5/20/2021 India rates still cheaper than other exporters Thai rates at 6-1/2 month low on weak overseas demand Vietnam prices unchanged at $490-$495 a tonne Bangladesh output seen rising 3.5% in year to April- USDA
By Nishara Karuvalli Pathikkal
May 20 (Reuters) - Indian rice export prices rose for the
first time in seven weeks on a stronger rupee, while poor demand
pushed Thai rates to a more than six-month low.
Top exporter India s 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted at $379 to $385 per tonne this week,
up from last week s $370-$374 range.
Indian rice prices are gradually being raised due to the
RPT-INTERVIEW-ICC prosecutor warns against crimes in escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence Reuters 2 hrs ago
(Repeats May 13 article without changes) ICC probe launched in March could cover current bloodshed These are events we are monitoring very seriously Top prosecutor rejects allegation of anti-Israel bias ICC investigating violence in devastating 2014 Gaza war
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 13 (Reuters) - Individuals involved in a new eruption of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed may be targeted by an International Criminal Court investigation now under way into alleged war crimes in earlier bouts of the conflict, its top prosecutor said in an interview.
5/13/2021 Thai rates at over 6-month low amid low demand Vietnam prices unchanged at $490-$495 a tonne Bangladesh likely to see rise in summer rice output
By Arundhati Sarkar
May 13 (Reuters) - Indian rice export prices fell for a
seventh straight week as supplies have been boosted by the
central government s release of stocks to help the poor in a
country tackling a COVID-19 surge.
Top exporter India s 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted at $370 to $374 per tonne this week,
down from last week s level of $371 to $376.
Rice prices in the local market have corrected significantly
after the government started releasing stocks from its
(Repeats May 7 story without changes)
By Kanupriya Kapoor
SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank will no longer finance coal mining or oil and natural gas activities, it announced in a draft policy statement on Friday, a move welcomed by environmental groups, which said it was a decade overdue.
The multilateral development bank, which focuses on eradicating poverty in Asia, provided no timeline for its commitment. It also laid out conditions under which fossil fuel projects would continue to receive funding, such as where no other cost-effective technology was available.
Yongping Zhai, head of the ADB s energy sector, said the draft would be deliberated by its board of directors in October.