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Rising tomato prices in India could threaten the Reserve Banks headline inflation forecast, according to research by its Development Research Group. The study recommended better supply-chain management to ensure price stability. While tomato, onion and potato comprise only a small portion of the Consumer Price Index basket, they are responsible for a significant portion of headline inflation, the study found.

Rising tomato prices in India could threaten the Reserve Banks headline inflation forecast, according to research by its Development Research Group. The study recommended better supply-chain management to ensure price stability. While tomato, onion and potato comprise only a small portion of the Consumer Price Index basket, they are responsible for a significant portion of headline inflation, the study found.

Investigating how volatility transmission took place in daily prices of tomato, potato and onion for the period from January 2011 to March 2021, the group said that fluctuation of the prices are generally due to common supply shocks which includes unseasonal rains to un-scrupulous hoarding of the commodity.

Wholesale tomato prices have touched an all-time high of around Rs 150 per kilogram in Indian markets last week

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A handbook designed to help parents become advisors and coaches to their adult children leaving for their first year of college has been shown to increase family connections and decrease risky behaviors like drug and alcohol use.

Adolescents in rural communities with prevention systems in place were 24% less likely to report carrying a handgun by the 12th grade than those in communities without such systems, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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Branko Milanovic is the Presidential Professor at the City University of New York's Graduate Center, and Senior Scholar at Luxembourg Income Survey.