-ThePrint.in The likelihood of financial distress caused by the 2nd wave is much higher & it could lead to more outright sales of gold, unlike in 2020, when people chose to take out loans against gold. Mumbai: Paul Fernandes, a 50-year-old waiter in India, last year took out a loan using his gold as collateral to pay for his children’s education after losing his job on a cruise liner. This year, he...
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UP Population Bill: Fighting Imaginary Demons -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Population growth is already slowing down across faiths. The Bill only serves to foster division. The proposed UP Population Control Bill, brought in by the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in India’s largest state Uttar Pradesh, appears to be driven more by imagined fears than by any worries of population growth. Data over the past few decades shows clearly that population growth is slowing down irrespective of administrative action or inaction. This...
More »Recovery of economy now depends on how fast we skill youth, make them job-ready, Pradhan says -Soniya Agrawal
-ThePrint.in On World Youth Skills Day, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says skilling is no longer a secondary ancillary to education in India. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is looking to skill India’s youth with knowledge to ensure they are employable, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan said at an event on World Youth Skills Day Thursday. Highlighting the government’s efforts to increase the employability of...
More »India’s water is being exported as agri-exports; is there a solution -KAS Mani
-Down to Earth It is critical for us to adopt the circular water management model of treating and rejuvenating wastewater at source, along with efficient water management strategies to reduce water demand India’s agricultural exports registered a growth of 17.34 per cent, garnering $41.25 billion in foreign exchange for 2020-21 despite the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In rupee terms, this is equivalent to Rs 3.05 lakh crore. For a government faced...
More »Spending on R&D will determine India’s future progress, key message of the latest UNESCO Science Report
Scientific knowledge has immensely helped in combating the dreadful coronavirus and its spread. Within a record short period of time, scientists (including virologists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, etc.) and their research outputs helped the commoners to learn more about the SARS-CoV-2 and how it spreads from one individual to the next one. Common people have now come to know how simple techniques and behavioural change like the wearing of N95 masks, maintaining...
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