State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid speaks at an international conference titled ’50 Years of Bangladesh : Genocide, State of Nation and Bangabandhu’s Expectation Bangladesh’ at Bangla Academy in the city on Thursday. NN photo

Heatwave-hit India says no plans to curb wheat exports

AFP, New Delhi :India has no plans to curb wheat exports — needed to help plug the gap left by the Ukraine war — despite the current heatwave hitting output, the government said. The world’s number two wheat producer has major buffer stocks and has said it is ready to increase exports to countries hit by falling supplies from Ukraine and Russia.But its hottest March on record and a heatwave in recent days have sparked speculation that India might instead...

7 May 2022, 12:00 am