food security

New Delhi: India and Egypt, along with around 90 other countries have pushed to establish a fairer trading system at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and enhance domestic production amid the severe food and nutrition challenges being…

NEW DELHI: India’s slow monsoonprogress has delayed rice sowing but farmers will be ramping up planting in the coming months, which will likely ease concern about a potential ban on exports. The area planted by the top rice exporter has…

Four-nation grouping 'I2U2' has established a positive agenda and its framework is a good model for practical cooperation in the face of increasing global uncertainties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday at the first virtual…

President Joe Biden will host the first four-way virtual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with a focus on food security during his visit to Israel…

New Delhi: India will push for a sustainable development model at the June 25 Commonwealth Summit to support the countries that are facing a debt crisis because of the Covid-19 pandemic and foreign borrowing. Foreign Minister S…

The Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal on June 17 led the Indian delegation at WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference at Geneva. Addressing the conference, he said, “We succeeded in bringing regulation for those who…

The World Trade Organization's members cleared a package of trade deals, including pledges on health, reform and food security, struck after more than five days of hard negotiations. Representatives of the 164 countries, including India,…

The World Trade Organization has extended its ministerial in Geneva by another day to Thursday to try and build consensus on the key issues of fishing subsidies, food security and measures to combat the Covid pandemic. The four-day…