-TheWire.in A foreign exchange crunch in Sri Lanka has led to a shortage of essential goods and Power cuts that last up to 13 hours a day. New Delhi: Sri Lanka is grappling with the worst economic crisis in decades, which has spiked the prices of essential commodities like rice, milk powder, cooking gas and fuel. For instance, one kilogram of basmati rice currently costs between Rs 300-800 as compared to around Rs...
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Will restore old pension scheme if voted to Power in Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda
-PTI/ The Hindu The former Chief Minister also assured to restore the quota for sportspersons in government jobs Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday promised to restore the old pension scheme for government employees in Haryana if the party was voted to Power in the state in the 2024 Assembly polls. The former Chief Minister also assured to restore the quota for sportspersons in government jobs. The ruling BJP-JJP had recently abolished...
More »‘Development will eventually lead to environmental conflicts’ -Srijan Trivedi and Yashvi Churiwala
-Down to Earth With sustainable development goals in place, increasing democratisation and connectivity of the world, ecologisation of politics and vice-versa will become the new norm Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai wrote: In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem so obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. Decreasing resource base and the struggle for control and Power leads to politicising ecological issues...
More »In the climate of polarization, mental health of Muslims is worsening -Imaad ul Hasan
-TwoCircles.net Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to upper-caste Hindus. NEW DELHI — In the last week of December 2021, six female students were stopped from entering Government Women’s PU college in Udupi, Karnataka, for wearing a hijab. Soon afterwards, other colleges in the state followed suit, amidst protests, including Graduation Colleges. Even though an...
More »Birbhum: Eight charred to death in 'retaliation' to TMC leader’s murder -Snehamoy Chakraborty
-The Telegraph The victims include a child and six women, aged between seven and 52, and a newly married couple Bolpur (Birbhum): The charred bodies of at least eight persons were found in two houses at Bogtui village on the outskirts of Birbhum’s Rampurhat on Tuesday amid allegations that they were burnt alive in retaliation to the killing of Bhadu Sheikh, a Trinamul leader, on Monday night. Calcutta High Court steps in, to...
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