Our wheat market is once again in trouble. Prices of wheat and flour are rising fast, even though both Sindh and Punjab governments claim to have enough stock. A few days ago, the Sindh cabinet decided to release 1.26 million tonnes of wheat to flour mills at Rs3,800 per maund. Punjab, on the other hand, […]
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Brazil’s Amazon basin fires keep surging
SAO PAULO: The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though the government has banned burning, officials said Saturday. In the first 48 hours since the ban was issued, satellite data from the National Space Research Institute (INPE) showed 3,859 new outbreaks of fire, of which some 2,000 were […]