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Martina Schwikowski
African Food Prices Soaring Amid Ukraine War
18 May 2022
The war in Ukraine is having a drastic impact on Africa. Prices for wheat, gas and gasoline are at record highs. Crisis regions could see things get worse than they already are.
PTI
Wheat Exports Banned One Month After PM Modi Said ‘India Can Feed the World’
14 May 2022
Ban comes into immediate effect as domestic prices skyrocket. Onion seed exports restricted.
Subodh Varma
Can Modi Govt Handle Approaching Wheat Crisis?
08 May 2022
Production has dipped for the first time in the Modi era and procurement has plummeted, bringing wheat stocks down and affecting foodgrain-based schemes.
Associated Press
Record Number of People Didn’t Have Enough to Eat in 2021, Says UN
04 May 2022
Almost 193 million people in 53 countries suffered acute food insecurity in 2021 due to “toxic triple combination” of conflict, weather extremes and economic effects of pandemic.
Associated Press
Russia Cuts off 2 NATO Members Poland, Bulgaria from its Gas in War Escalation
27 Apr 2022
European gas prices shot up on the news that the 2 EU members were cut off, a move that European leaders denounced as “blackmail.”
M.K. Bhadrakumar
US Recruits Israel Against Russia
26 Apr 2022
Joe Biden’s call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday is hugely consequential.
Newsclick Report
Global Food Giants Make a Killing As Ukraine War Fuels Shortage
18 Apr 2022
Three more members of the super-rich Cargill family in the USA have joined the richest 500 people alive due to the rising food prices.
Vijay Prashad
Hunger Stalks Central Asia as the Ukraine War Unfolds
27 Mar 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine have alerted the governments of Central Asia to pay much more attention to the question of food security.
Bharat Dogra
Economic Recovery a Myth Unless India Takes Inclusive Path
25 Mar 2022
If the government fails to deliver a pro-poor economic agenda, the Opposition should unite to propose one. For, inequality is the strongest brake on India’s economy.
Prabir Purkayastha
Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Barbarism or Civilisation?
21 Mar 2022
The west’s actions against Russia since the war in Ukraine could signal an emerging new order which shuns the US for weaponising the dollar and western control over the global financial system.