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Panipat, Haryana: The 2024–25 crushing season at the Panipat Cooperative Sugar Mill concluded on April 10. This season, the mill led all 11 cooperative sugar mills in Haryana—including 10 under the cooperative sector and one HAFED mill in Assandh, by crushing a 62.10 lakh quintals of sugarcane, reported Dainik Tribune. Panipat was also the top performer among the four cooperative mills in the state, Panipat, Karnal, Shahabad, and Rohtak, that are equipped with power generation turbines.

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Pakistan is looking to expand its exports to Bangladesh, particularly in products like cotton, sugar, rice, and wheat, according to Iqbal Hussain Khan, the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan. Speaking on trade prospects, Khan noted that Pakistan sees an opportunity to grow its export market in Bangladesh, especially if its products remain price-competitive, reports The Daily Star.

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Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has stepped forward to clarify and defend the government’s proposed reforms for the struggling sugar industry. Addressing concerns raised by the public, Mr. Rabuka asserted that focusing on establishing single, efficient sugar mills, coupled with improved land management and farming techniques, holds the key to significantly increasing Fiji’s sugar production, reports The Fiji Times.

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Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh: The officials of the Gulariya Bhindara Nagar Panchayat met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday evening at his official residence in Lucknow and demanded revival of the closed sugar mill, reported Live Hindustan. Nagar Panchayat Chairman Nishant Pratap Singh met the Chief Minister and raised concern about the cooperative sugar mill, which has been closed for the past 17 years.

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Chennai: India is preparing to set a new target of 30 percent ethanol blending in petrol by 2030, after successfully reaching the 20 percent mark by March this year, reported Business Standard citing sources. The original goal of 20 percent blending was initially planned for 2030 but was later advanced to the 2025-26 ethanol supply year (ESY). In the 2023-24 ESY, the country achieved an average ethanol blending rate of 14.6 percent, up from 12.06 percent in the previous ESY.