-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: The National Capital Region (NCR) cities of Faridabad and Gurugram have topped the table in overall crime rate and the crime against women in Haryana. According to information tabled in Haryana assembly on Wednesday, Gurugram had topped the table with 3,768 cases while Faridabad recorded 3,440 cases between August 2014 to September 2018. Gurugram saw 555 cases of rape and 2,308 cases of molestation and kidnapping...
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Rice, wheat producing countries should be concerned about India's trade-distorting policy: US
-PTI The US has alleged that India is providing massive subsidies to its farmers producing rice and wheat and said that other countries need to be concerned about New Delhi's "trade distorting policy". Chief Agricultural Negotiator Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) Gregory Doud made the comments during a Congressional hearing Thursday. "Every rice- or wheat-producing country around the world should be concerned about the trade effects of India's trade distorting domestic...
More »UN report details alarming level of reprisals against human rights defenders in India, China
-The Times of India UNITED NATIONS: India, China, Russia and Myanmar are among several countries named in a report by UN chief Antonio Guterres that details an "alarming" level of harsh reprisals and intimidation against those who cooperate with the United Nations on human rights issues. The ninth annual report of the Secretary-General details the level of retaliation against human rights defenders on a country-by-country basis, including allegations of killing, torture, arbitrary...
More »Destructive? Yes. Creative? Ahem -Devadeep Purohit
-The Telegraph BJP invokes Schumpeter, economists bewildered Calcutta: Economics lore has it that Joseph Schumpeter had set three goals in life: to be the world's greatest economist, Austria's greatest horseman and Vienna's greatest lover. The Austrian-American economist apparently accomplished two of the three missions but never said which two, other than offering a clue by hinting there were too many fine horsemen in Austria. A fourth goal - unrecorded by the late economist...
More »India may see another bumper harvest better than last year's -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government is optimistic of another bumper harvest with output to be similar to last year’s or better, as crop planting and the monsoon season are at the tail end. It also doesn’t expect floods to have any major impact on production. However, some analysts raised concerns over the distribution of rains that they said were erratic, and in deficit in several states. But trade doesn’t expect...
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