2022-05-15 06:31:36
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The government bans all shipments of wheat with immediate effect; In Tripura, the BJP replaces CM Biplab Deb; a residential colony for Kashmiri Pandit migrants protest the killing of Rahul Bhat — here are the top stories from today's edition.
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*The Big Story*
A day after announcing that trade delegations were being sent to nine countries “for exploring possibilities of boosting wheat exports from India”, the government Saturday banned all shipments of the cereal with immediate effect. Export of all wheat, including high-protein durum and normal soft bread varieties, have been moved from “free” to the “prohibited” category.
https://www.inexp.in/45WSWm
We explain why the ban on wheat exports is a knee-jerk reaction, hits farmers and dents policy credibility
https://www.inexp.in/8Nkaii
*Only in the Express*
Leela Bai Chhagan Lal, 60, had worked as a labourer at a government farm and as a domestic help to feed her family after her husband died 16 years ago. Lal says she built her house in four attempts — "first, we had a plastic roof, then we had wood (kelu), then we had tiles, finally a pucca roof". A PMAY-U beneficiary, she received Rs 2.5 lakh during 2017-18 towards the construction of her house. She has now put the single-storey house for sale after a mob vandalised and damaged it in the violence that erupted during the Ram Navami procession in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone.
https://www.inexp.in/VpA0lK
*From the Front Page*
The CBI booked seven people in two separate FIRs after conducting searches at seven locations across Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Jodhpur in a suspected case of betting and match-fixing in the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). According to the CBI, at least one module of the betting syndicate was in touch with a person from Pakistan, identified as Waqas Malik.
https://www.inexp.in/0ElSuy
In a move that took everyone by surprise, the BJP got Biplab Kumar Deb to resign as Chief Minister of Tripura where elections are due early next year. Hours later, the legislature party elected state party president Manik Saha, who is also a Rajya Sabha member, as the new Leader of the House. Video clips showed a minister attempting to hurl a chair at one of the BJP leaders from Delhi who had come as observers for the legislature party meeting. At least one MLA who was upset over the turn of events said more MLAs will speak out against the party's decision in the coming days.
https://www.inexp.in/OZ7RGl
*Must Read*
The day after Rahul Bhat was fatally shot by militants in J&K’s Budgam districts, none of the residents of a Kashmiri Pandit colony in Sheikhpora went to work. Neither did their children attend school, other than those who had exams. Their anger is palpable. “We have reached the end of our tether,” one resident, a government school teacher, said. The demand is unanimous: “If the government cannot provide us a safe environment, it should move us to where we feel safe.” For most, that location is Jammu.
https://www.inexp.in/icPk7j
Former Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s dream run has finally come to an ignominious end, that too, a week ahead of the 13th anniversary of the military defeat of the LTTE, the well-spring of his popular appeal for over a decade. But is this the end of the Rajapaksa political dynasty? The question is still wide open. But for now, amid widespread protests against the government which quickly turned into arson and killings, the political establishment was jolted into action to fill a vacuum that had existed since mid-March. Now President Gotabaya remains the only Rajapaksa in office, while Ranil Wickremesinghe has replaced his brother as PM.
https://www.inexp.in/tHjtGI
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