Vol. 33 No. 54 | SUNDAY | MAY 15, 2022 | 16 Pages | ` 5 History, humour and sarcasm M.J. Akbar’s new book Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar is a quintessence of these elements Unique museum of India EDITIONS: MUMBAI*, Pune, Indore, Bhopal, Konkan, E-paper India wheat UDDHAV: IT IS export ban GADADHARI V/S annoys G7 GHANTADHARI Adds to concerns of global food insecurity ignited by the war OUR BUREAU NEW DELHI A sharp fall in the wheat production has forced the government to stop supplying wheat in fair price shops and banned its exports with immediate effect from Friday to calm down prices. Since India is the world’s second-largest wheat producer, any such ban could aggravate a worldwide shortfall worsened by the war in Ukraine. It could also reinforce fears of a hunger crisis across the globe and add to concerns about food . insecurity Agriculture ministers from the G-7 industrialised nations lost no time in condemning India’s decision. “If everyone starts imposing export restrictions, that would worsen the crisis," German Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir said at a press conference. “We call on India to assume its responsibility as a G20 member," Ozdemir added. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE Fire: 29 still missing; no NOC, single exit Every year, May 18 is celebrated as International Museum Day to honour the culture, social and political changes of a country. On the occasion, let’s celebrate unique museums of India SANJAY JOG MUMBAI It was a Saturday of searing criticism from . Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray He tore into , his party’s former ally the BJP the RSS and his estranged cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray on a range of issues, including the politically hot subject of Hindutva, polarization and the killing of a Kashmiri pandit, the Centre’s attempt to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra, the burgeoning inflation and unemployment, the campaign to discredit Maharashtra by deploying Central probe agencies and the Centre giving the go-by to the principles of federalism. At a massive rally in the backdrop of the Aza, an-Hanuman Chalisa controversy and the attacks by the BJP and MNS, Thackeray declared that Shiv Sena had not left Hindutva and warned that any attempt to separate Mumbai Lid off 2019 IPL betting racket Outcome of matches influenced on basis of input received from Pakistan STAFF REPORTER MUMBAI The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed two cases to probe the betting network in the 2019 Indian League (IPL) on Premier allegations that, “a network of individuals involved in cricket betting are influencing the outcome of IPL matches based on input received from Pakistan”. In one of the cases, the CBI has also identified the Pak- FPJ DESK / NEW DELHI Such was the fury of the fire in a 4-storey building in Delhi on Friday that rescuers were still frantically searching for survivors, with the police saying that 29 people remained unaccounted for. Distraught relatives gathered outside the building in the congested outer Delhi industrial locality , keeping their fingers crossed. But the hope that some of their relatives could still be alive in the smouldering embers was ebbing by the hour. For the moment, the death toll is 30; it went up with the discovery of charred human remains during cooling operations on Saturday morning. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE Reg. No. MCS/048/2021-23; RNI No. 46955/1988 M.p.c.s. office Mumbai-400001 TRIPURA CM REPLACED: Hours after  BJP secured the resignation the of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, the party appointed Dr Manik Saha, a dentist and the state unit chief, as his replacement. A section of BJP MLAs is miffed claiming they were not consulted. SEE NATION PAGE istani national who was part of the alleged racket. According to the first-information report filed by the CBI, the information received also stated that the individuals involved, in the garb of betting related to IPL matches, are cheating the public by inducing them to bet. “For this purpose, they have opened bank accounts using fake identities and KYC documents in connivance with unknown bank CONTD. ON NATION PAGE officials. Laser hair removal for intimate areas from Maharashtra would be strongly foiled.  Thackeray without naming the BJP , , claimed that the fake Hindutva party was misleading the nation. He warned that his party would fight against the BJP-led Central government’s attempt to destabilize the state by deploying Central probe agencies. Shiv Sena had kicked out the Thackeray said  ‘donkeys’ when it had broken its alliance with the BJP after the 2019 assembly election in the state. “Devendra Fadnavis said that we are gadha [donkey] dhari Hindus. But let me tell you, we kicked the donkeys out when we broke the alliance with you [BJP]. We wasted 25 years ,” in alliance with the BJP he reiterated. “Our Hindutva is ‘gadadhari (mace-carrying)’. Rahul Bhat was killed by terrorists at the tehsil office in J&K, now what will you [BJP] do? Will you read the Hanuman Chalisa there?” he asked. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE It’s a toss between Dhawan & Hardik SPORTS DESK / NEW DELHI With Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul out of reckoning for the upcoming five-match T20 series against South Africa, the mantle is likely to fall on either veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan or all-rounder Hardik Pandya. In fact, the latter may have an advantage over the former after his impressive captaincy for Gujarat Titans in IPL. Also on the anvil is the short two-match T20I series against Ireland, but eventually the BCCI decision will be with an eye on the marquee tour of England in July. Rahul detractor roots for Priyanka LAST WORD MANISH GODHA JAIPUR Whenever the chips are down for Rahul Gandhi, invariably Priyanka Vadra’s name pops up as a ‘saviour’ who could infuse renewed vigour in the party . The name is picked up in no time by a salivating media starved of news about the Congress conclaves, which Last week we saw how laser can make hair removal easy. Today, let’s see how you can use laser for parts of the body that are less exposed and sensitive seldom have a dramatic outcome. As is often the case – some would say the moves are ‘scripted’ – there was a clamour on the sidelines of the party ‘Shivir’ for Rahul taking over as party president. Just as the decibel level was going up, along came the call for Priyanka from a nondescript quarter to take up the mantle of leadership. ‘‘Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should take over as the Congress president if Rahul Gandhi is unwilling to lead, as she is the most popular face of the party,’’ said Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam while talking to mediapersons. It took the Congresssavvy correspondents some time to trace the antecedents of Pramod Acharya. It was revealed that he hails from UP and is a religious leader of sorts who CONTD. ON NATION PAGE runs a mutt. Actor, student held for mocking Pawar SANJAY JOG & ABHITASH SINGH MUMBAI Both ruling and opposition parties strongly condemned on Saturday a controversial post by Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale on Facebook, allegedly targeting Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. Chitale and a 23-year-old pharmacy student were arrested by the Thane police over a post she had allegedly shared on her Facebook page. The student, identified as Nikhil Bhamre, was arrested in Nashik district for allegedly making an objectionable comment against Pawar on Twitter. The post contained phrases like “hell is waiting” and “you hate Brahmins”, allegedly referring to Pawar, whose party shares power in Maharashtra with the Shiv Sena and Congress. Black ink and eggs were thrown at Chitale outside Kalamboli police station in Navi Mumbai by workers of the NCP’s women wing as she was CONTD. ON NATION PAGE being taken away .