Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Bitter harvest for Indian farmers after wheat export ban

Indian

When New Delhi banned wheat exports as prices skyrocketed due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it sparked international outrage and drove the cereal even higher. Farmers and traders in India are now enraged that they have been denied a windfall as domestic prices have plummeted. Despite the fact that India is the world’s second-largest wheat … Read more

Global firms fall short on forest protection vows: report

PARIS: Global companies and financial institutions with the highest potential for curbing deforestation are largely failing to do so, undermining pledges to protect forests made at the COP26 climate summit in November, a report said on Thursday. The Forest 500 analysis by non-profit research group Global Canopy graded 350 companies most responsible for producing, using or … Read more