-Newsclick.in The state has recorded 479 cases of rioting in the last six months, according to Madhya Pradesh Police. Of them, over 30% of the cases are related to communal clashes. Bhopal: Nawab Khan (65) and Manjula Bai (55) are the victims of the latest communal violences that rocked Madhya Pradesh. Sitting outside their burnt houses in Sanjay Nagar locality of Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, they say they have never witnessed such...
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High in pesticides, many countries send back Indian tea
-PTI/ Hindustan Times All teas sold in the country must conform to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) norms. However, most of the buyers are purchasing tea that have unusually high chemical content, Kanoria told PTI. Both international and domestic buyers have rejected a series of tea consignments due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits, Indian Tea Exporters Association (ITEA) chairman Anshuman Kanoria said on...
More »Centre gives nod to Goa’s plan to serve eggs in midday meal -Fareeha Iftikhar
-Hindustan Times The decision by the project approval board of the PM POSHAN scheme under the Union ministry of education is expected to benefit 900,000 children. Close to a lakh schoolchildren in Goa will soon have an egg as a supplement in their midday meals three times a week after a central supervisory board approved the state government’s proposal, according to minutes of an official meeting. The decision by the project approval board...
More »Hate watch group filed 17 complaints against Kannada channels, no response from cops
-TheNewsMinute.com Campaign Against Hate Speech’s latest complaint is against news channel Public TV for making unverified claims that a crime, which allegedly took place over a personal rivalry, was part of a conspiracy to target Hindus. Karnataka-based activist group Campaign Against Hate Speech (CAHS) has filed 17 complaints against Kannada news channels over hate speech this year, but has received no acknowledgement, the group's members say. The latest complaint was against popular...
More »Inequality worries bigger than what NFHS illustrates -Abhishek Jha
-Hindustan Times In the first of a five-part data journalism series based on National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) data, HT's data and political economy team finds that India's inequality problem is far sharper than what is made out by the data The fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS), conducted between June 2019 and May 2021 was among the biggest in India. It was conducted in all of...
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