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India CPI Inflation Data: India's consumer price index (CPI) inflation, also known as retail inflation, increased in August 2025 to 2.07% against 1.61% in July 2025, according to the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) data released Friday evening. The surge in retail inflation was driven by higher vegetable, meat and fish, prices. Food inflation moderated during the month, but record gold prices rally in August impacted the core inflation. Food inflation continued to rema ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Monday, chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to assess the current state of the agriculture sector across India. According to a press release issued by PIB, the meeting prominently reviewed rainfall patterns, crop conditions, and the ongoing flood situation in parts of Punjab. In the course of the meeting, Agriculture Secretary Dr Devesh Chaturve ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Heavy rainfall has triggered fresh landslides and flash floods across five districts of Himachal Pradesh, Chamba, Kullu, Lahaul Spiti, Kangra, and Mandi, leaving the situation grim. Around 380 tourists stranded in Sissu, Lahaul and Spiti, have been safely evacuated. Meanwhile, pilgrims of the Manimahesh Yatra, which was suspended on Monday due to heavy rains, remain stranded in Chamba town owing to massive landslides. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presided ...Read More >
Thousands of vehicles, including hundreds of trucks loaded with fruits and vegetables for Delhi-NCR markets are stranded. Heavy rainfall and continuous landslides have brought life to a standstill on the Chandigarh-Kullu highway, creating a traffic jam stretching nearly 50 kilometres. Thousands of vehicles, including hundreds of trucks loaded with fruits and vegetables for Delhi-NCR markets are stranded, NDTV reported. According to the officials, the Chandigarh-Manali highway has been blocked ...Read More >
Oral cancer affects mouth areas and sometimes extends to the throat. Tobacco and alcohol are major causes. HPV infection is a growing concern, especially among younger adults. Betel nut chewing is risky in South Asia. Sun exposure increases lip cancer risk. Diet, oral hygiene, age, gender, and genetics also play a role. Prevention involves lifestyle changes and awareness. Oral cancer, often called mouth cancer, is one of those conditions that can quietly develop before showing serious signs. It ...Read More >
Wholesale inflation in India likely dropped to a near two-year low in July, due to a significant decline in food and fuel prices, according to a Union Bank of India report. New Delhi, Wholesale inflation in India likely dropped to a near two-year low in July, due to a significant decline in food and fuel prices, according to a Union Bank of India report. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is estimated to have fallen to -0.45 per cent year-on-year in July, down from -0.13 per cent in June. This is ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The fall in India's wholesale inflation will boost domestic demand despite global economic uncertainties, industry body PHDCCI said on Thursday. The provisional annual inflation rate based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) eased to (-) 0.58 per cent in July compared to the same month previous year, led by a sharp drop in the prices of food articles and crude petroleum. PHDCCI President Hemant Jain said that food prices have been consistently softening since ...Read More >
New Delhi: The fall in India's wholesale inflation will boost domestic demand despite global economic uncertainties, industry body PHDCCI said on Thursday. The provisional annual inflation rate based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) eased to (-) 0.58 per cent in July compared to the same month previous year, led by a sharp drop in the prices of food articles and crude petroleum. PHDCCI President Hemant Jain said that food prices have been consistently softening since February, with inflation ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 14 (PTI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said India would not have got Independence if Bengal was not there, as personalities like Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose, who contributed significantly to shaping the nation's destiny, were born here. Speaking at a function marking the 12th anniversary of the 'Kanyashree' scheme, Banerjee said Bengal is the beacon of hope which stands for unity amid diversity. "If Bengal was not there, India would not have got Indepe ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) Wholesale price inflation declined to a 2-year low of (-) 0.58 per cent in July, as deflation in food and fuel kept WPI in the negative zone for the second consecutive month, government data released on Thursday showed. Experts, however, projected WPI inflation to move back into positive territory in August, as base effects fade and seasonal price increases continue. WPI-based inflation was 2.10 per cent in July last year, and (-) 0.13 per cent in June. "Negative rate ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's annual rate of inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) fell further in the negative zone to a two-year low of (-) 0.58 in July this year, compared to the same month of the previous year -- primarily due to a decrease in the prices of food articles and fuels such as petrol, diesel and natural gas, according to data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Thursday. The WPI inflation for July is also lower than the -0.13 per cent that ...Read More >
India's wholesale inflation fell to -0.58% in July from -0.13% in June, marking a continued disinflationary trend, helped by a strong spring harvest despite uneven monsoons. Retail inflation also cooled to 1.55%, an 8-year low, falling below the RBI's 2-6% target band for the first time in over six years. India's wholesale inflation edged down to -0.58% in July from -0.13% in June, as per government data released on Thursday. A Reuters poll of economists had projected wholesale price index (WP ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) The Centre on Friday announced the subsidised retail sale price of tomatoes in the range of Rs 47-60 per kg in the national capital through the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF), to provide relief to buyers. The NCCF, which has been procuring tomatoes from Azadpur mandi since August 4, is retailing them with minimal margins, the consumer affairs ministry said. "To date, NCCF has sold 27,307 kilograms of tomatoes at retail prices ranging from Rs 4 ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: To address widespread confusion and concerns among merchants and the business community following the recent issuance of notices, the Commercial Tax Department had organised a workshop at its premises in city on Monday. Speaking at the workshop, P.D. Shobha, In-charge Joint Commissioner (Administration Division) of Commercial Tax Department, reassured businessmen that there was no need to panic upon receiving notice from the Department. "Merchants and businessmen who receive not ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Former MP Prajwal