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Episode: India cuts rice exports, triggering panic-buying of food staple by some Indian expats in the US
Description: Chatter on one of Prabha Rao's WhatsApp groups exploded when India announced that it was severely curtailing some rice exports to the rest of the world, triggering worry among the Indian diaspora in the United States that access to a food staple from home might soon be cut off.
An earlier-than-expected El NiΓ±o brought drier, warmer weather in some parts of Asia and is expected to harm rice production. But in some parts of India, where the monsoon season was especially brutal, flooding destroyed some crops, adding to production woes and rising prices.
Hoping to stave off inflationary pressures o...