-TheFederal.com Data from National Family Health Survey debunk claims made by right-wing activists about a population boom in Islamic community as part of an alleged conspiracy to turn India into a Muslim-majority country The latest data obtained from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) debunk claims made by right-wing activists about a population boom in the Islamic community as part of an alleged conspiracy to turn India into a Muslim-majority country. The recently...
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WHO estimate and the problem with data in India -Prosenjit Datta
-The New Indian Express The government needs to understand that better official statistics are required not just to counter estimates by global agencies. It is required for better policymaking. The government is upset with the estimates of the World Health Organisation (WHO) about how many Indians died because of the pandemic. India’s official Covid-19 death count in 2020 and 2021 is 481,000. The WHO puts India’s death toll at 4.7 million till...
More »Revival Of Economy Should Be Topmost Priority Of World Trade Body: India
-PTI/ NDTV India told the World Trade Organization that the present situation has got a new important problem -- the increasing inflation in most of the domestic economies. New Delhi: India wants the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to play its role in containing global inflation, which is impacting most of the economies of the member countries. According to a statement by India, delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Brajendra Navnit,...
More »UN Human Rights Office Hails SC Order on Sedition Law, Calls for Release of All Detained Persons
-TheWire.in "We welcome the Indian Supreme Court’s order to reconsider the sedition law, which has been used arbitrarily and widely against peaceful critics," the UN Human Rights said in a tweet. New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights office has welcomed the order passed by the Supreme Court on sedition and has called for the immediate release of all detained under the colonial law. “We welcome the Indian Supreme Court’s order to reconsider...
More »Food production to dip, hunger to rise in India due to climate change, says report
-The Hindu International Food Policy Research Institute projects scenario for 2030 India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% by 2030 due to climate change, says a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on climate change and food systems. These projections are part of a model that was used to evaluate the impact of climate change on aggregate food production,...
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