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Topic: Grain

India approves world’s largest grain storage plan

NCDC to implement the plan with support from various organizations.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister urges restoration of Black Sea grain deal to tackle global food insecurity

Collaborative efforts emerge as Ukraine and Pakistan seek solutions for the global food crisis after Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal.

India’s sunflower oil imports to decline after Russia’s exit from Black Sea grain deal

The drop in sunflower oil imports would force the world's biggest buyer of vegetable oils to increase purchases of palm oil and soyoil to compensate.

First grain ship leaves Ukraine port of Odesa after UN-brokered deal

The agreement will enable Ukraine to export 22 million tonnes of grain and other agricultural products that have been stuck in Black Sea ports due to the war.

Zelenskyy blames Russia for food crisis, says Ukraine looking for ‘safe corridor’ to export grains

While virtually addressing the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, the Ukraine President accused Moscow of blocking Ukrainian ports and depriving the world of food grains.

India wants to use food grain stock for ethanol. That’s a problem in a hungry country

The Modi government plans to use India’s central pool stock of grain like rice to match its ethanol commitments. In an undernourished country, that’s a bad policy.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.