-The Indian Express At the inaugural Indian Express Thinc Migration series presented by Omidyar Network India, moderated by Udit Misra, deputy associate editor, panelists discussed the crisis in India’s internal migration. On migration patterns S Irudaya Rajan: In the 2011 census, India had 450 million migrants. We have policies in the country to increase migration, and policymakers and economists, who believe urbanisation will lead to economic growth. This is reflected in the Smart...
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Petrol, diesel price hike: RBI governor calls for reduced indirect taxes on fuel -Anulekha Ray
-Livemint.com * Central and state taxes make up for 60% of the retail selling price of petrol and over 54% of diesel * On 20 February, petrol price was hiked by record 39 paise per litre and diesel by 37 paise a litre Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das called for reduced indirect taxes on petrol and diesel to contain the fuel prices at a reasonable level. Petrol and diesel prices in...
More »Six States see uptick in new Covid infections; Maharashtra, Kerala account for 74% of active cases: Key developments -Meghna Sen
-Livemint.com Not only Maharashtra, but five other States in the country are also witnessing a surge in daily Covid-19 infections, triggering worries India's total coronavirus active cases currently stand at 1,45,634 including 48,439 and 59,814 active ones from Maharashtra and Kerala, the health ministry said on Sunday. Two States - Kerala and Maharashtra - cumulatively account for more than 74% of India's total active cases. Maharashtra recorded more than 6,000 Covid-19 cases on Saturday...
More »Farmers’ protest effect: Jio saw dip in subscribers in Punjab & Haryana -Pranav Mukul
-The Indian Express Data for December 2020 released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India showed that Punjab and Haryana were the only two States in which Reliance Jio lost subscribers during the month. India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio’s wireless subscriber base in the States of Punjab and Haryana recorded a slide in December 2020, in what is being seen as a potential outcome of the backlash its parent company Reliance...
More »After three mutant variants, govt. issues fresh set of travel guidelines -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu The U.K., South Africa and Brazil variants have been currently detected in 86, 44 and 15 countries respectively, India being one of them. The government on Thursday issued a fresh set of travel guidelines, with India reporting the presence of U.K., South Africa and Brazil mutant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 which have demonstrated increased transmissibility, as reported by the World Health Organization. All the three have been currently detected in...
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