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Slivered Onions Likely Culprit, Says McDonald's As It Tackles E-Coli Crisis
McDonald's Corp. supplier Taylor Farms is recalling some yellow onion batches produced in a Colorado facility in response to a deadly E. coli outbreak at the burger chain.
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Pakistan's Weekly Inflation Crosses 40 Percent For 1st Time In 5 Months
Consumer prices rose significantly in the outgoing week on the back of onions, chicken, eggs, rice, cigarettes and fuel, official data showed on Friday, driving the weekly inflation to over 40 per cent for the first time in over five months.
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Onion Shortage Threatens New Chapter In World Food Crisis
Lalaine Basa would buy a kilo of onions to make spring rolls at her catering business north of Manila. She's now changed her recipe to use half the amount because of soaring prices in the Philippines.
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Wholesale Inflation Eases To 1.22% In December Amid Fall In Food Prices: 10 Points
Wholesale Inflation in December 2020: The rate of inflation, based on the monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 1.22 per cent for the month of December 2020, as compared to 2.76 per cent in the corresponding month of 2019, government data showed on Thursday, January 14. The wholesale inflation during the month was registered amid a decline ...
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Taking Steps To Import Onion, Restore Supply, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Ensuring that the country will soon overcome onion crisis, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government was taking every step to import onions and restore their supply to the market.
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Government Contracts Import Of Additional 12,660 Tonnes Of Onions
The Centre on Thursday said it has contracted to import an additional 12,660 tonnes of onions and the shipment will reach India from December 27 onwards, a move aimed at improving the domestic supply and check price rise.
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Mamata Banerjee Makes Surprise Visit To Kolkata Market Amid Onion Crisis
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a surprise visit on Monday to a market in south Kolkata's Bhawanipore area and enquired about supplies of vegetables and their prices, amid the ongoing onion crisis.
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Goa Chief Minister Blames "Sushegad'' Attitude Of Locals For Onion Crisis
The Goans are generally praised for their "Sushegad" (relaxed) attitude, but Chief Minister Pramod Sawant feels it is to be blamed for onion shortage and high prices, because people do not grow vegetables at home anymore.
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"Am Vegetarian...How Will I Know?": Union Minister Ashwini Choubey On Onion Crisis
As people grapple with skyrocketing onion prices, the BJP's Ashwini Choubey dismissed the crisis with a laugh, claiming that as a vegetarian he had never tasted onions and did not know anything about the shortage
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Onion Crisis: Now Cook Superb Indian Food Without Onions!
The one ingredient that has always held the most important spot in our kitchen cupboard is onions. But it isn't impossible to cook without it.
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Don't Resort to Panic Buying of Onion, Appeals AAP Government
The Aam Aadmi Party government today assured the people that Fair Price Shops have enough stock and will continue to sell onions at Rs 30 per kilogram till prices stabilise, and appealed to Delhiites not to indulge in panic buying, as prices of the vegetable has gone as high as Rs 70 per kilogram in some areas of the city.
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Union Minister Naqvi Targets Rahul Gandhi, Says He Doesn't Know The Difference Between Pyaaz and Pizza
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched a scathing attack on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Bjopal on Sunday, saying that he does not understand the difference between onion and pizza or brinjal and burger, but tries to become a leader of farmers.
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India's Onion Crisis: Shortages After The Best-Ever Harvest
Farmer Ranganath Watpade made a killing last year by putting off selling his onions until four months after he harvested them. This year, the same trick has backfired.The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtrahave...
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Onion Crisis: Shortages After the Best-ever Harvest
The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes.
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Poor Rainfall Could Cause Drought-Like Conditions in Parts of West India: Agriculture Minister
After the driest June in years, the BJP-led government - set to present its first Budget next week - is in crisis mode to combat a weak monsoon and rising prices. The price of the staple onion, for long an issue of political sensitivity, is expected to keep rising.
