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Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» GURDASPUR (INDIA) - The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock -- the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket.
India bans most rice exports
Reuters, Published on 20/07/2023
» NEW DELHI: India has prohibited the export of non-basmati white rice with immediate effect, according to a government notice on Thursday, after a late start to seasonal monsoon rains hurt the crop and raised fears of a production shortfall.
Indian export curbs shake up rice market
Reuters, Published on 21/10/2022
» MUMBAI: India’s recent curbs on rice exports could trigger a rally in global prices after more than a decade of stability, traders say, as Delhi’s protectionist move coincides with falling output in other major producing countries and rising global demand.
India may corner nearly half of global rice trade
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2021
» KAKINADA: India could account for as much as 45% of global rice exports in 2021 as expanded port-handling capacity allows the world's second-largest rice grower after China to ship record volumes to buyers across Africa and Asia.
Steam rises as India and Pakistan take basmati battle to EU
AFP, Published on 07/06/2021
» LAHORE: From biryani to pilau, Pakistan and India's shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive long-grain rice now at the centre of the latest tussle between the bitter rivals.