-The Hindu The last time India had the maximum numbers was during the first wave in September With 1,03,955 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, India continues to record the most number of daily cases globally. Since APRIl 3, India has been consistently registering more daily cases than U.S. and Brazil on an average, accounting for one in every seven new global cases. The last time India led the world in terms of...
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Himachal Pradesh Gears Up After Forest Fires In Uttarakhand -Ashwani Sharma
-Outlook India Himachal's forest department has already activated a satellite-based Fire Tracking System. The PRIncipal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) of Himachal Pradesh, Dr Savita has alerted against forest fires in the state after Uttarakhand saw a raging forest fire. Forest fires in some districts of Himachal, like Solan and Mandi, have already been doused in the last 48 hours. The state’s forest department has already activated a satellite-based fire tracking system which is...
More »In Tamil Nadu, environment is good politics -Nityanand Jayaraman
-The Hindu There seems to be a shift from PRIoritising expressways and megaports to agriculture and forests Environmental promises have made a visible entry into Tamil Nadu’s politics, along with a guarded valourisation of farmer and fisher rights over big-ticket infrastructure and industrial projects. All key parties in the 2021 Assembly polls barring the AIADMK dedicated a section for “environmental protection” in their manifestos. Setting aside the justified cynicism about fulfillment of...
More »The Kerala Model at the crossroads -Subin Dennis
-The Hindu The role of planning and social oversight in the economic development of the State needs to expand further Will the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) be re-elected in the upcoming polls in Kerala, or will the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) return to lead the government? The election results will have a major bearing on the path of development that the State would take in the coming years. While Kerala’s achievements...
More »Industry hit in Kerala as workers from West Bengal, Assam leave for voting -MP Praveen
-The Hindu Labourers from West Bengal, Assam have gone home to exercise their franchise Kochi: Kabir Ahmad (name changed), a migrant worker in Perumbavoor, had to spend a small fortune on a flight ticket to return home to Hojai district of Assam last month following his parents’ anguished plea to get back in time for voting. Their desperation was borne out of the perceived danger posed to the community by the National...
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