A few weeks ago Nitish Kumar lost his temper and lashed out when interrupted at a rally. Madhubani, Bihar: Onions were thrown at Nitish Kumar when he was campaigning today in Bihar’s Madhubani for the state elections ending on Saturday. The Chief Minister’s security personnel formed a shield around him …
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Written by Parthasarathi Biswas | Pune | Updated: October 24, 2020 7:11:49 am At the APMC Market in Navi Mumbai on Friday. (Express photo: Narendra Vaskar) With less than a week to go Bihar elections, the Center on Friday reintroduced the onion stock limit, a measure aimed at curbing rising …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: October 22, 2020 7:13:38 am On September 14, the government announced a ban on the export of onions “to ensure availability to domestic consumers at reasonable prices during the lean season before the arrival of the kharif onion.” Amid rising onion …
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NEW DELHI: Onion prices remain more or less stable around ₹40 per kilogram in the markets of Delhi. In August, wholesale and retail onion prices across the Indian level fell 34.5% and 4% respectively compared to last year’s level. So why did the government hastily ban the export of onions …
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Written by Parthasarathi Biswas, Edited by Explained Desk | Pune | September 15, 2020 10:59:58 am A worker carries a sack of onions at the APMC market in Ahmedabad on September 7, 2020 (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran). On Monday, a shocked central government issued a notification ban the export of …
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On Monday, the government banned the export of onions, anticipating a deficit in the key cooking ingredient, as exports soared 30% in the April-July period. Exports of all varieties of onions are banned with immediate effect, the Directorate General for Foreign Trade said in a notification. “The provisions of the …
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[ad_1] How do you travel from Mumbai to Allahabad when there is a running of the bulls? Buy 25 tons of onions, load them into a truck, and hit the road. Desperate to reach his ancestral village on the outskirts of Allahabad, Prem Murti Pandey, who works at the Mumbai …
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