-The Hindu Retail inflation in potatoes surged from 6.8% in April this year to 11.1% in May, SBI had noted With retail potato prices rising sharply over April and May, the government has decided to permit the import of Potatoes from Bhutan without any license up to June 30, 2022, as per a notification issued late on Monday by the Commerce and Industry Ministry. Last October, as potato prices crossed ₹40 per kilogram...
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Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report
The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...
More »For deafblind individuals in India, grappling with twin challenges of stereotypes and inaccessibility hinders true progress -Srinidhi Raghavan
-Firstpost.com For many deafblind people, their paths and lived experiences are steeped in inaccessibility and hurdles — worsening in the times of COVID-19. What is normal, anyway? In this monthly column, Srinidhi Raghavan explores the understanding of bodies-minds and navigating spaces as disabled, chronically ill and sick people. Read more from the series here. For many of us in society, we often see disabled people as either ‘helpless’ or ‘inspirational’. For the longest...
More »More Younger People Without Comorbidities Died In Second Wave, Data Show -Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
-IndiaSpend.com All-India picture unclear as only THRee states are sharing comorbidity data of Covid-19 deceased. Doctors are calling upon states to reveal data on both comorbidities and the spread of variants to gauge their impact on Covid-19 deaths Kolkata: More people without any underlying comorbid conditions died of Covid-19 during the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu than in the peak of the...
More »The Kashmiri Stories That Modi’s New Political Dialogue Ignored -Auqib Javeed
-Article-14.com Talks to restart the political process in Jammu and Kashmir did not include its forgotten people: a teenager who disappeared, a murdered shopkeeper and a detained politician, whose cases have been brought to New Delhi’s attention by the United Nations. We tracked down stories the government does not discuss. Srinagar: Mohammad Hussian Wani, 55, does not know that United Nations human-rights experts have mentioned the name of his son, Naseer Ahmad...
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