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Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok yesterday dismissed reports that India has called for a boycott of Malaysian palm oil.

Indian palm oil importers have effectively stopped all purchases from Malaysia, after the government privately warned them to shun the commodity from the country following a diplomatic spat, industry and government sources said.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abrar Hussain Nekokara committed suicide at the Police Training School (PTS) under mysterious circumstances on Monday evening.

The Trump administration on Monday revoked its designation of China as a currency manipulator ahead of the signing of a "phase one" trade deal between the world's two largest economies.

Indian palm oil importers have effectively stopped all purchases from top supplier Malaysia after the government privately urged them to boycott its product following a diplomatic spat, industry and government sources said.

Malaysia’s palm oil inventory fell 10.99 percent month-on-month to 2.01 million tonnes in December last year, official data showed Friday.

MALAYSIA’S palm oil inventory fell to two million tonnes in December last year, the lowest in 28 months, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).

Bursa Malaysia Bhd today successfully launched the options contract on US Dollar denominated refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palm olein futures (OPOL), the world’s first options contract on palm olein.

Trees don’t just emit oxygen as part of photosynthesis.

ndia said it had not put any ban on the import of palm oil a day after the government imposed restrictions on imports of refined palm oil seen as a move to discourage imports from Malaysia but one that will impact India’s imports from Nepal and Indonesia as well.

Property prices in Dubai’s popular areas continued to become more competitive throughout 2019 compared to 2018, resulting in both the number and value of transactions increasing for property sales in Dubai, a report said.

Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok’s visit to Pakistan has unearthed strong potential for Malaysia and the South Asian nation to cooperate further in palm oil trade as well as other commodities, her ministry said.