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The next wars may not be about oil or borders: Climate change is turning food, water and farmland into new sources of conflict across the worldClimate change is reshaping global agriculture and resource availability. This shift could increasingly drive future conflicts and instabil...08 Sep, 2026, 12.17 AM IST- Zhu Rongji, Chinese premier who cajoled economy into modern era, dies at 97Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, known for his bluntness, has died at age ninety-seven. His speeches revealed deep anxieties within China...12 Aug, 2026, 03.55 PM IST
- Farmers in flood-prone Kosi in Bihar see a pot of gold in E20Maize cultivation has significantly boosted incomes in Bihar's Kosi plains. Farmers are now earning double their previous earnings from thi...09 Aug, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
- Food prices ease in June as focus shifts from war to cropsWhile this eased immediate fears, attention is now shifting to potential challenges like lower acreage, weaker yields, and adverse weather ...06 Jul, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
- Punjab govt launches five-day drive to revive flood-hit mandis before paddy procurementThe Punjab government has launched a five-day drive to restore flood-hit grain markets ahead of the paddy procurement season starting Septe...14 Sep, 2025, 04.20 PM 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
- India's rice export rates up as planting lags, floods ruin Bangladesh cropIndia's farmers have planted 12.85 million hectares with the grain so far this season, farm ministry data showed last Friday, down 17% from...21 Jul, 2022, 05.34 PM IST
- Bangladesh reduces import duty on rice to 25%This will pave the way for Indian rice exporters, particularly from West Bengal, to export non-basmati rice to the country and fetch better...28 Dec, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
- Centre may put Rs 1-lakh crore into rural handsThe Centre is also transferring Rs 16,000 crore directly into bank accounts of 80 million farmers this month under the PM-KISAN scheme, whi...14 Apr, 2020, 07.35 AM IST
- Food grain output seen at 140.57 million tonne in FY20 on monsoon boostProduction of monsoon-sown food grain is expected to be 140.57 mt in 2019-20, up by 8.4 mt from average output in the past five years, the ...07 Oct, 2019, 07.06 PM IST
- Government mulls selling wheat in open marketThe government,grappling with storage space, may sell more wheat in open market to vacate godowns for accommodating the fresh harvest.28 Apr, 2012, 03.30 PM IST
- Floods ruining 14% of Thailand rice; may cut global export glutThailand's worst floods may have wiped out as much as 14% of paddy fields, potentially erasing the predicted global glut.27 Oct, 2011, 12.01 PM IST
- EGoM meet likely to okay export of wheat and riceAn empowered group of ministers (EGoM) meet next week could likely okay export of a limited quantity of wheat and rice.07 Jul, 2011, 07.16 PM IST
- BJP gears up for agitation over spiralling pricesBJP decides to intensify its ongoing agitation over price rise issue.20 Feb, 2010, 03.10 AM IST
- Rajasthan to set up civil supplies corporationThe Rajasthan government is planning to set up state civil supplies corporation to provide essential commodities to the vulnerable sections...13 Jan, 2010, 04.53 PM IST
- Living with 100% food price hikeThe past year has been a particularly tough year for households as food bills seem to be headed for a roofless upward spiral.28 Nov, 2009, 06.16 PM IST
- Bitter Truth: Industry divided over change in raw sugar import normsImported sugar fetches extra biz for cos with large refining capacities. Those opposing imports allege a change in the policy would benefit...22 Dec, 2008, 01.54 AM IST
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