Wheat exports were already cut sharply in May to bolster national food reserves, following global shortages and soaring prices following the war in Ukraine. India, the world’s second largest wheat producer after China, will impose new restrictions on flour exports to protect its domestic market, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade has said. Agreement required […]
India: heat wave leads to electricity shortage, “one of the deadliest combinations”
Summer started much earlier than expected this year in India and the consequences are still being felt. While a violent heat wave affects all of South Asia, impacting millions of inhabitants, energy demand has increased exceptionally, causing power cuts and a situation of shortage. Sharp decline in coal stocks India set its record high for […]
For the first time, a British museum will return works of art to India
The city of Glasgow has just announced that it will return seven antiquities looted around 1800 from sacred sites in northern India. The city of Glasgow, Scotland, announced on Wednesday it would return seven Indian artefacts looted during the colonial period, saying it was a first for a British museum. Six of the items were […]