-Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) dated September 21, 2022 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) declares that the area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (comprising the seabed, ocean floor and subsoil, excluding the water above) (the “Area”) and its resources, are the Common Heritage of Humankind. All rights in the resources of the Area are vested in humankind as a whole. UNCLOS provides...
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No, economic recovery has not brought about a drop in MGNREGA job demand: Experts -Himanshu Nitnaware
-Down to Earth Delayed wages due to a lack of funds has eroded the confidence of job seekers in MGNREGA; This has driven down demand for work under the scheme this season Delayed wages due to a lack of funds has eroded the confidence of job seekers in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). This has driven down demand for work under the scheme this season, experts have told...
More »Lumpy skin disease virus different from 2019 version -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu Finding raises questions about efficacy of the new vaccine The lumpy skin disease (LSD) virus that has killed at least 50,000 cattle in India this year maybe structurally different from the version of the virus prevalent in India in 2019, raising questions on whether the new vaccine being developed for safeguarding cattle may be adequately protective. Scientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB)...
More »Trends in Economic Inequality in India -Maitreesh Ghatak, Ramya Raghavan and Linchuan Xu
-The India Forum There has been an increase in economic inequality in India over the past few decades, with the rich-poor gaps among the largest of several peer economies. Household surveys show that alongside the slowdown of growth in recent years, there appears to have been some decrease in inequality. 1. Introduction Popular discussions on inequality in India receive periodic attention with the annual publication of reports by the World Inequalities Database (WID),...
More »Dozens of scientists invited from abroad go unpaid -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph With the funds blocked, I’ve been unable to pay some suppliers who want to be paid before they supply again, says a scientist Dozens of scientists who had been invited from positions abroad to join academic institutions across India under a prestigious government fellowship have not received Research grants or salaries for months, the fellows and other scientists have said. The delay in the release of funds for the Ramalingaswami Fellowships,...
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