India imposes a 40% export duty on onions

From the BBC World Service: India, the world’s largest onion exporter, has imposed a 40% export duty on onions. It’s an attempt to improve domestic availability and rein in soaring food price inflation. Israel’s political lurch to the right and its controversial plans to overhaul the justice system could be starting to have a direct impact on its population, with one in three Israelis now thinking of emigrating. India could make history if its third lunar mission successfully touches down near the moon’s south pole.