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    Agri-business

    Europe’s Scorching Summer Slashes Grain Harvest by Nine Million Tonnes, Inflicting €2 Billion Blow on Farmers

    Farmers across the continent face another difficult and expensive harvest after consecutive years of drought, floods and heat.
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    Agriculture

    El Niño Grows Stronger as India’s Monsoon Faces Fresh Trouble

    The coming weeks will decide how large the final shortfall becomes and how much pressure it puts on farms, water supplies and prices.
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    Climate change

    India’s Broken Monsoon Rhythm Forces Reckoning with Climate Reality

    Extreme weather affected India on 331 of 334 monitored days in 2025 – 99 per cent of the period assessed.
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    El Nino

    NABARD Survey Flags Rural Slowdown as Income Growth Hits Two-Year Low

    The July 2026 RECSS does not point to an immediate crisis, but it clearly signals that the rural recovery of the previous year has lost steam.
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    Agriculture

    El Niño Threatens Double-Digit Food Inflation in Sri Lanka by Late 2026

    As Sri Lanka’s economy stabilises under the new government, a looming El Niño threatens to reignite food inflation and test hard-won gains. Sri Lanka, still...
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    Agriculture

    El Niño Cuts Monsoon Rainfall by 43 Per Cent; 315 Districts Across 12 States Likely to be Affected

    The centre has sounded an alarm over the likely impact of El Niño on India's 2026 southwest monsoon, warning that 315 districts across 12 states could face significant rainfall deficits during the crucial kharif cropping season.
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    Climate change

    In the Lok Sabha: Government Highlights Weather and Climate Preparedness Initiatives

    A state-of-the-art Earth System Model (ESM), developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, is generating regional climate projections.
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    Agri-business

    World Bank’s Latest Report Highlights India’s Economic Growth and Trade Challenges

    The report says that India's rapid economic growth and expansion has had a positive impact on the labour market. Urban unemployment rates, particularly for...
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    Clean tech

    Nepal Earns Nearly $39 Million from Power Exports to India Despite Deadly Floods

    The latest monthly figures, achieved against a backdrop of disaster recovery, reinforce confidence in the export model.
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    Agriculture

    Mekong Delta Farmers Turn to Saltwater as Rising Seas and Upstream Dams Reshape Vietnam’s Rice Bowl

    The shift also aligns with Vietnam’s broader ambition to expand high-quality, low-emission rice production.
    Civil society

    Sri Lanka Invites NGOs and Public to Pay Fines and Free 1,454 Eligible Prisoners

    The decision to open the door to external payment of fines is a pragmatic acknowledgement that not every person currently incarcerated needs to remain there.

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    Clean tech

    Nepal Earns Nearly $39 Million from Power Exports to India Despite Deadly Floods

    The latest monthly figures, achieved against a backdrop of disaster recovery, reinforce confidence in the export model.
    Agriculture

    Mekong Delta Farmers Turn to Saltwater as Rising Seas and Upstream Dams Reshape Vietnam’s Rice Bowl

    The shift also aligns with Vietnam’s broader ambition to expand high-quality, low-emission rice production.
    Civil society

    Sri Lanka Invites NGOs and Public to Pay Fines and Free 1,454 Eligible Prisoners

    The decision to open the door to external payment of fines is a pragmatic acknowledgement that not every person currently incarcerated needs to remain there.
    Clean tech

    Nepal Earns Nearly $39 Million from Power Exports to India Despite Deadly Floods

    The latest monthly figures, achieved against a backdrop of disaster recovery, reinforce confidence in the export model.
    Clean tech

    UN Report Warns World on Track for 2.8°C Warming This Century as 1.5°C Limit Slips Beyond Reach

    Experts at UNEP say that the Emissions Gap Report 2026 does not abandon the 1.5°C goal. Instead it reframes the challenge: minimise the height and length of the overshoot and chart a credible return path.

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