The western state of Maharashtra, which accounts for more than a third of the country’s sugar output, expects cane crushing to stop 45 to 60 days earlier than last year due to extreme weather. Source link
Read More »Russian army base scrambling for Ukraine war supplies
Moscow’s campaign has been slowed by problems with getting food, fuel and essential services to its troops, which are now entrenched in a grinding conflict. Source link
Read More »Have export bans and price controls helped Asia’s targeted approach to curb inflation?
The burden to contain prices in Europe and the United States has mostly been carried by monetary policy, with the US, UK and Canadian central banks now engaged in aggressive interest rate hike cycles. Source link
Read More »Indonesia’s Jokowi to ban palm oil exports
Indonesia supplies half the world’s palm oil which is the most consumed oil globally; there have been demonstrations in several cities across Indonesia over high cooking oil prices. Source link
Read More »Zelensky makes urgent plea to US Congress for more supplies to fight Russia
In the first virtual presentation by a foreign leader to Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an emotional appeal the US on Wednesday for an urgent round of financial support and more weaponry to assist his country stave off the invasion by Russia.“Friends, Ukraine is grateful to the United States …
Read More »Self-isolating Hongkongers criticise slow hand out of supplies during Covid wave
Jacky Chan was surprised to see an anti-epidemic kit packed with six rapid antigen test kits, a thermometer, masks and an outdated guideline for Covid-19 patients hanging on his door last week, 10 days after he first reported his infection to health authorities in Hong Kong.The kit would have been …
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