-ThePrint.in With wheat prices soaring, the government may have to slash Import duty and impose stock limits, say traders and analysts. New Delhi: Rising wholesale and consumer prices of wheat may push India to allow Imports of the staple food item in a few months’ time. If India turns Importer, it will be a drastic reversal — from desiring to ‘feed the world’ in the summer to battling a shortfall by winter. Compared...
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1 in 100 indians carries hidden heart risk, reveals study -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph People with disorders may appear healthy but are susceptible to dangerous patterns of cardiac electrical activity that could cause palpitations, blackouts or even death About one in 100 otherwise healthy Indians carries genetic variations linked to electrical disorders in the heart that can lead to sudden cardiac death, a study of 1,029 genomes has indicated. The study, the first in India to estimate through genomes the population prevalence of disorders called...
More »Govt mulling various steps to rein in wheat prices -Subramani Ra Mancombu and Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Food Secretary tells millers the Centre may release stocks under OMSS or lower Import duty Taking a serious view of the 10 per cent surge in wheat prices since June-end, the Centre is considering various measures to bring down the prices—from releasing the cereal under the open market sale scheme (OMSS) for user industries to lowering the Import duty to zero. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Chhattisgarh: Mining & Allied Activities Promises In INC’s 2018 Election Manifesto Yet to be Implemented
-Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association dated August 4, 2022 The promises made by the INC during the 2018 elections for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in the Mining and Allied Activities portion of their manifesto are yet to be implemented. Four years have passed, and the Indian National Congress (INC) has yet to implement any of the five promises stated in the Mining & Allied Section of their 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative...
More »10 more Indian wetlands sites get Ramsar tag, number rises to 64
-The Hindu Six of them are in Tamil Nadu and one each in Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha India has added 10 more Ramsar sites, or wetlands that are of international Importance, taking the number of such sites to 64, Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said on Wednesday. “Absolutely thrilled to inform that 10 more Indian wetlands have got Ramsar recognition as wetlands of international Importance,” Mr. Yadav tweeted. The 10 new sites —...
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