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  "id": 2413229,
  "title": "Explained: Why Sugar Is Suddenly Getting Costlier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/explained-why-sugar-is-suddenly-getting-costlier",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T18:01:01.000Z",
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  "summary": "The rise in sugar prices is being attributed to hoarding and worries about tight supplies due to a fall in sugarcane harvest due to either flooding or less rainfall in top sugarcane-producing states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.",
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        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Explained: Why Sugar Is Suddenly Getting Costlier",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/explained-why-sugar-is-suddenly-getting-costlier-2422181",
        "published": "2026-08-21T18:01:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}