The Other Hormuz: Black Sea blockade threatens a food supply shockCombined Russian and Ukrainian wheat exports are estimated to end up at roughly half what they were last year for the July to September har...
21 Sep, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
BRICS 2026: India's chairship and Global South's push for 'endless war to end of war'New Delhi hosts the 18th BRICS Summit amid global conflicts and economic challenges. Developing nations seek this platform to voice concern...
11 Sep, 2026, 08.36 AM IST
Putin rejected shipping truce offer: ZelenskyyUkraine proposed a Black Sea grain corridor truce, but Russia rejected it. Moscow demanded guarantees against strikes on its energy infrast...
23 Aug, 2026, 11.58 PM IST
Crop prices hit three-year high as heat, war stoke supply fearsScorching temperatures across Europe also raise concerns over potential crop losses. This situation could lift costs for staples like bread...
25 Jul, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
Wheat fluctuates as traders weigh Black Sea risks, US exportsWheat prices fluctuated after reaching a two-year high on Black Sea supply risks. Traders weighed these concerns against weak United States...
18 Jul, 2026, 10.10 AM IST
Ukraine's farmers look to new Black Sea route to boost food exportsThe Black Sea export routes are still not fully operational and the current export figures are lower than last year.
24 Oct, 2023, 11.54 AM IST
China boosts Ukraine with large corn purchasesRussia has tried to impose a de facto blockade on seaborne Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea. Its exit from a U.N.-backed safe ...
28 Sep, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet amid grain deal hopesTurkey's foreign minister Hakan Fidan said on a visit to Moscow on Thursday that reviving the deal to ship Ukrainian grain across the Black...
02 Sep, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
Why Russia-Ukraine Black Sea grain deal's expiry mattersUkraine is a major producer of grains and oilseeds and the interruption to its exports at the outbreak of war pushed global food prices to ...
17 Jul, 2023, 10.00 PM IST
Ukraine says everything must be done to use Black Sea grain corridor"Even without the Russian Federation, everything must be done so that we can use this Black Sea corridor. We are not afraid," spokesperson ...
17 Jul, 2023, 08.24 PM IST
India unlikely to join Ukraine 'grain corridor': MEA"We have been extending assistance to countries from the south bilaterally. I don't have any clarity if we will join, probably not, our foc...
29 Dec, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
Major grain exporter sees more supply woes on Ukraine volatilityRussia’s invasion of Ukraine in February choked off more than a quarter of global wheat exports from a region known as the breadbasket of E...
17 Nov, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
Russia rejoins wartime deal on Ukrainian grain exportsThe Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that Ukraine formally committed to use the established safe shipping corridor between sout...
02 Nov, 2022, 06.22 PM IST
EU urges Russia to revoke Ukraine Black Sea grain deal suspensionOn Saturday, U.S. President Joe Biden called the move "purely outrageous", saying it would increase starvation, while Secretary of State An...
30 Oct, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to ship grain, awaits signal to startOn a rare trip out of Kyiv since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced a Russian Black Sea blockade that has p...
30 Jul, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Ukraine dismisses Moscow's assurances over grain shipments as 'empty words'"Military equipment is required to protect the coastline and a navy mission to patrol the export routes in the Black Sea. Russia cannot be ...
08 Jun, 2022, 05.57 PM IST
Russia ready to provide humanitarian ship corridorUkraine is also a major exporter of corn and sunflower oil. Western powers have been discussing the idea of setting up "safe corridors" for...
26 May, 2022, 12.49 AM IST