 20, year-on-year SPI-based inflation rose sharply by...
New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on Thursday issued an improvement notice to in-flight catering company TajCats after a passenger found a blade-like object in the food served on an Air India flight from Bengaluru to San Francisco.The incident occurred on June 9 and...
Prices of vegetables and fish are rising in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, significantly impacting the monthly household budget of residents of the state.Sellers attribute the rising prices of vegetables to extreme heat and unseasonal rains in Tamil Nadu, a major vegetable supplier to Kerala...
Mumbai: A blade-like metal piece was found in the food of a passenger on Air India's Bengaluru-San Francisco flight last week, for which the airline has apologised.Confirming the presence of a "foreign object" in the food, the airline on Monday said it came from a vegetable processing machine...
Mumbai, A week after an Air India passenger on a Bengaluru-San Francisco flight reportedly found a blade-like metal piece in his food, the airline on Monday confirmed the presence of a "foreign object" in the food."It (item) came from a vegetable processing machine used at its catering...
New Delhi [India], A passenger who was on an Air India flight from Bengaluru to San Francisco on Monday shared the horrifying experience of finding an alleged metal blade in his in-flight meal.The passenger on 'X' wrote, "Air India's food can be cut like a knife. Its roasted sweet potatoes...
Recently, the food blogger got in touch with ex and shared a picture of vegetable fried rice with paneer dish, and captioned it, “I am proud to be a vegetarian. My plate is free of tears, cruelty and guilt.Swara expressed her opinion by quote-tweeting the blogger and said that she does not...
NEW DELHI: India's palm oil imports rose 74 per cent to 7,63,300 tonnes in May this year from 4,39,173 tonnes in the year-ago period, as the world's biggest vegetable oil buyer tapped rising domestic demand, boosting the industry. Commodity was stocked for completion. The body Solvent Extractors...
Mangaluru (Karnataka), In two separate fire incidents, a vegetable market at Thokkuttu near Mangaluru and a furniture shop in Udupi district were gutted, police said on Tuesday.According to the fire brigade, a fire broke out in a vegetable and fruit market in Kallapu village of Dakshina...
New Delhi [India], India's horticulture production in 2023-24 is estimated at about 352.23 million tonnes, showing a decrease of about 32.51 lakh tonnes (0.91 per cent) compared to the final estimate for 2022-23.According to the second estimate for 2023-24, vegetable production is likely to...