-IndiaToday.in Delhi has reported more than 1,500 new coronavirus cases along with three deaths due to the infection. With 1,530 new Covid cases on Sunday, Delhi has recorded more than 1,000 cases for the fifth day in a row. The national capital also saw three deaths due to the infection. The positivity rate jumped from 7.7% on Saturday to 8.41%, while the number of active cases stands at 5,542. As many as 18,183 swab...
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MGNREGS hits record with 3.1 crore families seeking work in May. It’s a cry for help from Bharat -Sayantan Bera and Nikhil Rampal
-ThePrint.in From a record-breaking number of households demanding work under the MGNREGS to the stark decline in consumption and FMCG sales — all signs point to a rural livelihood crisis. New Delhi: Consider a job offer where day wages are less than both statutory minimum wages and market wages for unskilled workers. The work may last for about 10 days at a time, and payments may take more than two weeks, at...
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-The Hindu Business Line Seeks extension in window for duty-free import shipments till December 31, 2022 Ahmedabad, June 18: Lower yield, unseasonal rains during the initial months of harvest coupled with the reduced acreage has led the cotton trade body, Cotton Association of India (CAI) to reduce its crop estimate to 315.32 lakh bales (each of 170 kg) for the season 2021-22. The latest crop estimate is about 12 per cent lower...
More »WTO’s MC12 ends, India’s demand on public stockholdings for food grains pushed to 2023 -Himanshu N
-Down to Earth India had pressed for a concrete solution to the issue; but some other countries hardened their positions, resulting in a lack of consensus, according to a delegate The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World trade Organization (WTO) that began in Geneva June 12, ended June 16, with India’s demand to seek a permanent solution on public stockholdings (PSH) of food grains being pushed to MC13 in 2023. A member...
More »Off to school through swirling waters -Abdul Latheef Naha
-The Hindu Lack of bridge across the Chaliyar hits tribal students in Kerala Malappuram: Dozens of children from four marooned tribal hamlets in the jungle across the Chaliyar river at Munderi near Nilambur in Kerala are risking their lives to reach schools every day. They have been forced to use bamboo rafts to cross the river since two bridges were washed away in the floods that devastated one of the hamlets in...
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