-The Hindu Amul’s success does not seem to have become a catalyst for similar movements across other agricultural commodities Many wish for legendary “Milk Man of India” Verghese Kurien’s presence in our midst today as the conflict between the Central government and the farming community on the issue of the farm laws appears to be still unresolved. November 26, 2021 was also Kurien’s 100th birth anniversary. Kurien’s deep understanding of Indian farming...
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More Than 33% of Children in 14 states Anaemic, Gujarat on top at 79.7% -Priyanka Ishwari
-Newsclick.in Ladakh has the highest percentage of anaemic children among UTs at 92.5%, NFHS-5 reveals. The prevalence of anaemia among children and women has increased in most states and Union Territories (UTs) in the last five years. According to the latest findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 67.1% of children aged 6-59 months were anaemic in 2021 against 58.6% in 2016. According to the survey, released by the Union ministry of...
More »Value in the weed: Profit potential of green and leafy bathua -Vibha Varshney
-Down to Earth Bathua is in demand for its nutrition and taste. Improved varieties of the weed can make it popular among farmers Come winters, and vegetable markets in Delhi are flooded with varieties of leafy greens. Among these vegetables is one hitherto unwanted weed, foraged from wheat fields. Commonly known as bathua in Hindi, cheel bhaji in Gujarati, paruppu keerai in Tamil, chandanbethu in Bengali and vastuccira in Malayalam, this weed is...
More »SC Raps Gujarat Govt for Forming ‘Scrutiny’ Committee for COVID-19 Ex-Gratia Disbursal
-TheWire.in The apex court had insisted that an RT-PCR test report and death certificate showing that the death has occurred within 30 days are the only requirements to receive compensation. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has lashed out at the Gujarat government for constituting a “scrutiny” committee for the disbursal of ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 deaths, overreaching the court’s direction, therefore making the process “cumbersome”. According to LiveLaw, the state government had issued...
More »Child sexual abuse: CBI registers cases against 83 -Devesh K Pandey
-The Hindu Conducts searches in 14 States and Union Territories In a major crackdown on online sexual abuse of minors and circulation of child pornographic material, the CBI has registered 23 new cases against 83 accused persons. It also conducted searches across 14 States and Union Territories. The CBI has so far identified more than 50 groups, comprising over 5,000 offenders, who shared child sexual abuse material. Several of these groups had foreign...
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