-The Hindu Business Line A new CAG report offers valuable insights into the likely implications of implementing the proposed food security law. The National Food Security Bill (NFSB) couldn't be passed in the Parliament session that ended last week, despite a spirited promotional pitch by its proponents - including Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. Last week also saw the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) table its report on "Performance Audit of...
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The latest buzz: eating insects can help tackle food insecurity, says FAO
-The United Nations While insects can be slimy, cringe-inducing creatures, often squashed on sight by humans, a new book released today by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says beetles, wasps and caterpillars are also an unexplored nutrition source that can help address global food insecurity. The book, Edible Insects: future prospects for food and feed security, stresses not just the nutritional value of insects, but also the benefits that insect farming...
More »Returning money to investors a complex issue: Odisha Police
-PTI Balasore, (Odisha): Though the Crime Branch of Odisha Police have launched state-wide raids on chit fund companies, other non-banking financial institutions and have arrested about 100 people, it was not sure about return of money to investors. "It is a complex issue. No specific commitment can be made on this matter as it involves many legal complications," additional director general of police (Crime Branch), B K Sharma told reporters here. Mr. Sharma...
More »Rural handlers on govt table -Prenesh Sarkar
-The Telegraph Calcutta: The Bengal government will seek Calcutta High Court's permission to appoint administrators to run the three-tier panchayat system if rural polls can't be held before the term of the elected bodies ends. The term of most gram panchayats - the lowest tier - ends on June 25. If new bodies are to be formed before that, polls have to be notified by May 17, a possibility officials at Writers'...
More »Time to let the caged bird sing-Raju Ramachandran
-The Hindu In making a case for the investigative agency's autonomy, the Supreme Court is only stepping in where the executive has failed The proceedings in the Coalgate case earlier this week saw the Supreme Court asking the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) many uncomfortable questions. The Court also asked the government to tell it what steps it was going to take to enact a law to ensure the CBI's autonomy. The...
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