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Slivered Onions Likely Culprit, Says McDonald's As It Tackles E-Coli Crisis
McDonald's Corp. supplier Taylor Farms is recalling some yellow onion batches produced in a Colorado facility in response to a deadly E. coli outbreak at the burger chain.
-
Pakistan's Weekly Inflation Crosses 40 Percent For 1st Time In 5 Months
Consumer prices rose significantly in the outgoing week on the back of onions, chicken, eggs, rice, cigarettes and fuel, official data showed on Friday, driving the weekly inflation to over 40 per cent for the first time in over five months.
-
Onion Shortage Threatens New Chapter In World Food Crisis
Lalaine Basa would buy a kilo of onions to make spring rolls at her catering business north of Manila. She's now changed her recipe to use half the amount because of soaring prices in the Philippines.
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Wholesale Inflation Eases To 1.22% In December Amid Fall In Food Prices: 10 Points
Wholesale Inflation in December 2020: The rate of inflation, based on the monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 1.22 per cent for the month of December 2020, as compared to 2.76 per cent in the corresponding month of 2019, government data showed on Thursday, January 14. The wholesale inflation during the month was registered amid a decline ...
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Taking Steps To Import Onion, Restore Supply, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
Ensuring that the country will soon overcome onion crisis, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government was taking every step to import onions and restore their supply to the market.
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Government Contracts Import Of Additional 12,660 Tonnes Of Onions
The Centre on Thursday said it has contracted to import an additional 12,660 tonnes of onions and the shipment will reach India from December 27 onwards, a move aimed at improving the domestic supply and check price rise.
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Mamata Banerjee Makes Surprise Visit To Kolkata Market Amid Onion Crisis
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a surprise visit on Monday to a market in south Kolkata's Bhawanipore area and enquired about supplies of vegetables and their prices, amid the ongoing onion crisis.
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Goa Chief Minister Blames "Sushegad'' Attitude Of Locals For Onion Crisis
The Goans are generally praised for their "Sushegad" (relaxed) attitude, but Chief Minister Pramod Sawant feels it is to be blamed for onion shortage and high prices, because people do not grow vegetables at home anymore.
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"Am Vegetarian...How Will I Know?": Union Minister Ashwini Choubey On Onion Crisis
As people grapple with skyrocketing onion prices, the BJP's Ashwini Choubey dismissed the crisis with a laugh, claiming that as a vegetarian he had never tasted onions and did not know anything about the shortage
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Onion Crisis: Now Cook Superb Indian Food Without Onions!
The one ingredient that has always held the most important spot in our kitchen cupboard is onions. But it isn't impossible to cook without it.
-
Don't Resort to Panic Buying of Onion, Appeals AAP Government
The Aam Aadmi Party government today assured the people that Fair Price Shops have enough stock and will continue to sell onions at Rs 30 per kilogram till prices stabilise, and appealed to Delhiites not to indulge in panic buying, as prices of the vegetable has gone as high as Rs 70 per kilogram in some areas of the city.
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Union Minister Naqvi Targets Rahul Gandhi, Says He Doesn't Know The Difference Between Pyaaz and Pizza
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched a scathing attack on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Bjopal on Sunday, saying that he does not understand the difference between onion and pizza or brinjal and burger, but tries to become a leader of farmers.
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India's Onion Crisis: Shortages After The Best-Ever Harvest
Farmer Ranganath Watpade made a killing last year by putting off selling his onions until four months after he harvested them. This year, the same trick has backfired.The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtrahave...
-
Onion Crisis: Shortages After the Best-ever Harvest
The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes.
-
Poor Rainfall Could Cause Drought-Like Conditions in Parts of West India: Agriculture Minister
After the driest June in years, the BJP-led government - set to present its first Budget next week - is in crisis mode to combat a weak monsoon and rising prices. The price of the staple onion, for long an issue of political sensitivity, is expected to keep rising.
