Whereas pulses inflation hardened in July, different protein sources comparable to milk (8.6%) and meat and fish additionally reported greater inflation final month. Picture for illustration function solely. File
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Pulses costs might spiral as poor rain mars sowing
Tomato costs could also be cooling from current highs, however pulses might play the following spoilsport within the battle towards inflation, with a below-par monsoon in August dragging down the sown space for pulses within the Kharif season by nearly 10% from a yr in the past.
Kuki tribal physique to re-impose blockade on NH-2
A tribal physique in strife-hit Manipur introduced that it might re-impose the blockade of the important Dimapur-Imphal Nationwide Freeway 2 from the early hours of Monday. The blockade is prone to have an effect on provide of necessities to the valley areas the place the Meitei folks dwell.
Chandrayaan-3 | How NASA, ESA will assist ISRO throughout the Moon touchdown on August 23
Because the launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14, the bottom stations of the Nationwide Aeronautics and Area Administration (NASA) and the European Area Company (ESA) have been supporting Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) to watch the spacecraft’s well being.
Railways to conduct periodic audits to curb unsafe practices, promote ‘security first’ tradition in any respect ranges
The Indian Railways will conduct periodic audits of its practice working techniques to make sure compliance with security protocols. The inter-zonal and inter-divisional audit will determine unsafe practices, if any, that may result in “close to miss” conditions.
Appointment of Manipur Excessive Courtroom Chief Justice delayed
Delhi Excessive Courtroom choose Justice Siddharth Mridul’s appointment because the Chief Justice of Manipur Excessive Courtroom stays in limbo six weeks after the Supreme Courtroom Collegium proposed his title on July 5. The Manipur Excessive Courtroom is presently functioning beneath Performing Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan. The workplace of the Chief Justice fell vacant in February 2023, following the elevation of Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar to the Supreme Courtroom.
Panel requires uniformity in tenures at establishments beneath Tradition Ministry
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has sought uniformity within the tenures and choice processes for heads and governing our bodies of autonomous establishments run by the Ministry of Tradition. It advisable that one Member of Parliament be included within the Governing Our bodies to offer “floor studies”.
Deluge snaps connectivity in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; households fear over family members
Alka Singh, a producer at a Gurugram-based manufacturing home, has not been in a position to meet her household in Sarkhaghat, Himachal Pradesh, in a time of disaster. The roads connecting her village have been washed away in a current landslide. Ms. Singh’s aged father, brother, and sister-in-law dwell within the foothills, a hazard zone the place most homes have been vacated, their nervousness escalating as they see the water washing away farms, roads and homes round them each different day.
Ink thrown at BJP Ghosi bypoll candidate Dara Singh Chauhan
A bottle of black ink was hurled on Sunday on the BJP candidate for the Ghosi Meeting bypoll, Dara Singh Chauhan, whereas he was campaigning. A purported video of the incident is being extensively circulated on social media.
Onions to be made accessible at ₹25 as buffer inventory burgeons
The Centre enhanced the buffer inventory of onions from three lakh metric tonnes (LMT) to 5 LMT on Sunday. The Nationwide Cooperative Customers’ Federation of India Restricted (NCCF) will promote onions at a retail worth of ₹ 25 per kilogram from Monday.
Supreme Courtroom judgment delivered 4 many years in the past counters President’s rule in J&Ok
A one-page judgment pronounced by a Structure Bench of the Supreme Courtroom 42 years in the past is proving to be an irrefutable thorn on the Centre’s declare that “breakdown of constitutional equipment” in Jammu and Kashmir led to President’s rule beneath Article 356 in December 2018 and heralded occasions resulting in the abrogation of Article 370 and abolition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The case issues former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
No blood ought to circulation in Naga areas: NSCN (I-M)
The Isak-Muivah faction of the Nationwide Socialist Council of Nagaland or NSCN (I-M) has requested the Kuki and Meitei communities to not carry their ethnic combat to the Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur.
20 killed in street accident in Pakistan’s Punjab province
A bus in Pakistan caught fireplace after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity freeway in japanese Punjab province, killing a minimum of 20 folks and injuring 11 others, police and rescue officers stated Sunday.
Gaikwad, bowlers energy India to 33-run win as guests take unassailable 2-0 sequence lead
Indian batsmen and bowlers have been immense of their roles whereas giving their staff a 33-run win within the second T20I and an inviolable 2-0 sequence lead over Eire right here on August 20.