-The Indian Express A reworking of curriculum and activities is urgently needed for the age band from four to eight. ASER 2019 report underlines this While the importance of good early childhood education has been known for a long time, the draft New Education Policy (released in June 2019) links the “severe learning crisis” to what goes on with young children in India. The voluminous policy document points out that close...

-Business Today Brazil, a major sugarcane producer, has been against India's existing scheme to support sugarcane farmers claiming that it was beyond the permissible limits under the WTO regulations Prime minister Narendra Modi-led government's decision to invite Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro as the chief guest of India's Republic Day celebrations on January 26 has been criticised by All India Sugarcane Farmers' Federation (AISFF), an affiliate of CPIM's farmer body All India...

-Down to Earth We must not build a divisive agenda on migration, otherwise it will lead to endless spread of hatred It is not possible to be neutral in these times. I believe the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), which fast tracks Indian citizenship to immigrants of certain religions, is deeply flawed. Not only it is against the secular nature of the country, but it also completely misses addressing the massive issue...

-Livemint.com With the term of the current monetary policy committee ending in September, it’s time to review the performance of the rate-setting framework Last year, there were calls to review RBI’s inflation targeting framework. With the term of the current monetary policy committee ending in September, it’s time to review the performance of the rate-setting framework. Mint explains the debate around this. * What are the terms of the policy framework? In 2016, the...

-IANS CCI to investigate Flipkart, Amazon deep discounting on mobile phones New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched an investigation to find out if the exclusive arrangements, deep discounting and preferential listing by e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart for mobile phones are causing an adverse effect on competition. The CCI on Monday passed directions for investigation under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2002. The order was passed by...