Day: December 11, 2020

US wholesale prices up 0.1% in November; food and energy up

8:37 pm December 11, 2020

Washington: US wholesale prices edged up 0.1 per cent in November as the cost of both food and energy were up. The increase in the producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, followed bigger gains of 0.3 per cent in October and 0.4 per cent in September, the Labour Department […]

Cold wave conditions intensify in Kashmir

Gulmarg, Pahalgam only places in Kashmir with sub-zero night temperatures

8:31 pm December 11, 2020

Srinagar: Gulmarg and Pahalgam were the only places in Kashmir which recorded sub-zero night temperatures on Friday, even as the MeT office predicted moderate rains or snowfall over the higher reaches of the Union Territory from tonight. The minimum temperature across Kashmir, except in Gulmarg in the north and Pahalgam in the south, stayed above […]

BSE launches e-agricultural spot market platform

3:28 pm December 11, 2020

New Delhi: Leading stock exchange BSE on Friday said it has launched an electronic spot platform for agricultural commodities. The platform– BSE e-Agricultural Markets Ltd (BEAM) — will function as a national level, institutionalized, electronic, transparent commodity spot trading platform in line with the prime minister’s vision to create a ”single market”, the exchange said […]

Leh-Jammu flight operations resume

3:18 pm December 11, 2020

Jammu: Flight operations between Leh and Jammu, capital cities of union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, have resumed after remaining suspended for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Friday. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had suspended domestic passenger flights across the country in March this year to restrict travel and […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over farm incomes

3:15 pm December 11, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government, alleging that it wants the income of farmers in the country to be as low as that earned by those in Bihar. The former party chief cited a media report that claimed that an agricultural household in Punjab earns the highest in a year, […]