-The Telegraph Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait) district president says he was driving home in his SUV when two bike-borne attackers fired at him Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A witness in the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre case in which a Union minister’s son is an accused has complained that shots were fired at him on Tuesday night. Dilbagh Singh, the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait) district president, said he had escaped unhurt. He was driving home in...
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Doctor among 10 held as Delhi Police bust ‘kidney racket that lured poor & homeless with cash’ -Bismee Taskin
-ThePrint.in The matter allegedly came to light when some of the accused were seen outside a Delhi hospital, offering money to homeless people. The hospital then informed the Hauz Khas police. New Delhi: The Delhi Police have busted a gang that was allegedly running a kidney transplant racket from Haryana’s Sonipat, targeting poor and homeless people in the national capital. Ten people, including a doctor, have been arrested so far. The arrests were...
More »The story behind the big GDP-GVA gap -Pragya Srivastava
-Livemint.com Yet again, two measures of India’s economy— ‘gross value added’ and ‘gross domestic product’—have grown at widely different paces. While change in GDP significantly lagged the change in GVA in FY21, the story was opposite in FY22, says data released Tuesday. Mint explains: What is the difference between GVA & GDP? Gross value added (GVA) adds up the value of all goods and services produced in an economy after deducting the input...
More »Turkey rejects Indian wheat consignment on phytosanitary concerns: Report
-Business Standard Turkey's decision comes at a time when international buyers have been looking to secure supplies of wheat Turkish authorities have denied permission to Indian wheat consignment over phytosanitary concerns, prompting a ship to initiate its return journey on May 29, traders were quoted as saying by S&P Global Commodity Insights on Tuesday. According to S&P Global Commodity Insights report, the MV Ince Akdeniz loaded with 56,877 tonnes of durum wheat is...
More »Forget minimum wages, MGNREGA workers not even receiving notified wages in many states
Every year in the month of either February or March, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announces the notified MGNREGA wage rates (i.e., notified daily wage rates for MGNREGA workers) for various states and Union Territories (UTs) for the upcoming financial year. The MGNREGA rates are notified every year based on the increase in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL). Like the previous years, in 2021 too, experts and civil...
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