A decision to tap the 30 countries for exporting wheat was taken at a meeting of the commerce ministry on Thursday.
Images and a round-up of all the World Cup qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
Qatar inaugurated the fourth of eight 2022 World Cup venues, the Al Rayyan Stadium, when the country hosted the Amir Cup final between Al-Sadd and Al-Arabi on Friday.
Meet Daniela Nieto, the newly minted Miss Multinational, who simply loves and adores India.
United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann has criticised FIFA for appointing an Algerian referee to officiate his side's World Cup second-round match against Belgium on Tuesday.
Germany have only their superior fitness and world-class goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to thank for scraping past Algeria 2-1 in extra time to move into the World Cup quarter-finals after doing almost everything wrong over 90 minutes.
World championship trials would be held from March 7 to 9, followed by the Asiad trials from March 10 to 13.
The medals tally at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
England's short-tempered striker Wayne Rooney apologised on Saturday for his outburst at fans who booed the team's abject 0-0 draw with Algeria.
Jamuna Boro (54kg) got India's campaign in the World Women's Boxing Championships off to a flying start, advancing to the pre-quarter-finals with a facile victory, in Ulan-Ude, Russia, on Friday. She recovered from a slow start to defeat Mongolia's Michidmaa Erdenedalai 5-0.
Mark your calendars! Here's all the lowdown of all the major sporting events coming up in 2022...
After Indonesia and South Korea on Friday joined Thailand, Australia, Chinese Taipei and Algeria in pulling out due to the dreaded disease
Mary Kom (51kg) will open her campaign against Dominica's Miguelina Hernandez on July 25; Panghal gets bye into pre-quarters.
'Cyrus was always very different. He would think before acting.'
Ghana's head coach Avram Grant hit out at African Nations Cup organisers for giving his side a shoddy bus and lengthy commute ahead of their critical Group C clash with Algeria.
Riyad Mahrez, who inspired Leicester City to an extraordinary Premier League title triumph last season, was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday.
Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland
A Swiss amateur footballer has been handed a 50-year ban from the sport for kicking the ball at a referee and insulting him in a fourth-tier match, local media reported.
ISRO is focusing on more launches including that of a communication satellite from French Guiana next month.
Liverpool's Champions League winning trio of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane joined regulars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the shortlist for The Best FIFA Men's player award
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
Sindhu has agreed to compete in next month's Thomas and Uber Cup after deciding to pull out of the event earlier due to personal reasons
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Following is reaction to the 2022 FIFA World Cup draw, which was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Qatar on Friday.
Gehlot lost 0-2 to Okuno in the summit clash to emulate Ravinder (61kg), who also won a silver earlier this week.
The life and times of the famed Leftist revolutionary Che Guevara.
Move the slider on the map above to see the change in percentage of population using an improved drinking water source over 1990 to 2015.
MHA said that about 2,000 such Tablighi Jamaat members in Delhi, 1,804 have been shifted to quarantine centres while 334 symptomatic persons have been admitted to hospitals
Islamic State-linked militants in Algeria have beheaded a French hostage captured over the weekend -- having earlier made threats to kill him if France did not stop bombing targets in Iraq.
GAIL (India) Ltd is in talks with US energy major Exxon for importing 5 million tons of liquefied natural gas at Dabhol, company chairman U D Choubey said on Wednesday.
The United States' declaration of their attacking intentions may awaken the more thrill-seeking instincts of unbeaten but so far underwhelming Belgium as they prepare for "war" in Tuesday's last-16 World Cup clash.
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State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is keen to acquire Canadian oil and gas firm First Calgary Petroleums Ltd, which owns high potential oil and gas blocks in Algeria.
With a star-studded squad that makes a mockery of the old joke 'who can name a famous Belgian?', young and talented Belgium should breeze past Algeria in the Group H opener.
With Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on the run and his family taking refuge in Algeria, their palaces and assets have been pillaged by the rebels.
Germany coach Joachim Loew brushed aside criticism that his team are a far-cry from winning a fourth World Cup after they struggled to a 2-1 extra-time last 16 win over outsiders Algeria on Monday.
The Algerians have been one of the surprise packages of the tournament, reaching to the knockout stage for the first time.
Thomas Mueller's second-half goal gave Germany a 1-0 victory over the United States in World Cup Group G on Thursday.
When Russia and Saudi Arabia meet on Thursday form will be irrelevant as the world's biggest sporting festival explodes into life in Moscow.
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