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Govt raises onion buffer stock procurement price 24 pc to Rs 15.80/kg

New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) The government has raised the procurement price for onions under its buffer stock programme by 24.4 per cent to Rs 15.80 per kg from Rs 12.70 per kg, citing market dynamics and the need to protect farmers. “We increased the procurement price of onion to Rs 15.80 per kg from Rs 12.70 per kg,” said Anupam Mishra, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs, at an inter-ministerial briefing on Monday. Onion procurement for the current season commenced on May 15, with the revised price notified on May 22. The buffer stocks are maintained annually

Founder of Cockroach Janta Party plans street protest against Education Minister

NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) – The founder of ​an online Indian youth group that has amassed millions of followers in days said on Monday he plans ‌to take his movement on to the streets with a protest against the education minister and in a show of dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Cockroach Janta Party has tapped into the concerns of the under-30s, who are estimated to make up more than half of India’s ​1.42 billion population, over politics, unemployment and inflation. Founder Abhijeet Dipke, who is based in the U.S., has ​focused in particular on recent leaks

Nvidia bets on AI personal computers with new chip powering Windows laptops

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1, 2026 (AP) — Nvidia unveiled Monday new powerful chips that would bring advanced artificial intelligence functions into laptops and desktop computers, with the new personal computer models from brands including Microsoft and Dell set to roll out later this year. While Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia has already been massively successful in supplying high-end chips for data centers riding the worldwide AI demand boom, it is plotting different plans to expand its presence across AI systems and products. Jensen Huang, the Taiwanese-American founder and CEO of Nvidia, made the announcement in Taipei at the annual Nvidia GTC

Israel’s Netanyahu orders attacks in Beirut’s southern suburbs

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signalling ​further escalation of a war that has complicated mediation towards resolving the U.S.-Iran conflict. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said on Monday that ‌Israeli attacks in Lebanon were among factors causing a delay to the diplomatic process to end the U.S.-Iran war, reiterating that a Lebanon ceasefire was an integral part of any deal. Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israeli military to attack “terrorist targets” in the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahiyeh,

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