-PTI/ The Hindu Twenty-one people, including six children, were also injured in lightning incidents across the State. Eighteen people, including seven children, were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, Kota, Jhalawar and Dholpur districts on July 11, police said. Twenty-one people, including six children, were also injured in lightning incidents across the State, they said. In a major tragedy in Jaipur, 11 persons, mostly youth, were killed and eight others injured...
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Organic production and consumption is on the rise in Rajasthan, finds CUTS International project report
-Press release by CUTS International dated 5th July, 2021 In a study done by CUTS International under its 4-years old project -- ProOrganic, almost 97.4 percent of consumers were found to be aware of the fact that chemical input-based food products are harmful for health compared to 86 percent of the same set of consumers way back in 2017. Similarly, the percentage of farmers doing organic farming has gone up to...
More »Chinese loan apps misuse KYC details of Indians to set up fake bank accounts -Mithun MK
-TheNewsMinute.com There have been cases of people saying that their KYC details, which were shared with the Chinese loan apps, were used to open bank and crypto exchange accounts in their names, without consent. Shonali*, a 48-year-old lecturer from West Bengal was laid off from a private university in March 2020. The lecturer, facing financial stress, turned to Chinese-owned instant loan applications that provide microloans without collateral, but at high-interest rates. Shonali...
More »COVID-19: Factory turns oxygen plant in Kota entrepreneur's bid to help
-The New Indian Express Rajesh Aggarwal's Akash plant in Bhimpura near Rampur Industrial Area in Kota earlier produced all kinds of gas materials and supplied them in the local market. JAIPUR: Bold individual efforts have stood in good stead for oxygenstarved Rajasthan. An entrepreneur in the academic coaching city of Kota has found a unique way to tackle the crisis. He has got his factory converted into an oxygen plant in a...
More »More fiscal support is imperative: CII chief -Suresh Seshadri
-The Hindu Uday Kotak highlights risks of not spending, says a lot will hinge on States’ approach to reopening. India’s economy urgently needs increased fiscal spending from the government to support businesses that have suffered stress from the COVID-19-related disruptions, as well as households and individuals worst hit by the pandemic, CII president Uday Kotak said on Wednesday. “I think the time has come for the fisc [fiscal authorities] to do a lot...
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