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Manipur Highway Blockade Triggers Price Hike, Shortages
Prolonged highway blockades and disrupted transport routes have led to spiralling prices and critical shortages in Manipur, particularly in Churachandpur and the capital Imphal as residents continue to struggle with the aftermath of ethnic clashes.
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"Have To Eat Half": Sri Lankans Feel Pain Of Spiralling Economic Crisis
Across Sri Lanka, families like Hadaragama's are feeling the growing pain of the country's worst economic crisis in years, which has driven up prices of essentials and triggered shortages of everything from food to fuel.
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Kolkata Restaurants See Dip In Profits As Onion Prices Soar
The spiralling prices of onions have partially affected restaurant business in Kolkata, with owners apprehensive that customers might skip eating out during Christmas and New Year festivities, if they hike the rate of food items.
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Government Feels the 'Pulse', Takes Measure To Check Soaring Prices
In a desperate bid to bring down the spiraling prices of pulses, the government today ended all exemptions on stock limits of pulses for exporters, food processors and large retailers, departmental stores with multiple outlets.
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Centre Blames Delhi Government for Not Acting Against Onion Hoarders
With onion prices rising up to Rs 80 per kg in the national capital, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today blamed the Delhi government for not taking adequate action against hoarders for spiraling the prices.
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Robbers Eye Pricey Onion, Thefts in Mumbai and Nasik
Amidst spiralling prices of onion, about 700 kg stock of the key kitchen staple worth Rs 50,000 was allegedly stolen from a shop in suburban Mumbai, informed the police.
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Ebola Escalation Could Trigger Major Food Crisis
The global famine warning system is predicting a major food crisis if the Ebola outbreak continues to grow exponentially over the coming months, and the United Nations still hasn't reached over 750,000 people in need of food in West Africa as prices spiral and farms are abandoned.
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Why Public Toilets in London Are Turning Into Cafes
With spiralling land prices turning even the darkest corners of London into potential goldmines, the city's forgotten spaces, including 19th-century public toilets, are blossoming into restaurants, cafes and boutiques. Many Victorian urinals remained...
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Don't Panic, No Shortages of Food Items: Finance Minister After Price Rise Meet
The NDA government, which has been confronted with the spectre of spiralling prices of food items soon after its advent to power at the Centre, today sought to allay fears of any shortages, and said there were enough stocks to deal with any situation.
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'Hoarders Taking Advantage of Poor Monsoon Forecast', says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
The NDA government, which has been confronted with the spectre of spiralling prices of food items soon after its advent to power at the Centre, today once again sought the cooperation of the states in battling a problem which, it said, had been an annual fixture at this time of the year.
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Manipur Highway Blockade Triggers Price Hike, Shortages
Prolonged highway blockades and disrupted transport routes have led to spiralling prices and critical shortages in Manipur, particularly in Churachandpur and the capital Imphal as residents continue to struggle with the aftermath of ethnic clashes.
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"Have To Eat Half": Sri Lankans Feel Pain Of Spiralling Economic Crisis
Across Sri Lanka, families like Hadaragama's are feeling the growing pain of the country's worst economic crisis in years, which has driven up prices of essentials and triggered shortages of everything from food to fuel.
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Kolkata Restaurants See Dip In Profits As Onion Prices Soar
The spiralling prices of onions have partially affected restaurant business in Kolkata, with owners apprehensive that customers might skip eating out during Christmas and New Year festivities, if they hike the rate of food items.
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Government Feels the 'Pulse', Takes Measure To Check Soaring Prices
In a desperate bid to bring down the spiraling prices of pulses, the government today ended all exemptions on stock limits of pulses for exporters, food processors and large retailers, departmental stores with multiple outlets.
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Centre Blames Delhi Government for Not Acting Against Onion Hoarders
With onion prices rising up to Rs 80 per kg in the national capital, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today blamed the Delhi government for not taking adequate action against hoarders for spiraling the prices.
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Robbers Eye Pricey Onion, Thefts in Mumbai and Nasik
Amidst spiralling prices of onion, about 700 kg stock of the key kitchen staple worth Rs 50,000 was allegedly stolen from a shop in suburban Mumbai, informed the police.
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Ebola Escalation Could Trigger Major Food Crisis
The global famine warning system is predicting a major food crisis if the Ebola outbreak continues to grow exponentially over the coming months, and the United Nations still hasn't reached over 750,000 people in need of food in West Africa as prices spiral and farms are abandoned.
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Why Public Toilets in London Are Turning Into Cafes
With spiralling land prices turning even the darkest corners of London into potential goldmines, the city's forgotten spaces, including 19th-century public toilets, are blossoming into restaurants, cafes and boutiques. Many Victorian urinals remained...
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Don't Panic, No Shortages of Food Items: Finance Minister After Price Rise Meet
The NDA government, which has been confronted with the spectre of spiralling prices of food items soon after its advent to power at the Centre, today sought to allay fears of any shortages, and said there were enough stocks to deal with any situation.
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'Hoarders Taking Advantage of Poor Monsoon Forecast', says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
The NDA government, which has been confronted with the spectre of spiralling prices of food items soon after its advent to power at the Centre, today once again sought the cooperation of the states in battling a problem which, it said, had been an annual fixture at this time of the year.
