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Benchmark for world food commodity prices fall in March for 12th consecuti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 126.9 points in March 2023, down 2.1 per cent from the previous month and 20.5 per cent below its peak level of March 2022.
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Pak: Flour prices to spike as govt, millers lock horns over movement of wh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As the food department continued to take action against the unauthorised movement of wheat on Friday, it became apparent that the dispute between the provincial government and the flour millers over the shunting of wheat to Karachi from interior parts of the province may increase the price o
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Ban on female relief workers disabling aid-delivery in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghanistan has been pushed deeper into a humanitarian crisis after the Taliban banned female aid workers from working at NGOs, disabling aid delivery at a time when numerous people are in dire need of assistance in the country, TOLOnews reported.
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FCI expects 342 lakh tonne wheat procurement this year due to better-than-
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid higher production estimates of wheat, a senior Food Corporation of India (FCI) official said on Friday that the government and private sector need to work together to ensure that prices remain stable
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BoM makes strategic meets in Tamil Nadu, to be part of State's industrial
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI/PNN): Bank of Maharashtra a premier public sector bank in the country, is making strategic meets with various key departments and stakeholders of Tamil Nadu state, to leverage its services through its wide network of Branches in the state. A B Vija
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"80-cr people getting free ration in India...citizens in Pakistan struggli
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing the people in Kaushambi during the event, CM Yogi said, "The government of India is giving free rations to 80 crore people for the last three years, whereas people in Pakistan are struggling for food. Today, the world is looking up to India."
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Rising Superbug Threat from Factory Farming: Study shows one million death
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of World Health Day, World Animal Protection releases its report 'Global public health cost of AMR (antimicrobial resistance) related to antibiotic use on factory farms' The report details how 84 per cent of antibiotics administered
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Pakistan: Growers urge Sindh govt to stop smuggling of wheat to Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
They claimed that the highly influential businessmen were paying Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 75,000 to 1,00,000 per vehicle as bribes to district food officials, administration and police to move their wheat-loaded heavy vehicles to Afghanistan.
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Pakistanis struggle for wheat flour in holy month of Ramzan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It is happening all the time now. As Ramadan proceeds, a huge rush, sometimes ending in stampedes, at food distribution sites is a common sight. In Karachi, 12 people - women and children - died recently, as they tried to get their hands on sacks of free wheat flour.
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Food secretary says not expecting any shortfall in wheat production
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On reports of wheat crop loss in some states due to bad weather, Sanjeev Chopra said the country would "probably end up with the same figure of 112 million tonne of production or in the worst case scenario, there will be an negligible drop in the production".
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Started with Rs 90,000 investment and became Rs 18 crore in revenue food b
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI/ATK): Nikhil Arora, Pankaj Arora, and Yash Suri, three friends, created The Tummy Section, India's fastest-growing restaurant franchise, in 2009. Their story started first from a small, rented kiosk in Jail Road, West Delhi where they started selling Shawarma
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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds meeting with French counterpart Emmanue
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking to his official Twitter handle, Macron said that he will discuss about climate, business, bio-diversity and food security with Xi Jinping.
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