What Exactly Happened? Protesters in Bangladesh took to the streets against a quota system that gives 56 pct of government jobs to certain groups, including 30 pct to descendants of fighters who fought in the 1971 War of Independence. This seriously reduced the opportunities available to the youth, furthering unemployment. Under immense pressure from an earlier student mobilization over...
Sugar Industry India’s sugar production is forecast to grow 17% to 33.7 million tonnes in the year ended September 2021. Indian sugar mills may achieve their target of exporting 6 million tonnes of the sweetener by the end of June, three months before September The surge in exports is mainly due to firm global prices and subsidy, which have made the overseas markets lucrative....