-Hindustan Times As the New Year begins amid renewed hope, what will 2023 hold for the economy — both Indian and global? As the New Year begins amid renewed hope, what will 2023 hold for the economy — both Indian and global? Here are four questions whose answers hold the key. Will the war in Europe end? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the sweeping western sanctions against Moscow, and the supply chain...

-Newslaundry The Government of India has removed exemptions for journalistic work from data protection obligations in the fourth iteration of the Digital Personal data Protection Bill 2022. If this iteration is passed as law a story containing personal data may result in journalists having to prove to a data protection board that their story was in the public interest, Newslaundry reported. The three previous versions - in 2018, 2019 and 2021...

-Factchecker.in/ Scroll.in Minister of New and Renewable Energy RK Singh has informed Parliament that 95% of India’s clean energy target set in 2015 has been achieved. India is short of its installed renewable energy target for 2022 by 32%, as per latest data from the Central Electricity Authority. India’s renewable energy capacity (excluding large hydro power) has increased by about 66% since 2018. In fact, its non-fossil fuels’ installed capacity has been growing...

-The Telegraph IIPS researchers say their analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey 2019-21 has indicated abysmally low screening rates New Delhi: Less than 3 per cent of women aged 30 to 49 years and eligible for breast and cervical cancer screening under updated 2016 guidelines from the Union health ministry have reported being tested for either cancer, health researchers have found. The researchers at the International Institute of Population Sciences...

The World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2022, released in December 2022, provides its readers a plethora of useful statistics and data across the countries pertaining to agriculture and food security. The yearbook by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) primarily covers four themes -- Economic Dimensions of Agriculture; Production, Trade and Prices of Commodities; Food Security and Nutrition; and Sustainability and Environmental Aspects of Agriculture.  While going through the report,...