Revanna, convicted of rape in the high-profile KR Nagar case, has officially begun his life sentence and transitioned from an undertrial to a convict at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. With this shift, Revanna's lifestyle is set to change drastically as he enters the routine and rules of prison life.Prajwal Revanna, who had been lodged in the prison for the past 14 months during trial, has now been formally designated a life convict and assigned priso ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The prices of vegetables at Chennai's Koyambedu wholesale market witnessed moderate fluctuations on August 4 (Monday), with a few notable increases. According to the traders, the price of green chillies rose by Rs 20 per kg, up from Rs 50 per kg on Saturday to Rs 70 per kg on Monday. Radish witnessed a hike of Rs 10 per kg, rising from Rs 20 per kg on Saturday to Rs 30 per kg on Monday. Chow Chow also saw a marginal increase of Rs 5, selling at Rs 25 per kg, compared to Rs 20 per kg ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin paid tribute to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his 220th death anniversary at Guindy in Chennai on Sunday. The Chief Minister offered flowers to the portrait of the freedom fighter in Chennai. Dheeran Chinnamalai was born as Theerthagiri Sarkarai Manradiar on April 17, 1756. He was a Palayakkarar and chieftain who ruled the Kongu Nadu region. Chinnamalai fought against the Kingdom of Mysore, which collect ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Continuous rains over West Bengal, coupled with the slowing down of the supply chain, have led to prices of vegetables skyrocketing in Kolkata markets, as well as in several other cities and towns across districts. In Kolkata markets, a cauliflower, which was being sold at Rs 30 a few days ago, is now being sold at Rs 50 to 60. Pointed gourd is being sold at least Rs 50 per kg, as against Rs 30 a few days back. A large-sized brinjal is being sold at Rs 100 per kg ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In a recent study by Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), it was found that Indians consume 2.2 times more salt than the amount recommended by WHO. As an alternative for salt, low sodium salts - containing potassium or magnesium - are available in the markets. This is suitable only for healthy people, as potassium is a mineral that doctors strongly disapprove of for kidney patients. "Less sodium and more potassium is advisable for healt ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 19: India's leadership in developing a group standard for whole millet grains was appreciated during the 88th Session of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCEXEC88), held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy from July 14-18, it was announced on Saturday. The Committee reviewed the progress of this work, which is being chaired by India with Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal as co-chairs, said Health Ministry in a statement. The terms of reference for the s ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Monday addressed the media on the Cabinet's key decision to approve the 'Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhanya Krishi Yojana'. According to a release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the foodgrain production has increased by more than 40%, and the production of fruits, milk, and vegetables has also seen historic growth. However, significant disparities in productivity continu ...Read More >
Himachal Pradesh's apple growers are experiencing a profitable start to the season as early varieties fetch high prices in wholesale markets. Farmers are earning between Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per box, with over 10 lakh boxes already sold. Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh are upbeat as early varieties of the fruit are commanding impressive prices in wholesale markets. With the apple season kicking off early this year, traders at the Dhalli vegetable market in Shimla say farmers are earning betwe ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh are upbeat as early varieties of the fruit are commanding impressive prices in wholesale markets. With the apple season kicking off early this year, traders at the Dhalli vegetable market in Shimla say farmers are earning between Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per 20-kg box, depending on quality and ripeness. Roshan Sharma, a local apple grower, said he received Rs 2,000 per box for the early 'Spur' variety. 'The early v ...Read More >
Dr. Mujahid Gilani (Senior Kashmiri Leader): Long before 14 August 1947, people of Jammu and Kashmir had voted in favour of Pakistan even before the division of Sub-Continent. They gave their decision over vehemently to become to join Pakistan as its Muslim majority province. In the backdrop of global situation, we must realize that people of Jammu and Kashmir are struggling for maintaining their lives. Their ratio of population in Jammu and Kashmir which was over 98 % in 1947 has been reduced a ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The state-level Onam celebration will be held from Sept 3 to 9. District-level celebrations will be organised under the leadership of District Tourism Promotion Councils (DTPC).The decision was made in a meeting chaired by CM Pinarayi Vijayan. Vijayan instructed that various departments should coordinate to organise the Onam celebrations in an expansive and attractive manner.The area from Kowdiar to Manacaud in Thiruvananthapuram will be declared a festival zone, with enhance ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka BJP, on Saturday, announced the launch of a helpline to safeguard the interests of small traders in the state in the backdrop of row over GST Addressing a press conference at the State BJP Office, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru, the Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, has said that the BJP will launch a helpline (8884245123) from July 21 to safeguard the interests of small traders in the state. He added tha ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] July 19 (ANI): India's initiative in developing a group standard for whole millet grains recieved global recognition during the 88th Executive Committee meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCEXEC88) held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome from 14-18 July 2025. The milestone was approved at the 47th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC47) in 2024 and was reviewed during the CCEXEC88. The work was chaired by India in collaboration with Mali, Nigeria, and Sene ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) India's leadership in developing a group standard for whole millet grains was acknowledged at a session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCEXEC88), held at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome from July 14 to 18. According to a statement from the Union Health Ministry here, the appreciation came at the 88th session of the Executive Committee of the CCEXEC88. India is chairing the work on millet standards, with Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal ...Read More >
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