-PTI/BusinessToday.in The wheat procurement target has been revised downward to 195 lakh tonnes for the current year from the earlier 444 lakh tonnes due to a fall in wheat output and increased exports. The government's wheat procurement fell by 53 per cent to 182 lakh tonnes so far in the current 2022-23 marketing year compared to the year-ago period on aggressive buying by private players for export purposes, according to official sources. The...
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Assam: Cops, civil administration demolish houses after arson -Umanand Jaiswal
-The Telegraph Police action on ‘encroachers’ after custody death protest turns violent Guwahati: Police and the civil administration demolished the homes of five people with bulldozers in a minority-dominated locality of Assam’s Nagaon district on Sunday, a day after a local police station had been burnt down by people protesting an alleged custody death. Among the houses razed in Chalnabori was that of Safiqul Islam, 39, who allegedly died in police custody. The...
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-PTI/ The Telegraph According to ASDMA report, four people drown in Kampur revenue circle of Nagaon Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Sunday with six more persons, including two children, losing their lives and nearly 7.2 lakh people coming under the impact of the deluge across 22 districts. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), four persons drowned in Kampur revenue circle of Nagaon...
More »Food security does not need this ‘surgical strike’ -Madhura Swaminathan and Deepak Johnson
-The Hindu India’s flip-flop on the export of wheat is an example of the Government lacking a coherent policy of food security The Government of India announced a sudden ban on export of wheat on May 13, 2022, a few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stated that “at a time when the world is facing a shortage of wheat, the farmers of India have stepped forward to feed the world”....
More »The Afterlife of Solar Panels -Mahashri Ranjith Kumar
-The Wire Science * Solar energy is a rapidly expanding marketplace that should benefit the environment. Solar panels can last for decades if they are properly cleaned and maintained. * But there is a catch. What happens to these panels after they are decommissioned? They go straight to the landfill, where they have significant consequences. * Heavy metals in solar panels such as lead and cadmium have been known to seep out of...
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