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India's wholesale inflation eases marginally in June
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): India's wholesale inflation gauged by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) came in at 15.18 per cent in June, official data showed on Thursday. June's wholesale inflation is marginally lower than the 15.88 per cent reported during the previous month.
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Turkish Lira slumps, inflation at 70 pc: Erdogan's govt in dire straits
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 13 (ANI): The latest lira slump, combined with soaring global energy and food prices, inflation now at 70 per cent and rising has placed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in dire straits.
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Consumers feeling less confident about US economy as prices keep rising
Updated : 3 years, 8 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, 8 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 : 3 years, 9 months 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 : 3 years, 9 months 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 : 3 years, 9 months 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 : 3 years, 9 months 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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German development minister says world may face worst famine since WW2
Updated : 3 years, 10 months 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 : 3 years, 10 months 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 : 3 years, 10 months 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 : 3 years, 11 months 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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