-Scroll.in/ IndiaSpend.com At the coming COP27, India is pushing for a finance facility that could cover monetary losses caused by climate change. It had been drizzling all day on Wednesday, October 19. Suvarna Vikas Shingda, 30, from Palghar’s Ake-gavhan village sat on the front porch of her hut. In one corner, harvested rice was stacked in piles, the cut sheaves covered with grains. A few days prior, her neighbour had informed her that...
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SC orders status quo on approval to GM mustard
-Hindustan Times The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Centre’s response to an application seeking moratorium on the release of genetically modified (GM) mustard even as the Centre assured there will be no “precipitative action” from its end till November 10, the next date of hearing. The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Centre’s response to an application seeking moratorium on the release of genetically modified (GM) mustard even as the Centre...
More »Cabinet approves additional subsidy for P&K fertilisers -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times The move will cushion prices of crop nutrients that are governed by the Centre’s nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) scheme New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved an additional ₹51,875 crore subsidy for phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers for the rabi or winter-sown season, amid high global prices. The move will cushion prices of crop nutrients that are governed by the Centre’s nutrient-based...
More »For beneficiaries of Delhi’s new EWS flats, it’s a wish they didn’t dare dream -Kanishka Singharia
-Hindustan Times One beneficiary thanked the PM for fulfilling their dream of owning a house after spending their lives in a slum. Hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi handing over the keys to 3,024 newly constructed flats for those belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) in the Kalkaji area of Delhi, beneficiaries - mostly those rehabilitated from nearby slums - expressed their happiness to find a permanent dwelling for themselves. Modi inaugurated...
More »Climate crisis threatens India’s food security, warn scientists -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times Climate scientists have warned that scorching heatwaves in India, among other extreme weather events, are “most certainly” being driven by global warming, posing a risk to the country’s food security. Heatwaves in the country, which shaved off 3 million tonne of wheat output this year compared to the year before, are being driven by changing weather patterns induced by global warming, scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune,...
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