
Jalandhar: Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. Back in December, after a bumper harvest of potatoes, furious farmers dumped tonnes of their crop on roads in protest over a crash in prices: four months later, the annual wholesale inflation rate of the potato is galloping at...

12:33 PM, May 22, 2012

A report on how a packet of potato chips looks big, but has very less content in it in the US. ...

01:08 PM, Apr 18, 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
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The hint of smoky sweetness wafts over the dusty smog of the city As I carry my Monday morning hangover face to work. It carries ...

06:20 PM, Mar 17, 2011

Retail prices of vegetables have doubled in Delhi and Mumbai while wholesale prices remained steady. ...

07:24 PM, Jul 15, 2010

If you can ignore the bad spellings and the grammar, this book is all things you've grown up with, the assortment of Indian parental attitudes included! ...

02:17 PM, Jun 14, 2010

If you can ignore the bad spellings and the grammar, this book is all things you've grown up with, the assortment of Indian parental attitudes included! ...

02:17 PM, Jun 14, 2010

New system to reflect inflation data of primary articles, fuel in place now. ...

02:13 PM, Nov 05, 2009

The retail price of potatoes has almost doubled in the Navratri season. ...

12:55 PM, Sep 23, 2009

This is not the first time that the shape or content of a vegetable has become a subject for debate. ...

12:28 PM, Jul 08, 2008

Eating potatoes could benefit the immune system, says a study. ...

05:45 PM, Jun 25, 2007

When Maya Khatri's father passed away leaving the family with no source of income, Maya decided to chip in quite literally. ...

03:32 AM, Apr 14, 2007

A professor of Physics in Kurukshetra has successfully generated electricity from potatoes and Pepsi. ...

07:51 PM, Sep 03, 2006