-The Hindu The scientists in the institute have identified a few locations in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand for “densification” of seismometers and river gauges to take the total number to 100 from 60. The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has begun field studies to put in place an early-warning system in the Himalayan States against major and sudden floods, rockslides, Landslips, glacier lake...
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Conundrum of Dharavi Redevelopment: A Case of Systematic Displacement of Workers From Mumbai -Shweta Damle
-Newsclick.in White the redevelopment plan of Dharavi is likely to go ahead, issues related to rehabilitation of workers without proof of the tenement are a major worry. The redevelopment of Dharavi has been in waiting for close to two decades. Dharavi Development Plan (DDP) announcements in the past have been closely related to elections. It has again made it to the headlines because of the impending municipal elections in Mumbai and the...
More »Rahul Gandhi: No GST on handlooms if Congress is elected -Srinivasa Rao Apparasu
-Hindustan Times Rahul Gandhi promised to provide Land rights to the tribal farmers of Telangana once the Congress comes to power in the state in the next year’s assembly elections. Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday assured that the party, once voted to power at the Centre, would do away with Goods and Services Tax (GST) on handlooms to provide succour to the weavers. He also promised to provide Land rights to...
More »Small Gains Made in Recovering COVID-Induced Losses in India's Fight Against TB: WHO Report -Banjot Kaur
-TheWire.in Increasing TB incidence and deaths, large gaps in reporting, more drug resistance and reduced funding all contribute to India's downslide in TB eradication efforts, contributing heavily to the worsening global scenario as well. New Delhi: The headline finding of the WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2022, released on October 27, continued to be the same as it was for 2021 – COVID-19 has reversed years of progress towards the goal of eliminating...
More »Why Punjab’s farmers are rejecting solutions to curb stubble burning -Vaishnavi Rathore
-Scroll.in After years of criticising the state government, the AAP is now in power in Punjab. But farmers remain sceptical of the proposed solutions to the problem. In early October, the paddy in Punjab’s Sangrur district was in the final stages of ripening. Fields rippled in various shades of green and golden-brown, the latter indicating crop that was almost ready to be harvested. The picturesque Landscape belied a problem that the state had...
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