The proposed purchase of 22,000 tonnes of onions will ‘pull down prices’, an agriculture official said. Onions are currently selling for three times the price of chicken in the Philippines and are around 25 per cent costlier than beef, by weight.
Ghee and cooking oil in Pakistan are going to be short in supply as well as costlier ahead of the holy month of Ramadan if the government does not take corrective measures, reported The Dawn.
The prices of electricity, gas and diesel are set to increase one by one as the government pulls back the subsidies in keeping with the austerity measures.
The District Coffee and Tea Trade Association in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu has decided to increase the prices of tea and coffee by Rs 15 owing to an increase in the price of milk.
Paris: The cost inflicted on the world by carbon pollution may be nearly four times higher than recent estimates, a study said on Thursday, highlighting how much climate action.