DH Evening Brief | India prohibits wheat exports with immediate effect; Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb resigns

In the backdrop of spiralling prices, India has banned the export of wheat with immediate effect.

In a late Friday night notification, the ministry of commerce said the exports of the commodity will only be allowed on the basis of permission already granted to other countries to meet their food security needs.

. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday said he has submitted his resignation to Governor SN Arya.

Deb made the announcement after meeting the governor at the Raj Bhavan.

. The death toll in a massive fire that broke out in a building near Delhi's Mundka metro station on May 13 rose to 27.

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. Congress is considering a proposal to appoint “anti-Sangh” pointsmen at block level across the country to counter RSS ‘pracharaks’ working at the local level and attract them to the party and politicise them, sources said on Friday.

. “Good luck and goodbye Congress”, former PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar said on Saturday while announcing his decision to quit the Congress that last month removed him from all party positions for alleged anti-party activities.

. The CBI has booked three suspected punters, one from Delhi and two from Hyderabad, in connection with alleged fixing of Indian Premier League matches ''based on inputs'' from Pakistan, officials said on Saturday.

. United Arab Emirates strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president on Saturday, led a realignment of the Middle East that created a new anti-Iran axis with Israel and fought a rising tide of political Islam in the region.

. Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader to leave aside party politics and join hands with him to form a non-partisan government to resolve the burning issues and stabilise the country's economy, according to media reports on Saturday.

. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has accused Joe Biden of "misdirection" on Twitter, as the US President tweeted that the wealthy corporations must "pay their fair share".

. As Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khan sets out to make her acting journey with Zoya Akhtar's 'The Archies'movie, the superstar shared the golden rule of the profession with his girl - "make as many smile as you can".

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DH Evening Brief | India prohibits wheat exports with immediate effect; Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb resigns

India prohibits wheat exports with immediate effect

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb resigns

Death toll from fire in west Delhi's Mundka rises to 27

Congress considering appointing 'anti-Sangh' workers to counter RSS

'Good luck and goodbye Congress', says former PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar as he quits party

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