Pakistan facing net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons, says food ministerAt present, Pakistan is facing its worst-ever flour crisis with parts of the country reporting a shortage of wheat and stampedes reported f...
28 Jan, 2023, 08.52 AM IST
Pakistan flour crisis worsens; prices skyrocket amidst wheat shortage, stampedes reportedTens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are ...
11 Jan, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
ET Explainer: All you need to know on Pakistan's worst flour crisisThe prices of wheat flour, which is one of the key constituents of the staple diet of people in Pakistan, have skyrocketed amid the ongoing...
10 Jan, 2023, 11.41 AM IST
India sends fresh consignment of 3,000 tonnes of wheat to AfghanistanWith the new consignment, India has completed sending 33,500 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan in partnership with the World Food Progr...
26 Jun, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
Bangladesh-bound 6,000 wheat trucks stranded at borderIndia banned exports of wheat on May 13 to cool the food grain's local prices, but later allowed shipments where banks had already opened l...
07 Jun, 2022, 09.38 AM IST
India considers allowing wheat shipments trapped at portsThe sudden ban on wheat exports trapped about 1.8 million tonnes of the grain at ports, potentially forcing traders to take heavy losses. O...
20 May, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
Ban decision chokes wheat export pipelineThe government has said that it will allow those exports to carry on, which have letter of credit (LC) issued before May 13. However, expor...
16 May, 2022, 06.12 PM IST
India sends fourth shipment of wheat to Afghanistan via PakistanIndia despatched the first consignment of 2,500 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan through Pakistani on February 22 and it reached the A...
15 Mar, 2022, 07.14 PM IST
First shipment of 2,500 MT of wheat from India reaches JalalabadThe shipment was part of the commitment made by the government of India to supply 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat for the people of Afghanist...
28 Feb, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Harsh Shringla flags off first consignment of humanitarian aid of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan"We are extending our humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, in the form of 50,000 tonnes of wheat. We are flagging off our first consignm...
22 Feb, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
India's wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistani soil to begin in early February: ReportIndia has been pitching for providing unimpeded humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the country...
29 Jan, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Pakistan, India inch closer towards deal on Afghan wheat transit:ReportBoth countries have agreed to the modalities, and the shipment of wheat would commence once Pakistan approves the list of Afghan contractor...
30 Dec, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Pakistan agrees to let India transport wheat, life-saving drugs to Afghanistan on Afghan trucks: Foreign OfficeOn Thursday, Pakistan turned down India's wheat transit proposal. However, the Foreign Office said in a statement on Friday that the decisi...
03 Dec, 2021, 06.13 PM IST
Pakistan turns down India's wheat transit proposal: ReportPakistan last week formally informed India about its decision to allow the transportation of wheat and life saving drugs to neighbouring Af...
02 Dec, 2021, 10.59 PM IST
1,500 trucks are being mobilized every day in Assam to transport essential commoditiesAssam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary stated essential drugs and medicines to all North East States are supplied from Guwahati. T...
26 Apr, 2020, 08.55 PM IST
Wheat procurement faces truckers' boycott in PunjabMany truck unions in Punjab are opposed to the state government's fiscal austerity measures; their boycotts threaten to disrupt wheat procu...
05 Apr, 2018, 06.54 PM IST
Trading companies to buy 1.6 lakh tonnes of Australian wheat to meet local needsTraders and brokers said there were reports of French wheat sale at $204 per tonne to Kochi, as they were looking at a shortfall in product...
06 May, 2016, 06.29 AM IST