-Newsclick.in Unemployment among youth is raging at a staggering 26 per cent to 55 per cent in the three BJP ruled states going to polls in the coming weeks. High and pervasive joblessness among youth of age group 20-29 years is severely denting the re-election prospects of BJP in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. According to data from CMIE’s Statistical Profile for May-August 2018, unemployment rate was 26 per cent in...
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Environment Pollution Control Authority shuts NCR rice mills -Parshant Krar
-The Economic Times CHANDIGARH: Around 500 mills across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will have to stop operations from November 4, under directions of the Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority. EPCA has asked all biomass and coal-based industries in the National Capital Region to remain closed to help keep a check on air pollution. The measure will not only affect NCR’s mills but also farmers in paddy-growing states as mills restrict...
More »The Indian state where development is more on a par with Pakistan than India -Ratnadeep Choudhary
-ThePrint.in Like Pakistan, Uttar Pradesh is home to about 200 million people, which it can’t seem to take care of very well. New Delhi: The chasm between India and Pakistan on the world’s economic and social indicators is rather wide today. Even though India also struggles on the social front, many Indians tend to draw solace saying “at least we’re better off than Pakistan”. Yet, there is a part of India — the...
More »Is genetically modified food really safe? -Rajat Chaudhuri
-The Telegraph Indians are unwittingly eating more and more genetically modified (GM) products every day A few months ago, researchers of the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) chanced upon something quite alarming while testing samples of breakfast cereals, infant food, edible oils and other food products at their state-of-the-art laboratory in Nimli, Rajasthan. Their sensitive qPCR instrument reported the presence of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in almost one-third of these...
More »Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Neta wives have heavier money bags -Amarjeet Singh
-The Times of India BHOPAL: When it comes to purse power, it’s wives of Madhya Pradesh’s heavyweight politicians who tip the scales. Affidavits filed before Election Commission show that wives of more than half of the prominent leaders, from either side of political divide, earn more than their husbands. This includes chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, whose wife Sadhna Singh has an annual income of Rs 37 lakh — nearly twice as...
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