-Down to Earth Despite being a world leader in pulses production, India has been forced to import due to crop loss and seed deficit. The sharp rise in prices is only a symptom Rani Devi, 47, is drying chickpea (chanaa daal) in Kuite Khera village of Uttar Pradesh. She intends to use them as seeds in the coming rabi season (October to December), as she is facing acute shortage of seeds....
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A crime well reported is half-solved -Rukmini S
-The Hindu The latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau show that it is time to change our understanding of felony and its registration by the police With every passing year of writing on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s crime data, it has become increasingly clear that what I am forced to do is essentially compare apples and oranges, and then make a normative call based on that comparison. This...
More »Southwest monsoon fails South
-Deccan Herald Chennai: The Southwest Monsoon, which is nearing the final stage, might be good in North and North-East India. However, it is not so kind as should when it comes to the Southern region. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have received deficit rainfall. The latest statistics released by the Regional Meteorological Centre here on Thursday said though few districts received normal rain, Tamil Nadu registered three per cent deficit rainfall...
More »Majority of powerlooms in Bhiwandi go on strike -Puja Mehra, Satish Nandgaonkar & Alok Deshpande
-The Hindu Industry seeks control on yarn prices, permission to export cloth Nearly three-fourths of the 9 lakh powerloom units in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi have been on strike since Monday, leaving as many workers jobless and per-day losses of about Rs 150 crore, estimate textile industry associations. The strike has brought half of India’s powerloom sector to a halt, they say, since it comes over and above the production cutbacks in place since...
More »India headed for climatic drought 2nd year on the trot -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard CRISIL Ratings identifies four states and five crops at highest risk to deficient monsoon Within the next 40 days, the southwest monsoon will formally start retracting from the Indian mainland, ending its four-month journey over the country, pounding some parts with excess showers, but could leave almost 30 per cent of the country with deficient or less-than-normal rains, unless there is an abnormal pickup in the coming weeks. That looks highly...
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