-Livemint.com Women do the majority of unpaid work, but other divisions also affect how Indians spend their day, official data shows Caste, class and geographic location determine how Indians spend the hours in a day - how much paid work they can do, how much unpaid work they must do, and how much leisure time they have. The first ‘Time Use’ Survey conducted by the government in 20 years shows the strong...
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Floods in Bihar Destroyed 7.54 Lakh Hectares of Agricultural Land This Year -Manoj Singh
-TheWire.in Since independence, floods in Bihar have affected 2.24 million hectares of agricultural land in all, and precipitated losses worth Rs 768.38 crore between 1953 and 2017. Patna: Every year, floods wreak havoc in Bihar, causing extensive losses and deaths. This year, 7.54 lakh hectares of agricultural land has been destroyed. In 2018, the same figure was only 0.34 lakh hectares, and even last year was 2.61 lakh hectares. In fact, since...
More »9 killed as heavy rains batter Hyderabad; water enters homes, vehicles washed away -Rahul V Pisharody
-The Indian Express Record heavy rains lashed the city as well as the rest of the state under the influence of a deep depression in Bay of Bengal that weakened into a depression as it entered Telangana after covering Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Nine persons, including a two-month-old, died and two others sustained injuries late Tuesday night when a boulder crashed over two houses in Hyderabad’s Bandlaguda area, said police. Record heavy rains...
More »16 killed after overnight rain wreaks havoc in Hyderabad -Syed Mohammed, Swathi Vadlamudi and Serish Nanisetti
-The Hindu City marooned after road to airport gets washed away HYDERABAD: As many as 16 people lost their lives due to the rains pounding Hyderabad on Wednesday. With the latest deaths, the toll till Wednesday night rose to 24 including eight members of two families, who lost their lives after a large boundary wall collapsed on their houses in Chandrayangutta area late on Tuesday. Night-long rain has laid siege to Hyderabad city,...
More »India’s export opportunities could be significant even in a post-COVID world -Arvind Subramanian and Shoumitro Chatterjee
-The Indian Express Arvind Subramanian, Shoumitro Chatterjee write: Our growth model has been export-led and should not be abandoned. Export opportunities in general and in specific sectors could be significant even in a post-COVID world. India’s intellectual and policy community has embraced atmanirbharta. This inward turn — actually return — amounts to abandoning two core principles of the post-1991 consensus: Export-orientation on the macro-economic side, and slow but steady liberalisation on the...
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