-PTI/ The New Indian Express The active cases increased to 1,04,555 comprising 0.24 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.55 per cent, the ministry said. NEW DELHI: India logged 18,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day after a gap of 130 days, taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,34,52,164, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active cases crossed the...
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Poor monsoon Hits Paddy Cultivation in Bihar -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in Farmlands have developed cracks and paddy saplings are either drying up or turning yellow. Patna: Kamlesh Yadav and Dhirendra Singh are among hundreds of thousands of farmers in Bihar who are uncertain about paddy sowing during the Kharif season due to poor monsoon. “June-end is the best time for paddy transplantation but our farmlands are dry due to poor monsoon. We expected good rainfall like last year and before when heavy rains...
More »Scant Rainfall, not Politics, Worries Maharashtra Farmers -Amey Tirodkar
-Newsclick.in Kharif sowing has almost stopped with the state not receiving even 10% of the expected rains. Maharashtra faces uncertainty both politically and agriculturally. While the ruling Shiv Sena’s rebel leader and MLA Eknath Shinde plans to head to Mumbai along with his faction to grab power, farmers of the state face an uncertain future with 41.4% deficient rainfall, leading to a virtual halt in the sowing of Kharif crops. According to the...
More »Scientist defends findings against criticism from Indian govt -Jayanta Basu
-The Telegraph Government had alleged that 'weight of indicators in which the country was performing well has Been reduced' Calcutta: A senior researcher of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, which prepared the global Environmental Performance Index 2022 report that put India at the bottom of the 180 countries assessed, has defended its findings against criticism from the Indian government. Martin Wolf, principal investigator of the report, rebutted the Indian environment,...
More »After Teesta Setalvad arrest, civil society fears ‘chilling effect’ -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph In attendance at the Jantar Mantar rally were Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken of the Congress, which has Been accused of lukewarm opposition to the verdict A civil society struggling to come to terms with the Supreme Court verdict in the Zakia Jafri case hit the streets on Monday against the arrest of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad and whistleblower police officer R.B. Sreekumar by Gujarat police. During a protest on...
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