Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised Tamil Nadu as a special place and lauded the Tamil language as eternal and its culture as global. He also inaugurated 11 projects worth Rs 31,000 crore. Rice may be India's next food protectionism target after it restricted wheat and sugar exports, analysts say, a move that could have a devastating impact on global food security as it's an important staple. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has decided to choose ally Jayant Chaudhary over his wife Dimple Yadav as the party's candidate for Rajya Sabha.