-NDTV.com The Supreme Court directed the centre to formulate a national model scheme for community kitchens, in consultation with states and other stakeholders New Delhi: The Supreme Court has told the centre to give latest data on the number of people who died due to starvation in the country and frame a national model scheme to combat hunger. During a hearing today, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana...

-Foundation of Agrarian Studies Crop loss is a common characteristic of agricultural households in rural India. Various factors cause crop losses such as the abnormal behaviour of monsoon, i.e. excessive rainfall or drought, cyclones, lightning, storm, diseases, insects, animals, and so on. Crop insurance acts as mechanism to cope with the problem of crop loss, specifically to reduce the impact of income loss for the agricultural households. This blog will draw a...

-NDTV.com India Omicron Cases: India has announced "precaution doses" for health and frontline workers and those above 60 from January 10. New Delhi: The number of cases of fast-spreading Omicron variant has risen to 1,431 in India, with Maharashtra Reporting the most number of infections. The country also witnessed a 35 per cent jump in new Covid cases as it reported 22,775 infections today. Here are the top 10 updates on coronavirus in...

-The Telegraph Reporters are not allowed access to the media galleries inside the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and the Central Hall Journalists protesting against the Narendra Modi government’s move to restrict the media’s entry into Parliament to cover proceedings, which many believe is a ploy to censor news and prevent information flow to citizens, are planning a march after an open letter and appeals by Opposition leaders had no effect.  The...

-Newslaundry.com Doing so is not being partisan, it’s the role of the media to document for future generations. In his usual dramatic style, prime minister Narendra Modi pulled another rabbit from his topi on November 19. After a year of ignoring the thousands of farmers protesting at the gates of the national capital, demanding the repeal of the three farm laws rammed through parliament by his government, after dismissing their agitation as nothing...