Onions bowled a devastating spell of 9 for 67 in 16.3 overs for Durham after being left out of England XI at Lord's. ...
08:52 AM, Aug 17, 2012
The seamer is suffering from a hamstring injury and is a doubt for the Oval game starting Thursday. ...
05:57 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Seam bowlers Steven Finn and Graham Onions will compete to fill the place left vacant by injured James Anderson. ...
02:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Jonathan Bairstow was named in an England Test squad for the first time on Sunday. ...
03:07 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Food inflation fell to a nearly four-year low of 4.35 per cent during the week ended December 3, reflecting a decline in prices of essential items like vegetables, onions, potatoes and wheat. This is the lowest rate of food inflation since the week ended February 23, 2008, when it stood at 4.28 per cent. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 6.6 per...
12:20 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: Food inflation jumped to 9.13 per cent for the week ended September 7 from 8.84 per cent in the previous week, mainly due to a rise in prices of potatoes, pulses and poultry. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee termed the rise in food inflation as an area of "grave concern". While prices of onions eased marginally during the week, gram, masoor, arhar, urad and poultry rates firmed up on...
12:13 PM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: The Centre has lifted the ban on onion exports after pressure from Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and protests by farmers. The decision will be reviewed after a fortnight. The government had imposed a ban on onion exports on September 9 to check its spiralling prices which touched Rs 25 per kg in retail in the national capital. Pawar and Deshmukh argued at the...
08:28 PM, Sep 20, 2011
London: They may reduce millions of housewives to tears, but a survey has found that onions are a key ingredient to happiness. The survey claims the humble onion is the foodstuff which brings most pleasure per penny, followed by carrots, baked beans, bananas and potatoes. Shoppers were quizzed on 100 everyday staples to find out how happy they made them, relative to price. More than 1,500 people rated products based...
01:29 PM, Sep 16, 2011
1. The onion is probably one of the oldest vegetables that man consumed and has been traced back to about 5000 BC. In the land of the Pharaohs, the dead were buried along with onions as the Egyptians believed it would help bring breath back to the mummies. Onions also feature in the paintings inside pyramids. 2. In ancient Greece and Rome, gladiators would rub themselves down with onions to...
08:18 PM, Feb 14, 2011
Rising prices are threatening to put onions in the realm of the exotic; but the myths about them, and their medicinal benefits, have given them a place in the sun 1. The onion is probably one of the oldest vegetables that man consumed and has been traced back to about 5000 BC. In the land of the Pharaohs, the dead were buried along with onions as the Egyptians believed it...
12:29 PM, Feb 12, 2011
New Delhi: Inflation has touched a record high. Prices of basic commodities are spiraling up and with the government doing little, according to experts, the future could be jittery. If you thought onions were tearing you up then 2020 could be worse. Onions have grown at a rate of over 400 percent since 2000 from Rs 7 per kg then, to Rs 30 per kg now. If this trend continues,...
10:18 AM, Feb 11, 2011
New Delhi: The wholesale onion traders of the city called off their strike of Wednesday and claimed, along with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, that the bulb's prices would come under control within a week. "I have met the traders and the prices of onions will come down quite substantially because their crops would be arriving mid-January," Sheila Dikshit said. The traders met Sheila Dikshit and called off their strike, which...
07:06 PM, Jan 12, 2011
A day after Nashik onion traders went on strike, Delhi's onion traders also went on strike following I-T raids. ...
05:07 PM, Jan 11, 2011
After onions and tomatoes prices of eggs are on the rise. Supply constraints push the prices up in north India. ...
12:52 PM, Jan 11, 2011
New Delhi: Nashik onion traders on Monday decided not to purchase onions for two days from the Agricultural Produce Market Committees, following the nationwide income tax raids on onion traders. They, however, later withdrew their strike following assurances from the state government. Traders were protesting against the Maharashtra government's directive of selling onions at not more than Rs 40 per kg. The decision to go on a strike was taken...
10:22 AM, Jan 10, 2011
Tonnes of onions lie rotting at a Mumbai port waiting clearance from authorities. ...
11:26 PM, Jan 04, 2011
New Delhi: Food inflation surged to a 10-week high of 14.44 per cent for the week ended December 18 as prices of vegetables, particularly onions, fruits, cereals and protein-based products, continued to escalate. Food inflation stood at 12.13 per cent in the previous week. This is the fifth consecutive week when the price of food items has increased. However, food inflation is still far below the level of 21.19 per...
12:54 PM, Dec 30, 2010
New Delhi: Here are the 10 things that you didn't know about onions! 1. The onion is believed to have originated in Asia. 2. There are 45 calories in one serving of onions. 3. Ancient Egyptians worshipped the onion, believing that its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternity. 4. In Bronze Age settlements, traces of onion remains were found alongside fig and date stones dating back to 5000 BC....
05:52 PM, Dec 21, 2010
Onion prices have hit the roof and customers are crying foul as their household budgets get tighter. Traders say their hands are tied as the poor harvest has led to a shortage in supply and increase in price. ...
05:33 PM, Dec 20, 2010
