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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)

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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From what I read India and Russia are really old friends, that's why India isn't saying anything and they do lot of business.

[–] sfgifz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Historical and political reasons too. USA keeps arming Pakistan with modern weapons, and they have a single target to use them on. It would be stupid of India to put all it's weight behind US if that's a one-sided affair. In an ideal world everyone would side with what is moral, unfortunately we don't live in that world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So true.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

More than old friends. India is heavily reliant on russian arms. Replacing them would be a slow, expensive process. Considering it is surrounded on two sides by aggressors with regular conflicts, jeopardizing relations with Russia is not an option.