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Sri Lanka's pulses production on track for recovery: Global Pulse Confeder
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): With fuel shortages raging across the country and prices skyrocketing as the currency rapidly depreciates and foreign reserves deplete, Sri Lankan citizens are facing, among other issues, difficulty accessing food.
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China coal power producers proposes use of Renminbi in Pak Port Qasim
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Citing power shortages in Pakistan amid rising coal prices as well as to contain inflation, "all-weather" friend China proposed the use of Renminbi (RMB) in the Port Qasim coal-fired power plant to buy coal to release pressure on the dollar.
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Fuel, drug crisis leaves Sri Lanka hospitals on life support
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Sri Lanka's hospitals are on the verge of collapse as supplies of surgery equipment and life-saving drugs have been almost exhausted, while extreme fuel shortages have left both patients and doctors unable to travel for treatment, media reports said.
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Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to benefit from UAE's announcement to invest U
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Coimbatore [India], July 20 (ANI/PNN): Farmers, processors, and retailers are upbeat over the announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to infuse USD 2 billion to help develop a series of food marks in India to help tackle food insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East.
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A look at China's role in Sri Lankan Crisis
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): While Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence with food and fuel shortages, China has turned a blind eye to the crisis and shifted the blame to the borrower, a media report said.
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French President Emmanuel Macron calls for energy saving
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The French need to rein in their energy consumption in order to prepare for likely shortages, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday in an interview for the national day.
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MP: Indore witnesses shortages of goats due to high demand ahead of Eid-ul
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of Eid-ul-Azha (Bakrid), Indore has been witnessing shortages of goats for Eid due to high demand from the parts of the country including south India. As the demand for goats has been increasing, the prices have also hiked.
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Sri Lanka's crisis should be warning to us all: UNDP
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 8 (ANI): With the war in Ukraine dragging on, countries already under pressure from the knock-off effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic crisis as Sri Lanka, the UN said on Thursday as it advised the international community to introduce radical fin
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Indonesia to begin supplying chickens to Singapore
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia will start exporting frozen, chilled and processed chickens to its neighboring country Singapore which is currently experiencing domestic price increases and shortages of poultry animals.
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Over 6 million Sri Lankans face food insecurity due to record inflation: U
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Some 6.26 million Sri Lankans, or three in 10 households, are unsure of where their next meal is coming from, according to the latest food insecurity assessment from the World Food Programme (WFP), released on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka to get three ships carrying fuel, two in July; another in August
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka will receive three ships containing petrol and diesel this month and another in August, the Chairman of Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, said on Saturday as it will give relief to the people facing fuel shortages.
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Businesses, residents in Tokyo metropolitan area urged to save energy as t
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday urged businesses and residents in the capital and surrounding areas to reduce their consumption of electricity, warning of possible power shortages as the mercury has skyrocketed.
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