New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- From farmers fretting over plunging onion prices and Delhi's smog-triggered cloud seeding, to India seeking a review of its Asean trade pact, slowing pace of industrial output growth, and Nvidia's market cap surging to $5 trillion-here's a compilation of this week's news in numbers.

Farmers in Maharashtra and Karnataka are facing losses due to a steep decline in prices of onions, along with crop damage from heavy rainfalls. The steep decline this year is mainly due to oversupply in the market after bumper production last season and the effects of the export ban and restrictions imposed from August 2023 until April 2025.

While prices of vegetables overall are also declining, onions are worst-hit, recording a 54-56% y...