Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil and meets nearly 45 percent of the total palm oil supplied to India annually, has decided to ban exports from April 28 till further notice.
Author Geetanjali Shree's novel 'Tomb of Sand' on Thursday became the first Hindi language work of fiction to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
The Kuril Islands dispute between Japan and Russia is over the sovereignty of the South Kuril Islands. These islands are claimed by Japan but occupied by Russia as the successor state of the Soviet Union.
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