-TheWire.in/ With PTI inputs Justice Sanjeev Narula has agreed to list the matter for hearing on Friday, July 1. New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has approached the Delhi high court challenging his police remand in a case where police has deemed his 2018 tweet of a film still ‘objectionable’ and capable of causing religious animosity. The petition, which challenges a trial court’s June 28 order granting four days of custody of Zubair...
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The Return of Food Inflation: Why it’s Different this time -SAMridhi Agarwal and Harish Damodaran
-Centre for Policy Research Since the start of this calendar year, annual consumer price index (CPI) inflation has ruled not only above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) target of 4%, but even its upper tolerance level of 6%, for every month from January to May. If we take the 38 months from April 2019 to May 2022 – roughly coinciding with the Narendra Modi-led government’s second term (Modi 2.0) –...
More »A Fresh Spike in Farmer Suicides in Punjab -Shweta Saini, Siraj Hussain and Pulkit Khatri
-TheIndiaForum.in Since 2015, there has been a sharp rise in farmer suicides in Punjab. Farmers in the state borrow large loans at high interest rates; some of which is used for consumption. According to official data, 51% of farmer suicides in Punjab are due to a high level of indebtedness, mostly to institutions. Farmer suicides are back in focus. Media reports suggest that in April 2022 alone 14 Punjab farmers died by...
More »Millions Of Children Will Soon Need Aadhaar IDs To Access Their Right To A Nutritious Meal -Tapasya
-Article-14.com A union government decision to cut funding to states that do not ensure children and mothers getting free food have Aadhaar IDs could cause millions of poor families to lose key sources of nutrition. The move violates a Supreme Court order that no subsidy or service may be denied for want of an Aadhaar number. India’s national nutrition mission provides free food to 79 million children aged six months to...
More »Scant Rainfall, not Politics, Worries Maharashtra Farmers -Amey Tirodkar
-Newsclick.in Kharif sowing has almost stopped with the state not receiving even 10% of the expected rains. Maharashtra faces uncertainty both politically and agriculturally. While the ruling Shiv Sena’s rebel leader and MLA Eknath Shinde plans to head to Mumbai along with his faction to grab power, farmers of the state face an uncertain future with 41.4% deficient rainfall, leading to a virtual halt in the sowing of Kharif crops. According to the...
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