-The Tribune The focus on producing surplus and cheap food THReatens the survival of the country’s smaller farms, Prince Charles said, adding that if these farms disappear, ‘it will rip the heart out of the British countryside.’ The warning has been sounded at a time when a global business data platform estimates the number of employed and self-employed farmers in the UK to have come down to just 1.07 lakh. IN a...
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Will the new e-commerce rules really favour consumers? -Prashanth Perumal
-The Hindu The intent of the rules is unclear and there are several consumer protection rules already in place In June, the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution came out with a list of proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection Act of 2019. These include appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer and a Resident Grievance Officer, provisions of fallback liability, registration of e-commerce entities and a ban on flash...
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-PTI/ The Hindu Farm unions plan protest at Parliament Security at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi has been tightened in view of a protest by farmers against the Centre's against the THRee agricultural reform laws on Thursday, July 22, 2021, amid the Monsoon session of Parliament, officials said. Adequate security arrangements have been made and police and paramilitary personnel deployed, they said. Jantar Mantar is a few metres away from the Parliament House where...
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-IANS/ Siasat.com Rumana had ranked fifth in the 2019 Madhyamik exams by securing 687 marks out of 700 Kolkata: Though the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) — the board responsible for conducting Higher Secondary exams in the state — did not release any merit list because no formal exams were held this year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the marks scored by the students on the basis...
More »Tablighi Jamaat: Orders against Times Now, two other channels show how self-regulation can work -Swathi Shivanand
-Scroll.in The News Broadcasting Standards Authority held the news outlets guilty of violating journalistic norms in their coverage of the religious group. The orders last month by the News Broadcasting Standards Authority holding THRee private news channels guilty of violating journalistic norms in their coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat Covid-19 cluster is a welcome move, even if long overdue. The orders against News18 Kannada, Suvarna News and Times Now are an indication...
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