-Down to Earth In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise Bay of Bengal is the hotbed of tropical cyclones. Estimates show that eight of the 10 deadliest tropical cyclones in the world have originated here. Over the past few decades, cyclones in Bay of Bengal have not only become frequent, the region is also experiencing the largest relative increase of flood risk and...
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The Return of Food Inflation: Why it’s Different this time -Samridhi Agarwal and Harish Damodaran
-Centre for Policy Research Since the start of this calendar year, annual consumer price index (CPI) inflation has ruLED not only above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) target of 4%, but even its upper tolerance level of 6%, for every month from January to May. If we take the 38 months from April 2019 to May 2022 – roughly coinciding with the Narendra Modi-LED government’s second term (Modi 2.0) –...
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-IANS/Business Standard While the Covid-19 pandemic was hard for all, children belonging to the most marginalised section in India were the worst affected as it LED to their increased isolation, affecting their mental health While the Covid-19 pandemic was hard for all, children belonging to the most marginalised section in India were the worst affected as it LED to their increased isolation, affecting their mental health significantly, according to a report on...
More »Data analysis: Indian women are reluctant to approach the justice system when they are the victims -Juhi Sidharth and Smriti Jalihal
-Scroll.in The number of civil and criminal cases fiLED by women across all states is low. The 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi LED to a significant expansion of public awareness about crimes against women. Despite this, the data reflect a culture of reluctance or fear when it comes to women reporting crime against themselves and the lack of avenues for women to be able to file...
More »New Labour Codes From July 1? Trade Unions Will Continue to Oppose Changes -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in Trade unions fear that the four Labour Codes will dilute workers’ rights, but union leaders also note that many deadlines for the implementation of the codes have been missed by the Centre in the past. New Delhi: India’s Central Trade Unions (CTUs) say they will continue opposing the codification of labour legislations, fearing it will dilute the “hard-won” rights of the workers, even as media reports speculate the implementation of the...
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