By Nigel Hunt LONDON (Reuters) – A global food crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine escalated on Wednesday as Indonesia tightened curbs on palm oil exports, adding to a growing list of key producing countries seeking to keep vital food supplies within their borders. The conflict in Ukraine is threatening global grain production, the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Persistent high oil prices prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cut a full percentage point off the growth off large oil-importing developing economies like China, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey, a World Bank official said on Tuesday. Indermit Gill, the bank’s Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, said in …
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By Steve Holland and Pavel Polityuk WASHINGTON/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday banned Russian oil and other energy imports to the United States, piling pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to halt his devastating assault on Ukraine, but an effort to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol failed. Ukraine’s government …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, will raise its crude tankage capacity at western Mundra port by 75% to handle an extra 73.3 million barrels of oil a year, said port operator Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ). Billionaire Gautam Adani’s APSEZ in a stock exchange filing on Tuesday …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has returned to India’s squad for the second and final test against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru after recovering from an injury and COVID-19, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Tuesday. The 28-year-old played the last of his five test matches against New Zealand in December in Mumbai …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -United Airlines said on Monday it has indefinitely suspended two flights to India after halting flights that flew over Russia last week. The Chicago-based airline said last week it had stopped service between San Francisco and Delhi and between Newark, New Jersey, and Mumbai. The airline said it plans to …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Coal India’s operations aim to become net zero in three to four years, its chairman said, although this does not extend to emissions from burning coal it produces. Renewable energy, greater internal energy efficiency and cleaner transport are expected to contribute to Coal India’s net zero target, Pramod Agrawal, …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Coal India’s operations aim to become net zero in three to four years, its chairman said, although this does not extend to emissions from burning coal it produces. Renewable energy, greater internal energy efficiency and cleaner transport are expected to contribute to Coal India’s net zero target, Pramod Agrawal, …
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LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government has helped evacuate about 20,000 Indian students from areas attacked by Russian forces but another 2,000 foreign students are still trapped in besieged towns and cities, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 2,046 foreign students from 27 countries had been unable to leave cities …
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indians are stocking up vegetable oil and fuel, fearing that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may cause an edible oil shortage, while a rally in global crude oil prices may lead New Delhi to aggressively raise fuel prices as elections conclude in key states. “On WhatsApp, I read messages that …
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