-The Hindu Activists participating in jawabdehi dharna in Rajasthan have said their protest will continue until the statute is enacted JAIPUR: Information and livelihood rights activists in Rajasthan have shifted their emphasis from enactment of a transparency and social accountability law to an early introduction of the Bill on the subject, following a budgetary announcement in the State Assembly. The ruling Congress had, in its manifesto for the 2018 Assembly election, promised to...
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In young voters, aspirations slowly turn into anxiety -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times At 54.9 million, young men and women in the 18-30 age group constitute 36.5%of the total voters in the ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh is home to 54.9 million young men and women who are in the 18-30 age group. That is approximately 36.5% of the total voters in the ongoing assembly elections. For an overwhelming majority of this cohort, the 2014 Lok Sabha and the 2017...
More »Two Basmati rice varieties help boost exports, farmers’ INCome -Sandip Das
-Financial Express Pritam Singh, who farms on 110 acres, INCluding some land taken on lease, at Urlana Khurd village of Haryana’s Panipat district, has just sold his harvest of Basmati rice varieties — PB 1121 and PB 1509 — at the local mandi at Rs 3,800 and Rs 3,500 a quintal, respectively. Both the varieties, developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, Delhi, fetch farmers like Singh financial benefits in...
More »Crude Oil Prices Rise, Tracking Russia-Ukraine Conflict -Rahul Karunakar
-NDTV.com (with inputs from Agencies) Crude oil prices rose over 0.5% on Tuesday, as the Ukraine conflict drags on, albeit well below a seven-year high hit last week. Crude oil prices rose over 0.5% on Tuesday, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict drags on, albeit well below a seven-year high after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began last week, which is the most significant attack on a European country sINCe World War Two. While global financial...
More »Bengal improves sustainability score, but falls behind on key parameters
-The Telegraph The state is 11th in India in sustainability but below national average in most parameters Bengal has improved by two places its ranking among the states in terms of sustainable development but is behind the national average on the majority of parameters, INCluding key ones like ‘climate action’ and ‘sustainable cities and communities’ (see chart). The sustainable development goal (SDG) score is calculated on the basis of scores in 17 key...
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