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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

From Virat & Anushka selling sarias to dentist ads, Bihar walls tell a ‘rurbanisation’ story

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.