-The Telegraph Protestors shout slogans against Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh, calling Centre's move a 'cruel joke' and demand its immediate rollback The depth of the job crisis in the country and the despair of its youth have broken through the coiffured veneer. Armed forces job aspirants disappointed at the Agnipath recruitment scheme exploded in protest from Bihar to Jammu on Thursday, blocking roads and tracks, torching trains and stoning the police. Please click...
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WTO talks face deadlock over decision on patent waiver, fisheries subsidies
-PTI/ The Hindu The four-day ministerial conference that started on June 12 was extended by a day to give negotiators more time to iron out differences and strike the deal Talks at the World Trade Organisation conference hit a fresh hurdle late on Thursday with a group of countries blocking a decision on two crucial issues, temporary patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and eliminating harmful subsidies to promote sustainable fishing, sources said. The...
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-The Hindu Business Line Limited charging infrastructure, lack of interoperability services and inadequate access to affordable finance must be addressed Russia’s war on Ukraine has had a devastating impact on the global economy. It has triggered an unprecedented energy crisis as prices of commodities such as coal, natural gas and crude oil have skyrocketed. With oil above $100 a barrel, policymakers in the country are faced with two questions: How to keep...
More »Our employment data should be interpreted cautiously -Himanshu
-Livemint.com This is the fourth report in the PLFS data series and offers information on both employment and unemployment for rural as well as urban areas. Earlier this week, India’s ministry of statistics and programme implementation released the annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for the reference period July 2020 to June 2021. This is the fourth report in the PLFS data series and offers information on both employment...
More »To bridge the urban-rural divide, India should accelerate economy’s structural transformation -Kalaiyarasan A
-Scroll.in The demand for equitable access to quality education and healthcare should complement agriculture reforms in the country. It has been more than six months since the Samyukt Kisan Morcha – the umbrella organisation representing protesting Indian farmers – ended its 15-month-long agitation at Delhi’s borders against the three farm laws. Some of their demands were met, while their demand for a Minimum Support Price guarantee remains unfulfilled. These developments do little to...
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