Asia Daily Briefing - Feeling the heat July 29, 2019

	Droughts hit Thailand  and India, risking stress  on food supplies BANGKOK -- Dangerously dry   weather threatens to take a  heavy economic toll on rice  exporters Thailand and India,  and has forced Australia to  import wheat for the first time  in over a decade.
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