Protests erupt in Gilgit-Baltistan over reduction of subsidised wheat flour.
By ANI In Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), the locals protested against the administration’s ill intention to reduce the quantity of subsidised
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Wheat prices go up in Odisha as FCI holding back open market sale
By Bijoy Pardhan With the Food Corporation of India (FCI) stopping open sale of wheat since February this year and
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Wheat, corn and soy slip after rally but all head for weekly gains
– Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures eased on Friday as traders decided that a fortnight-long rally which lifted prices
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Wheat rises on European crop worries
By Ole Hansen Wheat futures in Chicago and Paris are showing signs of recovery after recently hitting four-year lows, supported
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Why rice-wheat need to be de-hyphenated
By Harish Damodaran Most economics commentators and policymakers tend to club wheat and rice, treating them as part of a
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Punjab: Centre again rejects fortified rice supplied by millers based in state
By Ruchika Khanna The Centre has again rejected 600 stacks of fortified rice supplied by the millers of Punjab in
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Exclusive-Egypt’s Sisi ordered huge wheat purchase fearing new supply crisis, sources say
Reuters Egypt’s biggest ever wheat tender, nearly 20 times its usual size, stemmed from food security concerns sparked by an
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Modi government plans to release wheat from its buffer stock to cool soaring prices
By R. Suryamurthy The government plans to release wheat from its buffer stock to bulk buyers such as flour mills
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Open market sale of wheat likely to start next month
By Sandip Das The government is likely to commence open market sales of wheat to bulk buyers like flour millers
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Flour mills urge govt to release wheat stocks as prices hit 9 months peak
By Reuters Indian wheat prices rose to their highest level in nearly nine months on Wednesday and could surge further
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