-The Hindu Business Line Major exporters such as Bajaj auto, Hero MotoCorp, HMSI and TVS Motor Company, all have reported decline in sales The global slowdown has impacted two-wheeler exports between April and November this year to 26,79,201 units, a decline of 10 per cent y-o-y as compared with 29,76,065 units in same period last year. Major exporters such as Bajaj auto, Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) and TVS Motor...
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Field trials of GM mustard DMH-11 showed high yield, says Science Minister -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu This is the first time that a Central ministry has endorsed the safety and benefits of the seed in Parliament Field trials of the transgenic mustard variety, DMH-11, revealed them to be higher yielding and they didn’t deter the pollination habits of honey bees, Union science minister Jitendra Singh said in Rajya Sabha in a written response to a query. Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11) had recently been approved by the Genetic...
More »Over 64,000 people in India die of snakebites each year -Soumyadeep Bhaumik
-The Hindu A vast majority of snakebite deaths globally — up to 64,100 of the 78,600 deaths — occur in India with Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest number of deaths followed by Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan That snakebite (a neglected tropical disease) is a public health problem in India and many other low- and middle-income countries has been long known. But a global estimate of deaths due to snakebite was not known...
More »All women are entitled to safe, legal abortions: Supreme Court -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph SC says meaning of ‘rape’ must be understood as including marital rape, solely for the purposes of the MTP Act The Supreme Court on Thursday declared that all women, married and unmarried, are entitled to safe and legal abortions till 24 weeks of gestation under India’s Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act, 2021. The apex court also held that the meanings of the expressions “sexual assault” and “rape” under the rules...
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It is hard for the media to ignore the findings of global Human Development Report (HDR) whenever a newer and updated version is released. Every time when the HDR is published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), media persons and commentators tend to compare the performance of their respective countries with that of performance in previous years as also with respect to the relative performance of other nations. One of...
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