Japan has suspended mango imports from India after quarantine officials found lapses in pest-control procedures at an Indian treatment facility during inspections earlier this year, affecting exports during the peak summer season. The suspension is the first such restriction imposed by Japan on Indian mangoes in nearly 20 years. Japan had earlier banned Indian mango...Read More

South Korea’s export engine keeps humming. The country is on track to post its 12th consecutive month of export growth in May, powered by an AI-fueled semiconductor boom that has turned Korean chipmakers into some of the most important companies on the planet. To put the scale of this streak in perspective: April 2026 exports...Read More

Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, Dele Oye, has asserted that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has the capacity to save Nigeria more than N15 trillion yearly in fuel import costs and generate about $11 billion in foreign exchange through local refining and petroleum exports. He called on the Nigerian National Petroleum...Read More

Maharashtra’s onion-producing belt is witnessing one of its worst agricultural crises in recent years, with farmers in Nashik, Pune and adjoining regions forced to sell onions at throwaway prices as low as 50 paise to Rs 2 per kilogram in wholesale markets. The sharp crash in prices has triggered widespread anger among growers, many of...Read More

Dhurjati Mukherjee India’s energy future is challenging with fuel prices quite high and availability a matter of concern. If oil prices stay at around $95-$100 a barrel, over last year’s average of $70 a barrel, the impact would be a little above $40 billion or above 1.5% of GDP. The government’s economic stabilisation fund of...Read More

Japan’s first-ever export of a major surface combatant to Australia has barely had time to settle before a second Indo-Pacific market is signalling interest. Indonesia is now actively reviewing an offer for Mogami-class frigates. Academic analysis of Indonesian naval procurement under President Joko Widodo’s 2014–2024 administration, published in the journal ‘Asian Affairs’, found that Jakarta...Read More