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Women block Quetta-Karachi highway over delay in CM's Ramazan ration packa
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
As per TET, the demonstrators , many of whom depend on government assistance to feed their families during the holy month of Ramazan, accused provincial authorities of failing to distribute the Chief Minister's announced Ramazan ration package. The women alleged that despite making repeated
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Tamil Nadu sends 1,000 tonnes of relief to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka under Op
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu has dispatched around 1,000 tonnes of essential food items and clothing to Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu to help mitigate shortages caused by Cyclone Ditwah, the High Commission of India in Colombo said on Sunday.
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Congress MP Vijay Vasanth gives adjournment motion in LS to discuss remova
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Congress MP Vijayakumar alias Vijay Vasanth on Monday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha and urged discussion of the pressing issue of removal of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on agricultural products and essential food items.
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Food prices in Gaza surge by over 1000 per cent
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced that the prices of essential food items in Gaza have soared by over 1000 percent compared to pre-war levels.
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Price hike in Pakistan continues to affect middle class, essential food it
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The uncontrollable inflation in Pakistan is now severely affecting the daily lives of people, and essential food items, including vegetables and pulses, have become inaccessible to middle-class people.
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Uttarakhand: NDRF rescue team members recount experience leading to evacua
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Recounting the ordeal of rescue operations lasting for 17 days, he said, "It was very challenging to supply essential food items through a pipe to workers."
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Pak reels as prices of essential food items head north: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Factors such as higher import and transportation costs, crop availability, demand and supply gap, hoarding, exchange rate issues, and the ongoing economic crisis have resulted in uncontrolled inflation in Pakistan, even on essential food items, the Dawn reported, adding that the condition wa
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Instead of helping people, government putting more tax burden, says Siddar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 19 (ANI): Taking a dig at the Central government for the latest round of Goods and Services Tax hikes on various essential food items, former Karnataka Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah said the government instead of helping peop
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Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe to implement urgent food, fuel relief programme
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to implement an urgent relief programme to provide fuel, gas and essential food items to the public who are struggling due to the economic turmoil.
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Sri Lanka to use USD 70 million from Indian credit line to import food
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan government had given its approval to make the use of another USD 70 million from the USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LoC) extended by India during the ongoing crisis to import essential food items.
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Sri Lanka President orders release of Rs 1.8 billion from COVID-19 fund fo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 4 (ANI): Amid Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis, its President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the release of Rs 1.8 billion from COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund for the import of essential medicines.
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Sri Lankan President instructs officials to maintain adequate stocks of es
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to maintain adequate stocks of all essential food items to prevent a shortage of goods.
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