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rice exporter, has now implemented restrictions on every variety of the grain that the South Asian nation ships overseas, measures that will tighten global supply even further. Over the past few days, India imposed a minimum price on shipments of basmati rice and put an export tax on the parboiled variety. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stepped up measures to tackle rising food prices ahead of an election early next year. The latest curbs are likely to ripple across the global market, with benchmark rice prices in Asia near the highest level in almost 15 years. Here’s a list of India’s measures on rice: Basmati

SoftBank Group Corp. will take a group of its Indian startup founders to Silicon Valley next month for an artificial intelligence tour as the Japanese investor steps up efforts to infuse its portfolio companies with the technology. The investor is helping portfolio companies adopt AI and has been setting up meetings for the founders it backs with the leading players in the field, said Sumer Juneja, managing partner overseeing Europe, Middle East, Africa and India investments at SoftBank’s Vision Fund, in an interview in Mumbai.

North Korea has apparently decided to reopen its border after more than three years of its tight virus curbs largely due to economic challenges from the closure, South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Monday. North Korea said Sunday it has allowed its citizens abroad to return home amid eased concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic and will put them under quarantine for a week, reports Yonhap News Agency. The decision marked the secretive regime making official the reopening of its border. «Due to its border closure, North Korea is presumed to have faced various economic difficulties, and there were probably many inconveniences as personnel exchanges were blocked,» Koo Byoung-sam, a spokesperson at the Ministry, told a regular press briefing. Still, the Ministry viewed the North's latest move as «limited border reopening,» as the North has only approved the return of its nationals abroad, without mentioning when it will allow entry by foreigners. With the latest decision, more North Korean diplomats, labourers and students staying in foreign nations are expected to return. There are also concerns that North Korean defectors in China could be forcibly repatriated to the North. The Unification Ministry voiced «grave concerns» about the possible repatriation of North Korean defectors who were arrested and detained in China. «We'd like to stress once again that such defectors should not be forcibly sent back to the North against their will.

In a touching gesture, India's celebrated athlete Neeraj Chopra, often referred to as the 'Golden Boy,' invited his rival Arshad Nadeem to pose together for a photograph. Despite being defeated by Chopra in the pursuit of the gold medal, the Pakistani competitor displayed gracious sportsmanship and willingly joined Chopra for the snapshot. Neeraj, who emerged victorious with the gold medal at the prestigious World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, was captured holding the Indian tricolour with pride.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Malaysia will create a «special financial zone» in embattled Chinese developer Country Garden's $100 billion project in the Southeast Asian nation and offer incentives to attract investments, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved little on Monday as markets weighed hawkish yet somewhat reiterative comments on monetary policy from the Federal Reserve, while the dollar retained recent gains and came close to a three-month high.

«The other thing he spoke about was how do we enhance and build sustainability into the DNA of the world, that in all decisions, all actions, sustainability should become a norm rather than something that we have to make a special effort for,» says Sunil Munjal, Chairman, Hero Enterprise.What would you make of the Prime Minister's speech? Our prime minister has now started making such amazing aspirational speeches. One, of course, he talked about the approach to doing good.

ethanol-fueled variant of Toyota's Innova car tomorrow, August 29, Tuesday. The minister provided the information while addressing the Mint Sustainability Summit here. Gadkari has been exhorting automakers to come out with alternative fuel-powered and green vehicles.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks rose sharply on Monday, with Chinese shares in the lead after the country rolled out more measures to support its battered equity markets, while focus turned to key indicators from the world's largest economies this week.

North Korea says it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country’s role as the G20 host this year would focus on highlighting the concerns of the developing world, and has proposed the African Union to become permanent members of the forum

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is the latest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to visit China as his administration tries to mend the deteriorating ties between the world’s two largest economies

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Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are mixed amid uncertainty about how consumers may respond a day after treated and diluted radioactive wastewater began to be released into the sea

A second container ship has left port through a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Ukraine’s government after Russia halted a wartime agreement aimed at ensuring safe grain exports

Electricity is being restored in most parts of Kenya, 14 hours after the longest outage in recent memory

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have resumed their years-long negotiations over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary

The longest nationwide power outage in Kenyans’ memory remains a mystery as the government-owned power company blames a failure at Africa’s largest wind farm, which laid the responsibility on the power grid instead

State and federal agencies are scrambling to find measures to combat what experts call one of the harshest and most neglected effects of climate change in the U.S.: rising heat deaths and injuries of people who work in triple-digit temperatures