-The Telegraph The finance ministry has warned that the current account deficit will deteriorate in 2022-23 because of costlier imports and tepid exports on the merchandise account The country’s trade deficit touched an all-time high of $26.18 billion as imports expanded 57.88 per cent to $66.31 billion in June because of a doubling of oil imports and a spike in the inflow of coal, gold, electronic goods and chemicals. The finance ministry has...
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Global Gender GAP Report Ranks India at 135, Poorest in Health and Survival
-Newsclick.in In the Health and Survival subindex, India was ranked 146, behind Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. India has ranked 135th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's Gender GAP Report 2022. On a scale of 0 to 1,India has scored 0.629, which is its seventh-highest score in the last 16 years. However, India has fared more poorly in the subindex Economic Participation and Opportunity, where it ranked 143, falling behind neighboring...
More »UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
-Press release by FAO dated 6 July 2022 The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards in efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition Rome/New York: The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United...
More »Active COVID-19 cases cross one lakh mark
-PTI/ The New Indian Express The active cases increased to 1,04,555 comprising 0.24 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.55 per cent, the ministry said. NEW DELHI: India logged 18,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day after a GAP of 130 days, taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,34,52,164, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active cases crossed the...
More »Poor monsoon Hits Paddy Cultivation in Bihar -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in Farmlands have developed cracks and paddy saplings are either drying up or turning yellow. Patna: Kamlesh Yadav and Dhirendra Singh are among hundreds of thousands of farmers in Bihar who are uncertain about paddy sowing during the Kharif season due to poor monsoon. “June-end is the best time for paddy transplantation but our farmlands are dry due to poor monsoon. We expected good rainfall like last year and before when heavy rains...
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