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Panaji: The prices of vegetables in Goa have spiked due to the unseasonal rain in Karnataka, where most of the state’s vegetable supply comes from. The prices were stable until last month, despite the unseasonal rain in Goa, due to the steady chain of supplies in vegetable imports.Prices of vegetables such as tomatoes have increased…
Margao/Canacona: Post-monsoon showers that lashed Goa this week damaged approximately 20% of harvest-ready paddy crops across Salcete. “The rains occurred right at the time of harvest. Some of the fields where harvesting was not done got affected. The paddy fell flat, and some of them also sprouted,” Rajesh D’Costa, zonal agriculture officer for Salcete, said.Curtorim,…
India’s power consumption fell 6% year-on-year to 132 billion units (BUs) in October from 140.47 BUs in the same month last year, mainly due to lower use of cooling appliances and unseasonal rains across several regions, PTI reported.Experts attributed the decline to the combined impact of widespread rainfall and the early onset of winter, which…
