Egyptian ambassador to India Wael Hamed has dismissed reports of Indian wheat being infected with pests even as the country receives its first consignments. Speaking to WION, ambassador Hamed said, "These are miscommunicated reports.

Egypt envoy Hamed dismisses reports of Indian wheat being infected with pests

A latest report has said that the devastating heat waves in March and April reduced India's wheat crop yield by 10 to 30 per cent this year. The report by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global initiative and collaboration of scientists around the world, said the intense heat has either damaged or reduced the quality of the yield, causing the government to reverse an earlier plan to supplement the global wheat supply that has been impacted by the war in Ukraine.

Heatwave reduced India's wheat crop yield by 10 to 30% this year: Report

As the world grapples with the wheat crisis, an expert on food security has told the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) that there are just ten weeks of global wheat inventories left.

'This is seismic': Just 10 weeks of global wheat inventories left: Expert to UNSC

Even as the food crisis looms large due to the Russian-Ukraine war coupled with climate change, United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that food security would be the topic of discussion in the third edition of the Quad Summit in Tokyo.

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Voicing concern over hoarding and discrimination, India called out the West and said on Wednesday that food grains should not meet the fate of the Covid shots, media reports said.

Wheat export ban: India says measure to help nations in need, food grains shouldn't meet Covid shots' fate