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Trump's tariffs on India: Can Narendra Modi plug in Act East policy with China's Belt and Road Initiative?
26 Aug 2025 06:56 GMT
… Middle East countries, as India recently executed an oil-for-food trade with Iran by supplying … food grains for the receipt of crude oil. Similarly, the Indian … consumption-led economy. So, India';s joining BRI is …
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Why the World Turned on NGOs
08 Sep 2025 05:15 GMT
… United Nations started its Oil-for-Food program to allow Iraq … Similarly, in 2010, Indian lawmakers amended the Foreign Contribution … nature.” Neither Russia nor India clearly defined “political.”
More … or promoting democracy. In India, the FCRA hampered many …
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India’s per capita vegetable oil consumption will likely be 12.68 kg by 2034
20 Jul 2025 03:42 GMT
… consumption of vegetable oil in India is expected to reach 12 … 2025-34.
Mentioning that India is the world’s second … per capita consumption of vegetable oil for food is projected to increase (0 … increase in countries such as India, Russia, Ukraine and Canada …
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Indonesia stresses sustainable palm oil for food, energy security
12 Feb 2025 16:18 GMT
Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Sudaryono, has emphasized the need to improve sustainable palm oil productivity to support the government's priority programs, particularly food and energy self-sufficiency, as …
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Oil-for-Food Scandal: The untold story of Congress and Natwar Singh’s alleged role in global corruption
26 Nov 2024 10:08 GMT
… , the UN launched the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP) in 1996 … a political firestorm in India. Natwar Singh, then a senior member … corruption. Yet, when the oil-for-food scandal broke, the party … from global embarrassment.
The oil-for-food scandal remains a black …
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Natwar Singh, Indian politician and writer of indiscreet memoirs
28 Oct 2024 02:57 GMT
… involvement in the United Nations Oil for Food scandal involving kickbacks from the … the Volcker report on the Oil for Food scandal and was suspended from … the main opposition party in India.
Kunwar Natwar Singh, Indian diplomat, politician and author …
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Former EAM K Natwar Singh: A man who wore many hats and spoke his mind
11 Aug 2024 04:28 GMT
… was selected into the Indian Foreign Service in 1953 … Manmohan Singh appointed Natwar Singh as the minister for … in the Oil-for-Food programme.
It stated Natwar Singh's … family were non-contractual beneficiaries of the Oil for Food …
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Natwar Singh: Nehruvian, memorist, friend
15 Aug 2024 06:40 GMT
… world that greeted K. Natwar Singh as he started a career … being a beneficiary of the oil-for-food payments that was rocking … the first batches of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officials, … Diplomats Who Built Independent India’s Foreign Policy arrived this …
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Obituary: Former India minister and diplomat Natwar Singh
13 Aug 2024 13:25 GMT
Natwar Singh breathed his last at … , according to family sources.
Natwar Singh’s diplomatic career saw him … Getty Images)
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K Natwar Singh, India’s former external affairs minister … pay-offs in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme.
Singh’s diplomatic …
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PM Modi condoles death of K Natwar Singh, remembers his rich contribution to diplomacy
12 Aug 2024 04:30 GMT
… Rajasthan, after leaving the Indian Foreign Service.
Meanwhile, it … founders of the All India Indira Congress.
However, … payments related to the oil-for-food program. Significantly, in 2008 … party.
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