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Air fares surge post Ahmedabad plane crash, rampant price gouging
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A travel agent mentioned that a ticket, which was priced slightly above Rs 6,000 before the accident, is now being sold for around Rs 34,000.
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Non-Basmati white rice shortages hit stores across US; purchase restrictio
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After scanning the aisles at the local Patel Brothers, Apna Bazaar, Lotte Plaza and other South Asian grocery stores for Sona Massori, a staple rice relished by her mother in law and son, Aruna was relieved not to have returned home empty handed but with a bag of rice.
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Biden vows to strike back at price gouging in US energy sector
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed to strike back against what he described as "price gouging" in the energy sector after a key inflation gauge grew at its fastest in three decades, driven by fuel prices that have more than doubled from the
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Fraud-riddled markets disrupt supply chain of face masks in US
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 20 (ANI): The desperate need of protective equipment to keep away from coronavirus, especially medical masks, has disrupted the supply chain, from factories to hospitals and riddled international markets with fraud and chaos, with opportunists benefitting from the ra
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Trump signs executive order to prohibit hoarding, price gouging of medical
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) issued an executive order to prohibit hoarding and price gouging of medical supplies in the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic which has claimed over 400 lives in the country.
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