Chennai: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar invited Vijay to form the government after he secured the support of 120 MLAs in the 234-member Assembly.

Vijay took oath at a ceremony held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai at 10 a.m. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attended the event.

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New Delhi (PTI): India has banned the export of sugar till September 30 this year, according to a government notification.

The notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on May 13 said this order does not apply to sugar being exported to the European Union and the US under the tariff rate quota scheme.

The order is also not applicable to the shipments under the advance authorisation scheme, government-to-government exports and consignments already in the physical export pipeline.

"The export policy of Sugar (Raw Sugar, White Sugar and Refined Sugar)... is amended from 'Restricted' to 'Prohibited' with immediate effect till September 30, 2026, or until further orders, whichever is earlier," the DGFT said.