-NetworkIdeas.org Central banks all over the capitalist world are raising, or are about to raise, interest rates as a means of countering the currently rampant inflation, which is certain to push a world economy that is barely recovering from the effect of the pandemic, back towards stagnation and greater unemployment. Of course the Federal Reserve Board of the US which sets the standard in this respect for all other central banks, claims...
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Amid acute water crisis, Nashik women hike 3 km to get muddy water from nearly-dry well - Gautham Balaji
-IndiaToday.in Residents of a village in Maharashtra’s Nashik had to resort to filtering dirty, muddy water fetched from a well due to a lack of clean drinking water. Women also have to walk 3-km on a daily basis to fetch water for the people in their family. New Delhi: Due to an acute water shortage in a village in Maharashtra’s Nashik, a man had to fetch muddy water from a well where...
More »Recent environment rules mirror controversial draft -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times EIA 2020 had received over two million objections, comments and suggestions to the draft. A total of 100 environmental groups, organisations and individuals. New Delhi: Although the environment impact assessment draft notification proposed by the government in 2020 (EIA 2020) that raised concerns from environmentalists has expired because it was not notified in time, experts caution that the authorities have introduced some of the contentious rules separately. EIA 2020 had received...
More »Extreme weather shriveled several crops this year, tomato prices surge 168% YoY -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times Unseasonal rains also damaged lemon crops during the flowering stage in several states in January and then, a heatwave while March-April harvesting crimped output. In April, prices leapt to unseen levels, reaching up to ₹200 a kilo. New Delhi: Extreme weather that scientists have linked to climate change has hit output of several crops this year, making fruits and vegetables costlier. The average retail price of tomatoes, a basic ingredient of...
More »Controversial draft amendment to IT disappears from website
-The Telegraph&NBSp; It is still not clear why the rules are suddenly taken down New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has again fumbled with a hot potato in another attempt to regulate social media content. On Wednesday, the ministry of electronics & information technology (MeitY) published draft rules that proposed the formation of an appeals panel that could veto content takedown on social media platforms — which would possibly make India the first...
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