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India steps up efforts to curb locust infestation

June 2, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Chemicals (TRBC), Agricultural Markets, Asia / Pacific, Commodities News (3rd Party), Corn, Cotton, Emerging Market Countries, INDIA, LOCUSTS, Pictures, Precipitation, Rice, Soybean, Soybean Oil, Sugar, US

FILE PHOTO: A desert locust is seen in a grazing land in Nakwamuru village, Samburu County, Kenya January 16, 2020.

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India to receive above-average monsoon rains, boosting crop output

June 1, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Asia / Pacific, AVERAGE, Coffee, Commodities News (3rd Party), Cotton, Emerging Market Countries, General News, Grains, INDIA, MONSOON, Palm Oil, Precipitation, Rice, Rubber, Softs, Soybean, Soybean Oil, Spices / Herbs / Fruit / Vegetables, Tea, US, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC)

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is likely to receive above average monsoon rainfall for the second straight year in 2020,

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Monsoon rains forecast to arrive on India’s southern coast around June 1

May 28, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Asia / Pacific, Commodities News (3rd Party), Corn, Corn Oil, Cotton, INDIA, MONSOON, Precipitation, Rice, Soybean, Soybean Oil, Spices / Herbs / Fruit / Vegetables, Sugar, US, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Monsoon rains are likely to enter India through the southern coast around June 1, the state-run

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Cyclone Amphan loss estimated at $13 billion in India, may rise in Bangladesh

May 23, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Graphics, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Overseas Development Aid, Pictures, Precipitation, Real Estate Markets, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Utilities (TRBC), Video, Water, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone that tore through India’s eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a

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Indian PM offers help to cyclone stricken Kolkata, Bangladesh counts cost

May 22, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Graphics, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Pictures, Precipitation, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Video, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi, peering down from his aircraft on Friday, saw the devastation and flooding caused

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Cyclone swamps parts of India, Bangladesh, evacuations keep death toll down

May 21, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Graphics, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Video, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India and Bangladesh on Thursday, a day after the most

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Strongest cyclone in over a decade slams into India, Bangladesh

May 20, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies, ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Precipitation, STORM, Transmission Lines, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone barrelled into eastern India on Wednesday with heavy rain, wind and waves as millions

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Tens of thousands evacuated as India, Bangladesh brace for super cyclone

May 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASIA, Asia / Pacific, Bangladesh, Disasters / Accidents, Emerging Market Countries, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Major News, Precipitation, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, STORM, US, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Authorities in eastern India and Bangladesh were scrambling on Tuesday to move tens of thousands of villagers

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Entertainment 

Amazon Prime snags Bollywood premieres, angering theater owners

May 15, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments AMAZON, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asia / Pacific, CORONAVIRUS, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Film, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, INDIA, Living / Lifestyle, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), US

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Amazon Prime Video, Amazon’s streaming service, will screen several new Indian films originally meant for theatrical release

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Who’s Who of pop culture unites for ‘One World’ coronavirus special

April 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asia / Pacific, Broadcasting (TRBC), Canada, Celebrities, CORONAVIRUS, Epidemics, Europe, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Hong Kong, INDIA, Italy, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Middle East, Music, ONE, Pictures, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US, Video, WORLD

(Reuters) – Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday headlined a special

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