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Comm Min notifies decision to allow exports of 25 lakh ton of additional wheat

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) The Commerce Ministry’s arm DGFT has notified the government’s decision to permit 25 lakh tonnes of wheat exports. On April 20, the Centre permitted exports of an additional 25 lakh tonne of wheat, considering a comfortable stock position amid the likelihood of another strong harvest. With this, a total of 50 lakh tonne of wheat and 10 lakh tonne of wheat products have now been permitted for exports. “The export policy of wheat…continues to remain prohibited. However, export of an additional 25 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of wheat is permitted,” the Directorate General of Foreign

WhatsApp banned 9,400 accounts involved in digital arrest scams since January this year: Centre to SC

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) A multi-pronged action involving telecom regulators, service providers, the RBI, tech giants and the CBI has been taken to tackle the rising menace of digital arrest scams, besides WhatsApp banning 9,400 accounts involved in such offences, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The action was detailed by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which has filed a comprehensive status report in pursuance of the Supreme Court’s directions of February 9 to curb rising cases of digital arrests in the country, according to sources. A bench headed by

Somalia’s malnourished children hit hard by Iran war

NAIROBI/GENEVA, April 28 (Reuters) – For Somalia’s malnourished children, already suffering the twin catastrophes of looming famine and radical cuts in foreign aid, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran means more than soaring petrol pump prices; it ​is a matter of life and death. Shortages of lifesaving therapeutic foods exacerbated by shipping disruptions are forcing clinics to turn away severely malnourished children and ration supplies, Reuters reporting ‌shows. Almost half a million children under 5 suffer from “severe acute malnutrition” or “wasting”, the most life-threatening form of hunger, and the delays are worsening the effect of the aid reductions. SOMALIA’S CHILDREN

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