Trade and development report update: April 2024
The report forecasts global economic growth to 2.6% in 2024, barely above the 2.5% threshold commonly associated with a recessionary phase. The report says the prevailing focus on inflation overshadows
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China biggest polluter, says Dutch study
A Dutch study has said that China has become world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases, outdoing the us by 8 per cent. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency on June 19 said industrial
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India needs to overhaul its approach towards agriculture
the circle of Green Revolution seems to be complete. Punjab's agricultural growth of 1.86 per cent last year was just a plot in a declining graph since 1970. It is clear that the farming system
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Australia grows more sandalwood than India
While Western Australia has set up plantations of Indian sandalwood in a big way, in its homeland, India, sandalwood production is on its last leg. The government's strict control and apathy
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Setback for animal farm
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora convention has passed a resolution backing conservation of Asian big cats. It has asked China to restrict captive breeding of tigers. "We oppose any proposal to farm wild carnivores, which are easy to breed in captivity but difficult to release in the wild. Promoting farming to satiate the demands of oriental medicine would lead to laundering of wild specimens,' said Rajesh Gopal, secretary of the National Tiger Conservation Authority in India.
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Russia bans rice imports from India claiming pesticide contamination
russia has banned import of rice from India. The decision came after Russia's monitoring agencies claimed to have found a pesticide
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EU concerned over imports of GM protein used in animal feed by China
The European Commission has expressed its concern to China over unauthorised imports of genetically modified (gm) rice protein for use in animal feed. In a statement, the commission said that gm
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India allows Harleys in exchange for mangoes
bowing to an aggressive us offensive, the Indian government recently allowed the import of the us's iconic Harley Davidson bikes. The decision, which came on April 13, 2007, is part of a deal
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EU blocks WTO probe into banana import tariffs
The European Union recently blocked a wto investigation into its banana import tariffs, with reference to an arbitration process started by Latin American countries against it. wto has
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EU bans seafood from Pakistan
the European Union (eu) banned 11 Pakistani export firms from exporting seafood to eu countries in February citing unhealthy and unhygienic conditions at Karachi port in Sindh province. This is the
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Anti dumping duty on shrimp trade
The Southern Shrimp Alliance (ssa), the us petitioners pushing for the imposition of an anti-dumping duty on the shrimp trade, has filed applications to ascertain whether over 250 Indian shrimp