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Consumers feeling less confident about US economy as prices keep rising
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): US consumer confidence continues to soar in the face of high gas and food prices and rising recession risks, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing new data released from The Conference Board.
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Japanese PM pledges to tackle soaring energy, food prices in policy debate
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday pledged to focus on policies to deal with soaring energy and food prices while highlighting the importance of maintaining regional stability and constructive relations with Japan's neighbors.
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Retail inflation eases to 7.04 per cent in May; remains above RBI toleranc
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): India's headline retail inflation eased to 7.04 per cent in May from an 8-year high of 7.79 per cent recorded in the previous month on softening food prices, government data showed on Monday.
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Sri Lanka President orders release of Rs 1.8 billion from COVID-19 fund fo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 4 (ANI): Amid Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis, its President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the release of Rs 1.8 billion from COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund for the import of essential medicines.
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Sri Lankan President instructs officials to maintain adequate stocks of es
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to maintain adequate stocks of all essential food items to prevent a shortage of goods.
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Food crisis deepens in Afghanistan as a sack of flour now costs 2800-3,000
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has caused constant unrest and a severe food crunch in the country with the newest one emerging in the form of soaring food prices, especially the inflation of flour which presently costs about 2800 Afghanis.
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36 countries including US urge UN members to keep food markets open, avoid
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], May 20 (ANI): The US and several other countries on Thursday urged members of the UN to keep their "food and agricultural markets" open and "to avoid unjustified restrictive measures, such as export bans on food or fertilizer".
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MoS Muraleedharan calls for 'global collective action' on food security at
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday highlighted the adverse impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on the developing world, and called for a "global collective action" to address the looming food crisis as well as economic d
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Indonesia to lift ban on palm oil exports from Monday
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 19 (ANI): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday announced the lifting of the country's three-week-long ban on Palm oil exports from coming Monday following protests by farmers in the capital Jakarta on Tuesday.
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India expresses concern over global food insecurity, underlines need of co
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], May 19 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Wednesday expressed his concern over global food insecurity while addressing the high-level Ministerial meeting on 'Global Food Security-Call to Action' in New York.
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MoS Muraleedharan to participate in Ministerial on 'global food security'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], May 18 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan will participate in a high level Ministerial Meeting on 'Global Food Security-Call to Action' on Wednesday (local time) which will be chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York.
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Retail inflation jumps record 7.79 pc, economists believe RBI will continu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The Consumer Price Index (CPI) Inflation for April 2022 is 7.79 per cent higher as against 6.95 per cent in March this year and 4.23 per cent in April last year, according to the government data.
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