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monsoon in September for key agricultural regions has raised hopes that food inflation may ease, with higher precipitation helping the two major kharif crops, rice and soya bean, that have seen an increase in the area sown. A sharply deficient August created moisture stress, raising concerns of a decline in output. The paddy sowing area increased 2.7% on-year to 40.3 million hectares as of September 8, according to government data, while soya bean acreage has risen 1.3% to 12.54 million hectares. «The rice-producing northern states of Punjab and Haryana have met their water requirement through irrigation. But the eastern states, which produce the bulk of the rice, have received good rainfall in September, helping in rice transplantation, which was a major worry for farmers,» said Amaresh Kumar Nayek, director of ICAR National Rice Research Institute. Slowing food inflation could give the central bank more room to ease its monetary policy for bolstering economic expansion, according to experts. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have reported higher paddy sowing. «If this momentum in rainfall continues for another few days, we do not see much difference in crop size compared with last year,» said Nayek. Similarly, September rains have helped the growth of soyabean pods, from which oil is extracted, said DN Pathak, executive director of the Soybean Processors Association.

Food regulator FSSAI on Thursday said 1,411 prosecution cases have been filed since April against food business operators (FBOs) found to be violating food safety laws. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said in a statement that it has taken stern action against FBOs found to be violating food safety laws. «According to the records, 1,411 prosecution cases have been initiated against FBOs found violating the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006, since April 1, 2023,» it said. The prosecution initiated against the FBOs covers different violations committed, including carrying out a food business without a valid license and manufacturing or selling unsafe food. Since the beginning of this financial year, a number of food products across various categories like milk and milk products, spices, packaged drinking water, nutraceuticals, sauces, pickles, chips, jaggery, etc.

A Mediterranean city dotted with historic mosques and the ruins of a nearby Byzantine church, Derna was once a haven for artists and intellectuals in Libya. Now, it is a wasteland after a deadly storm caused floods that broke dams, swept entire buildings out to sea and killed thousands of people. The natural disaster was decades in the making—a result of years of official neglect of two nearby dams during the authoritarian regime of Moammar Gadhafi and the political crisis and war since his ouster in a 2011 revolution.

States and Native American tribes will have greater authority to block energy projects such as natural gas pipelines that could pollute rivers and streams under a final rule issued Thursday by the Biden administration

Environmental groups are calling on federal regulators to immediately shut down one of two reactors at California’s last nuclear power plant

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The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall in Mumbai for two days starting from September 16. Given the heavy rainfall predicted in the metro city, IMD issued a yellow alert for Mumbai. Nearby areas like Thane and Palghar are also expected to receive heavy rainfall.

Maritime Corridor (EMC) between Vladivostok and Chennai. Both the nations also agreed on training for seafarers in polar and Arctic waters at Russian Maritime Training Institute in Vladivostok.

Suriname for the first time in its history will see offshore oil drilling in its waters after French company TotalEnergies announces a $9 billion project expected to boost the impoverished country’s economy and ease austerity measures imposed by the In...

France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte

An industrial park being built in Indonesia on the tropical island of Borneo that has attracted billions of dollars in foreign and domestic investment is damaging the environment in an area where endangered species live and migrate

Spain has recorded its third hottest summer since official records began 62 years ago

Four days after the grounding of a luxury ship off the Greenland coast, the local police have launched an investigation into the matter. The police will probe how the luxury cruise got stuck in the mud in a remote area of the Arctic island. As part of the investigation, police officer on the boat is interviewing the crew and find out about any possible offense that occurred on the boat.

Karnataka on Thursday announced four-fifths of the state as drought hit – categorising most of them as severe – as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah began the first year of his second innings battling a severe scarcity of water. The declaration for the next six months has been done in accordance with the Centre’s guidelines on the subject, and the state would soon submit a memorandum to the union government seeking assistance, Siddaramaiah told the media. Karnataka has 236 taluks across 31 districts, and the government has declared 195 of them drought-hit, including 161 of them as severely drought-hit. A detailed order by the government said, Karnataka received 56% less rainfall than normal in June and 73% less in August, which was also the lowest in 125 years. Only in July did the state receive 29% excess rainfall than normal.

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Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Dwarikesh Sugar jumped 7% to 13% on Thursday's session following brokerage DAM Capital Advisors Ltd's bullish stance on the sugar companies on the backdrop of rising sugar prices. The brokerage stated in its report said that increased sugar prices and rising ethanol volumes would lead to significant profitability growth for sugar producers.

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Anamika Joshi, a native of Kerala, has overcome the shackles of debt to become a renowned spoken word artist. Anamika's story began in the small district of Alupura, Kerala, but her family's quest for a better life led them to Jaipur after she completed her 12th grade. The driving force behind this move was her father's overwhelming debt, which had spiraled out of control, subjecting him to constant harassment and threats from creditors.