-PTI/ United Nations "We do very much hope that people who are responsible for the attacks are brought to justice," spokesman for the UN SECretary-General Stéphane Dujarric said The United Nations has expressed hope that those behind attacks on African nationals in India would be brought to justice. “We do very much hope that people who are responsible for the attacks are brought to justice,” spokesman for the UN SECretary-General Stéphane...
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The wheel of social justice -PS Krishnan
-The Indian Express New national commission for backward classes must address the gaps and lags in the Mandal project The government’s decision to set up a National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (NCSEdBC) in place of the existing National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) meets long-standing demands. The Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEdBCs), and the Forum of BC MPs have asked for its constitution and the NCBC and...
More »Litchi causing encephalitis deaths in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district: study -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth The study establishes relation between litchi consumption and encephalitis after conducting a hospital-based surveillance on 390 patients A recent study has linked occurrence of neurological disease—commonly known as encephalitis—to consumption of litchi in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar. Published in Lancet on March 31, the study recommends minimising Litchi consumption and also ensuring that the evening meal is not skipped as the latter modifies the effect of eating litchis on...
More »Counterfeiting of new notes worries agencies
-The Hindu Officials want SECurity features changed every 3-4 years That the new Rs. 2,000 and Rs. 500 notes have the same SECurity features as the old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 ones has the SECurity agencies worried. At a high-level meeting last week to discuss the presence of fake currency notes, officials at North Block were informed that the “covert SECurity features” had not been changed since 2005. The Hindu had reported on...
More »2015 drought effect: Sugar yield sees worst fall in 10 years, prices set to rise -Bhavika Jain
-The Times of india MUMBAI: Even as the agriculture SECtor shows signs of recovery from the severe 2015 drought, the sugar industry is yet to get over it. The crushing season for 2016-17 has officially come to an end and it has recorded the lowest sugarcane crushing and production of sugar in the last 10 years. A total of 371.4 lakh metric tonnes of sugarcane was crushed in 147 mills across the...
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