Food prices push up retail inflation to 4.45% in July

Price pressures remain stronger in rural India (4.8%), up from 4.7% in June NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up to 4.45% in July on expensive kitchen staples, including onion and ginger, even as price rise remained above the Reserve Bank’s median target for the second consecutive month, according to govt data.The consumer price index (CPI)-based…

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Javelin medallist says ‘searching for job’

Ashish Yadav’s life changed dramatically after he moved from his village in Uttar Pradesh to Hisar to pursue javelin. In just 15 months, the 19-year-old has become a World U-20 silver medallist and the second Indian after Neeraj Chopra to win silver in the event.However, his family’s financial struggles continue, and he is still searching…

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Bengaluru Top Trends Today: Namma Metro sees highest ridership ever, Rs 40.7 crore for AI projects; food safety drive on | Bengaluru News

Namma Metro records highest-ever ridership, food safety drive on Today, the biggest conversations in Bengaluru range from public transport and food safety to innovation and technology. As road congestion worsens, Namma Metro has hit a new ridership milestone with the city’s dependence on mass transit becoming more intense. Meanwhile, the food safety department of Karnataka…

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‘Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats’ and why choosing joy in the face of chaos may be the ultimate act of defiance

Voltaire was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher and writer who championed reason, freedom of thought, and religious tolerance while criticizing injustice and intolerance. Imagine standing on the deck of an ocean liner when a sudden storm tears the ship open. The engine stops, water rushes into the lower parts of the ship, and the vessel…

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Cybersecurity at nuclear installations accorded highest priority; AERB, external govt agencies assess security at plants: Centre

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Chennai: The Union govt on Wednesday informed Lok Sabha that security assessments are conducted periodically at all nuclear power plant sites by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and “external govt agencies.”In a written reply to Congress MP Manickam Tagore, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh said…

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