-Hindustan Times The meeting came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over the Joshimath land subsidence issue and reviewed the situation with Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has held a high-level review meeting on the land subsidence activities in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath and a team of central agencies and experts are assisting the state government to prepare short, medium and long-term remedial measures to deal with...

-The Telegraph Some educationists feel that the proposed regulations might turn higher education into a purely commercial venture New Delhi: Foreign universities ranked globally among the top 500 or other foreign higher education institutions considered “reputed” can set up campus in india and decide their fees, according to the University Grants Commission’s draft rules that also appear to suggest these institutions can repatriate their profits. Some educationists fear that the proposed regulations, uploaded...

-The Hindu The year 2023 has been declared as the ‘International Year of Millet’ by the United Nations following india’s proposal. Why is india pushing the world to bring these nutri-cereals back to the dining table? The story so far: The Centre on Sunday kicked off the International Year of Millets, announcing a host of activities across the country to promote the cultivation and consumption of the ‘nutri-cereal’. Central ministries, State governments...

-Newsclick.in The yawning merchandise trade deficit is occurring not because of any economic boom but in the midst of creeping industrial stagnation. india’s current account deficit for the second quarter (July-September) of 2022-23 has reached a massive $36.4 billion, which is 4.4% of the gross domestic product, higher than at any time in the last nine years. It is only in October-December 2012 that the absolute level of the current account deficit...

-The Hindu With GDP estimated to have clocked a 9.7% uptick in the first six months, the advance estimate implies that growth will moderate to 4.5% in the second half. india’s real GDP is expected to grow 7% in 2022-23, slowing from 8.7% in FY22, as per the First Advance Estimates of National Income for the year released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday. With GDP estimated to have clocked a...