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A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly go vegetarian, dropping beef and chicken from their diets because they can no longer afford m...

The two universities are poised to launch a two-way student exchange programme, wherein Cornell students will have the opportunity to visit Plaksha and vice versa, a statement from the Plaksha University said.

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Around the world, food prices are persistently, painfully high

Around the world, food prices are persistently, painfully high.

The world is fearfully looking at the specter of intensifying strategic competition between China and the USA. Yet China was the first to throw down the gauntlet, to incessantly challenge international regulations and bully others with its authoritarian style of government.Beijing's own policies, su

A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil. Cash-strapped Pakistanis reluctantly go vegetarian, dropping beef and chicken from their diets because they can no longer afford meat. In Hungary, a café pulls burgers and fries off the […]

The prices of grains, vegetable oil, dairy and other agricultural commodities have fallen steadily in the market, but the relief hasn’t made it to the real world

Around the world, food prices are persistently, painfully high. Puzzlingly, too. On global markets, the prices of grains, vegetable oil, dairy and other agricultural commodities have fallen steadily from record highs. But the relief hasnt made it to the real world of shopkeepers, street vendors and families trying to make ends meet.

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