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As Higher-Caste Influential Hindus Turn Vegetarian, States, Govts Try To Enforce Vegetarianism -Prannv Dhawan & Sabah Gurmat

-Article-14.com Barring Rajasthan and Punjab, meat-consumption in India has risen over the decade. But with higher-caste, politically dominant Hindus turning to vegetarianism, at least 23 states now have beef bans, 15 states disallow even eggs in midday meals and Air India has largely turned vegetarian. India's enforced vegetarianism and how it violates the Constitution and rule of law. Ludhiana & Mumbai: A few weeks before India’s Covid-19 second wave, one of the...

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Kharif sowing slips on deficient monsoon

-The Hindu Business Line Total area down 11.5 per cent; coarse cereals, oilseeds planting drops 20% With the south-west monsoon being seven per cent below normal till Friday, sowing of kharif crops continues to be affected. Data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmerss Welfare show that sowing lost its momentum further in terms of percentage. Data showed that a total of 612 lakh hectares (lh) had been covered till date compared...

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India’s Covid-19 lockdown saved lives but wrecked livelihoods. Relief measures are urgently needed -Meghna Yadav, Aarushi Kalra, Kanika Sharma & Alamu R

-Scroll.in Unless the Centre and states act swiftly, the humanitarian crisis is likely to worsen. As India witnesses a record-breaking surge of Covid-19 cases, the Central and state governments have been scrambling to find appropriate responses to handle this health crisis. At a time when the healthcare system is severely strained, many state governments not surprisingly have employed public health or non-pharmaceutical interventions to control the spread of the disease. These interventions...

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‘Excess deaths’ in Haryana seven times official COVID-19 toll -Srinivasan Ramani

-The Hindu The undercount factor was moderate compared with States such as Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh The number of “excess deaths” registered by the Civil Registration System (CRS) in Haryana ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit (from April 2020 to May 2021) was 60,397, which is 7.3 times the official reported figure of 8,303 COVID-19 deaths for the same period. This high number was largely due to the deaths registered in April...

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18 killed in separate incidents of lightning in Rajasthan

-PTI/ The Hindu Twenty-one people, including six children, were also injured in lightning incidents across the State. Eighteen people, including seven children, were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, Kota, Jhalawar and Dholpur districts on July 11, police said. Twenty-one people, including six children, were also injured in lightning incidents across the State, they said. In a major tragedy in Jaipur, 11 persons, mostly youth, were killed and eight others injured...

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