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Indian food delivery app rolls out ambulance service
Indian food delivery app rolls out ambulance service

A popular Indian food delivery app has started offering a private ambulance service, looking to use its logistics know-how to help bolster the country's patchy healthcare system. The app is starting small -- only five ambulances are currently available in Gurugram, a satellite city of India’s capital New Delhi-- but the company plans to expand to "all major cities over the next two years".

World food prices dip 2% in 2024: FAO
World food prices dip 2% in 2024: FAO

World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the FAO said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic. Food prices also remain considerably higher -- roughly 26 percent -- than they were five years ago.