-TheWire.in Protesting farmers believe that the MSP will as a legal right will solve a lot of farmers' issues, including debt. While PRIme Minister Narendra Modi was busy touting the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the Kisan Sansad (parallel parliament organised by farmers at Jantar Mantar) delved into a serious question – can the minimum support PRIce (MSP) become a legal right? There were 200 new farmers’ representatives and six hours to...
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Kisan Sansad passes 'no-confidence' motion against govt for not repealing farm laws
-PTI/ IndiaTVNews.com The umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions said the government's "failure" to support farmers during natural calamities, hike in fuel PRIces and the recent Pegasus snooping row were among the issues that were discussed during the Kisan Sansad on Friday. The Kisan Sansad being held by farmers protesting the Central farm laws moved a no-confidence motion against the government on Friday for not repealing the three contentious legislations, the...
More »Centre unable to supply enough vaccines: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu West Bengal has effectively used the vaccines supplied by the Centre, economist says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and discussed India’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic with him. Mr. Banerjee, who is a member of West Bengal’s COVID-19 management committee, said that his sense is that the biggest problem is that the Centre is not capable of generating the supply of vaccines...
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-The Hindu 40% belong to SC/ST communities; 88% of IIT Guwahati dropouts, 76% of IIT Delhi from reserved categories. Almost 63% of the undergraduate dropouts at the top seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) over the last five years are from the reserved categories, according to Education Ministry data given in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. Almost 40% were from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities. In...
More »Only 15% Indians know about Pegasus. But once aware, their distrust of Modi govt grows -Rakesh Jain
-ThePRInt.in Prashnam's 12-state survey shows a general lack of awareness. But among those who know what Pegasus is, a greater percentage say Modi government snoops on ordinary citizens. The Pegasus scandal has rocked India’s Parliament. The issue of Israeli spyware allegedly used for snooping on thousands of PRIvate citizens has been making headlines for the past two weeks across the world and in some sections of the Indian media. Reports continue to...
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