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Take sugar, forget payment of dues — Yogi govt order angers sugarcane farmers

The UP govt threw back to the barter system of yore to settle farmer dues totalling Rs 12,000 crore. The idea doesn’t have many buyers.

The world is running short of sugar and India is in a sweet spot

Rising demand from Indonesia may benefit top sugar producers India and Brazil, both of which are seeking to fill the gap in supply from Thailand, the world's no.2 exporter.

India’s bumper cane crop will cause a global sugar glut again in 2020

New Delhi/London: India may roil the global sugar market again as prospects for next year’s cane crop have brightened due to brimming reservoirs. Bountiful monsoon...

Indian sugar demand to be hurt by economic slowdown and health concerns

India’s growth is expected to slow to a six-year low in 2020, potentially threatening domestic sugar demand and leaving more supplies for exports.

India’s trying to race Brazil by exporting subsidised sugar ASAP

India will start shipping from 1 Oct to fully use the time it has until April, when supplies from rival Brazil start to flood the market.

In sugar rumble, it’s India versus the rest of world’s producers

India’s rupee has weakened against the dollar, boosting the appeal of exports priced in greenback, but in India, exports can be unpredictable.

Health card, medical audit, SOP for doctors — Maharashtra bid to save cane labourers’ wombs

A Maharashtra govt-appointed panel formed to probe rampant hysterectomies among cane labourers in Marathwada’s Beed has submitted its report.

Modi govt’s extension of sugar export incentives risks upsetting Australia, Brazil

Australia, Brazil, Guatemala have requested WTO to set up panel to challenge India’s subsidies & make it more accountable for ‘trade-distorting’ policies.

If you need more reasons to stay away from sugar, this new study could prove helpful

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.

Australia wants World Trade Organisation to probe sugar war with India

India is world's world's second-largest sugar producer & both Australia and Brazil have blamed it for 'depressed' global prices.

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.