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Retail inflation surges to 7.79 per cent in April, highest in 8 years
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): India's retail inflation surged to eight-year high of 7.79 per cent in April due to a sharp jump in fuel and edible oil prices, the government data showed on Thursday.
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German development minister says world may face worst famine since WW2
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic, drought and the crisis unfolding in Ukraine are pushing food prices to record highs and threatening the world with the worst famine since World War 2, German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation Svenja Schulze said
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Extreme hunger 'grips' Afghanistan, Taliban accountable: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): Afghanistan has been grappling with an acute food crisis, with over 22 million people, or more than half of the country's population suffering from severe hunger and the majority unable to anticipate when their next meal will arrive, according to the United
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India highlights food, energy security challenges emanating from Ukraine w
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 6 (ANI): Highlighting the food and energy security challenges emerging as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine, India at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday (local time) highlighted the "disproportionate impact on the Global South and developing countri
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France trying to convince EU to impose embargo on Russian oil
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): France is trying to convince its EU partners to impose an embargo on oil supplies from Russia to undermine its ability to finance its special military operation in Ukraine despite the spike in energy and food prices worldwide, French Minister of Econom
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Pakistan: Oil, eatable import bills surge by 60 per cent
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Amid a declining economy, Pakistan's oil and eatable import bills surged by 59.98 per cent to USD 21.87 billion in the July-March period, local media reported.
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Retail inflation rises to 6.95 pc in March, highest in 17 months
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): India's retail inflation surged to a 17-month high of 6.95 per cent in March from 6.07 per cent in the previous month due to a sharp increase in food prices, the National Statistical Office (NSO) data showed on Tuesday.
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As Ukraine war causes market turmoil UN reports giant leap in global food
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], April 11 (ANI): Global food prices jumped to a new record high of nearly 13 per cent in March as the war caused turmoil in markets for staple grains and edible oils, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) published on April 8 said.
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Food prices surge to 'unbearable levels' in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 10 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the price of rice has risen to "unbearable levels" in the island nation.
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Sri Lankan food vendors accuse Rajapaksa govt of selling everything to Chi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Food vendors in Sri Lanka are accusing the Rajapaksa government of selling everything to China adding that the country has nothing and it had bought everything from other countries on credit.
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Biden blames Putin for spike in gas, food prices
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for rising gas and food price due to his invasion of Ukraine.
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Rising food prices may prompt unrest in poor countries: WTO Director-Gener
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 25 (ANI/Sputnik): World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that food price growth that's happening as a result of the situation in Ukraine may prompt unrest among undernourished people in poverty-stricken countries.
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