-The Hindu Brisker Puja sales may not implicate a better economic climate in West Bengal There is added enthusiasm in the celebration of Kolkata’s Durga Puja after its inclusion as the 14th entry from India in UNESCO’s ‘Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ last December. But like most major festivals, Durga Puja is not just a cultural extravaganza; it is an economic lifeline for West Bengal. But do we have reasons...

-The Telegraph Matter comes to light after pramukh’s surprise visit to state institution Jamshedpur: Students of a state-owned school in a rebel-hit block of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand have been deprived of mid-day meal for over three months. The mid-day meal also known as PM-POSHAN (Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman) is covered by the National Food Security Act 2013 making it legal entitlement while the federal government is committed to yielding “adequate...

-Down to Earth Southwest monsoon could switch into a drought-prone mode, lasting decades in the future India witnessed repeated multi-year droughts over the last thousand years, predominately before 1871, a new Study has predicted. This contrasts with the drought history of the post-1871 era. The country saw only one instance of a three-year-long drought during this period, from 1985-1987, the Study published September 19, 2022, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy...

-Scroll.in The research also showed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s supporters were more likely to trust news on the messaging app than those critical of him The majority of Indian citizens trust news that they receive on WhatsApp, a Study released on Thursday by the Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found. The Study analysed responses of citizens in India, Brazil, the United Kingdom and United States on questions about...

-The Hindu The Study calls for raising it to 1.6% to 2.2% of GDP The government expenditure in India on early childhood education (ECE) for children between the age of three years and six years is a mere 0.1% of the GDP, and the average spend per child of ₹8,297 per annum is at least a fourth of desired levels, according to a new Study. The research conducted jointly by the Centre for...