Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stated in a latest monthly update that an
India Leads Global Inbound Remittances India received by far the highest international remittances of any country worldwide in 2022, according to World Bank data published in the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) 2024 World Migration Report on Tuesday. International remittances are defined as money sent from workers living abroad to their home countries. Additionally, as Statista's Anna Fleck reports, it is also the first country ever to have passed the $100 billion...
Government regulations and other elite machinations have reportedly caused farmers to step away from farms their families owned for generations. As elites buy up huge amounts of farmland and private farming becomes more impossible, a deliberately triggered food crisis could occur.
Shafaqna English-The Global Report on Food Crises reveals that nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023. The UN report on Wednesday said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the sharp deterioration in food security, especially
The European Union has decided to ban certain smoke flavourings used by the food industry, based on the recommendations of European food safety watchdog EFSA, Dutch media reported. The flavourings which produces the distinctive smoky flavour have been linked to cancer and infertility, research by the EFSA has shown, and should no longer be present in food. The EFSA did not investigate how much of the flavourings would have to be consumed to cause cancer but said a blanket ban
Rome, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) During an event held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the 8th edition of the World Food Crisis Report (RCC) was presented. The post FAO launches its annual World Food Crisis Report first appeared on Prensa Latina.
The government has lifted its ban on onion exports but has imposed a minimum export price of $550 per tonne in addition to a 40% tariff. So, while the move spells relief, it is partial at best. Its timing just ahead of elections in Maharashtra, a key onion-growing state, hints at an attempt to placate farmers who were deprived of opportunities to sell their produce most profitably by the ban.
Florida's governor says he will "save our beef", but a lab-grown meat firm
NEW DELHI (IANS) – Meta-owned WhatsApp has said it banned more than 79 lakh accounts in India in the month of March, in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Between the March 1-31 period, 7,954,000 WhatsApp accounts were […]
Havana, May 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Thursday laid stress on the pressing need to foster unity and international solidarity in order to face serious problems the world is facing. The post Cuban President stresses the need for unity ahead of global crisis first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Despite its well-publicized moves to cut its dependence on China as its main supplier, Apple has also been increasing the number of firms it works with for production with in the region. Tim Cook visits Luxshare factory in 2017. Source: Apple By January 2024, Apple's supply chain had spent $16 billion in moving away from China, and as of April 2024, 14% of all iPhones are being manufactured in India. But according to an analysis by Nikkei Asia of Apple's public reporting, the company is...
MONROVIA – Representatives of the Consortium of Rubber Sector Actors of Liberia (CORSAL) and various progressive forces have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Liberian government’s ban on the exportation of unprocessed rubber. The ban, enforced by Executive Order #124 issued in December 2023, has left the rubber sector in disarray, causing significant financial losses and []