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Pakistan imposes 'complete ban' on export of sugar as domestic demand soar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): Pakistan on Monday imposed a 'complete ban' on the export of sugar owing to the commodity's 'domestic demand'.
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Sri Lanka: LPG shortage deepens, supplier urges people to not stand in lon
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 9 (ANI): Facing widespread gas shortage, Sri Lanka's state-owned liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier Litro Gas urged the public to not stand in long queues as LPG will only be provided to the industries and not to the domestic consumers.
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Sindh CM asks farmers to not cultivate rice amid acute water scarcity in P
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in view of the monumental shortage of water in the country, has asked the farmers to not cultivate rice.
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Flour shortage likely to hit Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Flour from Punjab has not been coming to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas, and dealers could run out of stocks in several regions, local media reported.
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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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5 members of family drowned in quarry in Maharashtra's Dombivli
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India] May 8 (ANI): Five people of a family drowned in a quarry in a village near Dombivli in Kalyan Gramin in Thane district on Saturday, said an official.
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Pak PM Sharif vows to curb flour price even if he has to sell clothes amid
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): As the wheat production is estimated to fall short by almost three million tonnes this year, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that he will reduce the flour price even if he has to sell clothes.
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Pakistan: PM Sharif directs Punjab govt to enhance wheat procurement
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Punjab government to enhance wheat procurement and asked food security officials to import the commodity if necessary, Pak media reported.
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Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minist
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The ongoing shortage of irrigation water posed a grave threat to the agricultural economy of Sindh province.
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Pak's wheat output to fall short by nearly 3 million tonnes
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): In yet another blow even while Pakistan remains in the grip of a severe economic crisis, the country's wheat output is estimated to fall short of the target for this year by almost three million tonnes.
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3 out of 4 Pakistan provinces suffer from acute food scarcity
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces are suffering from acute food shortages, according to a report released by the Global Report on Food Crises recently.
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Coal shortage in power plants: Centre advises states to place orders for i
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): In view of the constraints in domestic coal supply to meet the increased demand, Union Minister of Power R K Singh has advised state governments to place orders for imports, the Ministry of Power said on Friday.
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