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India's vegetable oil imports fell 29 per cent year-on-year in June to 11.46 lakh tonne, the lowest level since the start of the current oil year, as palm oil was available on less discount as compared to others like soybean, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said on Tuesday. India, the world's biggest importer of edible oils, had bought 16.16 lakh tonne in June 2025. Oil year runs from November to October. Despite the decline in June, the cumulative import in the first eight months of the 2025-26 oil year (November 2025-June 2026) rose to 105.7 lakh tonne, from 99.55 lakh tonne a year earlier. "The latest figures indicate that while vegetable oil imports have remained higher overall during the current oil year, the substantial decline in June has moderated the pace of cumulative growth," the SEA said in a statement. The June decline was driven mainly by a 10.5 per cent month-on-month drop in palm oil imports to 487,000 tonne. Crude palm oil imports fell to 488,86

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MCX Aluminium: More room to rise

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Soybean imports up at 7.77 lakh tonnes till June-end, estimates trade body SOPA

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TREND | 10 Jul 2026

India among 4 nations with cities at risk from extreme heat: Study

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India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana together host the largest number of cities at risk of extreme heat, with major tourist destinations including Jaipur and international business hubs in the top 50, according to an analysis that has ranked 205 of the world's largest cities. More than 95 per cent of the most at-risk cities are in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Iraq's city of Al Basrah is the world's most at-risk, followed by Ahmedabad in Gujarat, the study published in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society says, identifying places where people are most in danger as the planet continues to warm. Fourteen Indian cities that featured in the top 50 at-risk locations included Nagpur and Pune in Maharashtra, Madurai and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka's Bengaluru and Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and Lucknow. Lead author, Nethmi Jayaratne Kariyawasam, a researcher at the UK's Oxford University, said, "It isn't just exposure to hot temperatures that matters for risk. Our .

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TREND | 10 Jul 2026

Bahwan CyberTek Appoints Amrinder Singh as Managing Director and CEO to Lead its Next Phase of AI-Driven Global Growth

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Experienced technology leader to drive BCT's evolution into an AI and agentic-led digital transformation partner, deepening its footprint across key global markets

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TREND | 09 Jul 2026

Zinc futures show bullish bias

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Traders can consider long positions

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TREND | 08 Jul 2026

Copper futures: Outlook is weak

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Traders can retain short positions