-PTI/ Newsclick.in 'Social media (84.94%) produces the largest amount of misinformation, and the internet (90.5%) as a whole is responsible for most of the COVID-19 misinformation. Moreover, Facebook alone produces 66.87% of the misinformation among all social media platforms.' New Delhi: India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID-19 due to the country's higher internet penetration rate, increasing social media consumption and users' lack of internet literacy, according to...
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Rajapaksa’s eco-extremism spells doom for Sri Lankan agriculture and rural livelihoods -R Ramakumar
-Foundation of Agrarian Studies An influential section of Sri Lankan agricultural economists and scientists has deplored the recent course change in the country’s agricultural policy made by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government. The decision by the government to ban the use and import of chemical fertilisers and pesticides in pursuit of a “100 per cent organic food producer” status for Sri Lanka has already had disastrous consequences for the economy of the...
More »'Win for middle-class’: Smiles & laddoos for all at Emerald Court after SC Supertech order -Tanushree Pandey
-ThePrint.in Supreme Court Tuesday ordered the demolition of two under-construction towers at Supertech's Emerald Court complex, ruling them illegal and against residents' rights. Noida: “Come have laddoos, we won today.” Anyone entering Supertech Emerald Court at Noida’s Sector 93 Tuesday was greeted by Resident Welfare Association (RWA) members with these words, and big smiles. It was a day of victory for them indeed. After a nine-year fight against real estate major Supertech —...
More »‘Sorry state of affairs’ in Parliament: Chief justice says there is no clarity in laws
-Scroll.in The Monsoon Session of Parliament saw several disruptions as the government and the Opposition reached an impasse over discussion on the Pegasus spyware row. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday criticised the functioning of the Parliament, saying there was no clarity in laws, reported Bar and Bench. “Now we see legislations with lot of gaps, and lot of ambiguity in making laws,” Ramana said at the Independence Day ceremony organised...
More »Nandini Oza, an activist of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), interviewed by Swapna Majumdar (The Hindu)
-The Hindu The archivist and activist on curating the oral history of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and its importance as a movement of the marginalised As an activist of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), Nandini Oza lived and worked among the people affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) for over a decade. Having participated in the movement and documented its oral history through the voices of its leaders, she felt it...
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