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India puts food before fuel as El Niño dents ethanol ambitions

Headline via The Kathmandu Post · first report 4 Nov, 10:22 IST, latest 4 Nov, 11:28 IST

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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from The Hindu BusinessLine at 4 Nov, 10:22 IST; the latest is from The Kathmandu Post at 4 Nov, 11:28 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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