-Business Standard India exports onion largely to Saudi Arabia, Colombo and some other far-east countries with an estimated annual volume of 1.5 million tonnes Onion prices have started firming up, in the wake of the government’s move to abolish minimum export price (MEP) on the vegetable. While most markets in Maharashtra remained closed on account of CHRIstmas and other festivals, prices of onion in Delhi markets moved up by Rs 100 to Rs...
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Dogged dad smashes 150-yr property wall -Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A 98-year-old father's determination to will a share of his property to his daughter has led to the repeal of a 150-year-old notification that stood in the way. P.F. Pinto had told his four sons that after dividing his coffee plantations and giving them their share, he planned to will his share to his lone surviving daughter, Arlene. That was three years ago. The sons dug up a little-known...
More »A vaccine boost to India’s polio fight -R Prasad
-The Hindu The launch of the inactivated polio vaccine injection marks a shift in addressing vaccine derived poliovirus cases. After nearly five polio-free years, and with the launch of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) injection in the national immunisation programme tomorrow (November 30), India will be pushing for “endgame polio”. The injectable vaccine, which uses killed polio viruses, will be used alongside the oral polio vaccine (OPV). For now, immunisation using IPV will be...
More »Save-cow cost: Industry bleeds, farmers suffer & exports tank -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India 16 Lakh Dalit Leather Workers Depend On The Humble Cow For A Living. The Meat Industry Employs Many More. Every Year, India Exports Buff Worth 30K Cr. All This Is In Jeopardy With The Cow-Protection Clamour. TOI Takes A 360° Look Across the country, especially in rural areas there's simmering un ease bordering on panic. Farmers no longer think freely about buying or selling cattle. People especially from...
More »CIC returns 12% of pleas -Rukmini S
-The Hindu An analysis by Right to Information activists confirms that the Central Information Commission is returning requests for information at a high rate to the applicants. Twelve per cent of all second appeals and complaints received by the CIC this year were returned to the senders, with reasons for the return being made available in only a fraction of cases. As reported earlier by The Hindu, the number of cases the CIC...
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