-NDTV.com Botched Nagaland Ambush: The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court. Guwahati: Thirty Army special forces soldiers have been named in a Nagaland Police chargesheet over a botched ambush last year that killed 14 civilians. The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court. It names one Army officer and 29 jawans. The SIT alleged...
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India's economy recovered strongly despite 3 COVID-19 waves, says U.S. Treasury report
-PTI/ The Hindu “India’s acute second wave weighed heavily on growth through the middle of 2021, delaying its economic recovery” The Indian economy has rebounded strongly despite three significant COVID-19 waves, the US Treasury has said in a report to Congress. India's acute second wave weighed heavily on growth through the middle of 2021, delaying its economic recovery, the Treasury said in a semi-annual report. "However, economic activity rebounded strongly in the second half...
More »Why Eradicating Open Defecation Is Not the Same as Setting up New Toilets -Sujeet Kumar
-TheWire.in * India has reduced open defecation and made some progress to improve sanitation services. But its sanitation system is not yet sustainable and not yet safe. * In Tapoban Basti in Bhubaneswar, some men avoid using the toilet every day to not have to incur the cost of cleaning out the septic tank. * In a basti on the outskirts of Jaipur, a community toilet slowly ran out of water and the...
More »122 scientists, academicians criticise project to reportedly study ‘racial purity’ of Indians
-Scroll.in The Union culture ministry claimed that the news report about the study was misleading and that it was not related to establishing ‘genetics history’. Several scientists, historians, writers, former bureaucrats and others on Friday wrote to the Ministry of Culture to express concern over a report claiming that the ministry was funding a project to “trace the purity of races in India”. In the open letter, the signatories said that the notion...
More »14 crops and a prayer -- why Modi govt’s latest MSP increases ride a lot on hope -Sayantan Bera
-ThePrint.in The govt Wednesday raised support prices for 14 crops by 6 per cent, on an average — the highest in four years. New Delhi: India’s latest price support policy for farmers places more emphasis on keeping consumer inflation in check than reflecting the new normal of rising cultivation costs and soaring food prices following the Ukraine war, a reading of the numbers show. The Narendra Modi government Wednesday announced minimum support prices...
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