-The Hindu Business Line Nations must rely more on innovative, home-grown solutions to deal with the uncertain economic SITuation The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest July 2022 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update, foretells a story of a gloomy and more uncertain outlook for the global economy. While the global growth was projected at 3.6 per cent in April 2022, as per the latest July 2022 projections, it is 3.2 per...
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No one to be compelled on Aadhaar, says EC official -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph Move to prevent any repeat of fiasco in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where at least 30 lakh names linked to Aadhaar were auto-deleted from the voters list after 2015 A senior Election Commission of India official told The Telegraph on Monday that no citizen would be compelled to give their Aadhaar details to poll officials even if they have an Aadhaar number. The official also clarified that election authorities would rely...
More »India must be quick to tackle challenges of food security, land use - Himangana Gupta & Shweta Prajapati & Ruchika Singh
-Moneycontrol.com Not only population, but several other factors affect the food system, including climate risks and their impact. An IPCC report predicts up to 30 percent decline in rice yields if global temperatures continue to rise India, a country with just 2.4 percent of the world’s total land area, is the largest producer of milk and pulses, and the second largest producer of rice and wheat, as per the United Nations’ Food...
More »Kerala stares at repeat of 2018 floods as rain fury continues
-The Hindu Reservoirs full and rivers overflowing; people shifted to relief camps Kerala once again stares at a flood-like SITuation with high intenSITy rain triggered by strong monsoon winds lashing central Kerala. In addition, a low pressure system is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal by Sunday, which is likely to aggravate the rains. The SITuation is precarious in the State, especially in central Kerala where swollen rivers have already...
More »MGNREGA workers’ delegations viSIT the MPs of their states to share their grievances & demands on the 2nd day of dharna
-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated August 3, 2022 500+ NREGA workers from across 15 states gathered in Jantar Mantar for the second day of the dharna today. Workers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka gave testimonies about the hardships they have faced owing to persistent delays in wage payments, on how they did not get work when they demanded it, and about how no compensation...
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