India is exploring possibilities of wheat exports this fiscal to a clutch of countries. While it is in talks with Egypt and Turkey on the quantum of shipments and the quality standards, Nicaragua and Syria have shown interest in sourcing grain through a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement, according to official sources. Syria and Nicaragua have requested […]
Ahead of the 12th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) next month, member-nations will hold intensive negotiations between May 16 and 20 in Geneva in a bid to arrive at a deal to curb harmful fishery subsidies. This ‘Fish Week’, said ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, who is chair of the negotiations, will […]
Though the Centre took complete control of the district mineral foundations (DMFs) from the states with effect from July last year, mainly to rein in diversion of funds, the utilisation of the funds has not improved much. The DMF, created in 2015 with legal sanction, is meant for the welfare of mining-affected people. Till March […]