-Livemint.com Indian women are getting better educated and having fewer babies but not taking enough paid jobs In the small talk that well-to-do middle-aged Indian men tend to make in their drawing rooms over a cup of tea, they often blame our huge population as the root cause of all our problems, social, economic and political. Their solution is population control. In their heads, it’s a case-closing argument. The mother of all...
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India's Controversial Sedition Law Explained In 5 Points -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Centre has urged Supreme Court to not hear the matter till the government finishes its relook at sedition law New Delhi: Days after defending the country's colonial-era sedition law, arguing that it withstood "test of time", the centre has taken a u-turn and told the Supreme Court that it will review the law. A look at top 5 facts related to this law: 1. The penal code that came into force in 1862...
More »Asani intensifies into cyclonic storm: Odisha, Bengal brace for impact
-IndiaToday.in Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening as it moved northwestwards in the direction of north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening. The cyclone moved northwestwards in the direction of the north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast, the...
More »Indian farmers benefit from a sharp increase in exports; government cuts procurement for welfare programmes - PK Krishnakumar
-Moneycontrol.com Global buyers have turned to India, the second-largest producer of wheat, after the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia and Ukraine together accounted for 30% of the global wheat supply. Indian wheat farmers are earning more this year, thanks to a sharp increase in exports after the February 24 start of the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, which has disrupted global supply chains. Prices have exceeded the government-fixed minimum support price (MSP)...
More »India had dropped the ball & exported excess wheat in 2004-05. Modi govt shouldn’t repeat it -Shweta Saini, Siraj Hussain, and Pulkit Khatri
-ThePrint.in In 2004-05, lack of information on private trade contracts resulted in much larger quantities of wheat exports than intended. India had to import for years to make up. It is clear by now that Indian wheat production in 2021-22 Rabi season is going to be lower than the government’s second advance estimate of 16 February 2022, of 111.32 million metric tonnes (MMTs). The moot question is by how much? Also, if...
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