-The Hindu Assembly Committee accuses the company of major lapses, to summon officials The Delhi Assembly’s committee on peace and harmony on Monday said that PRIma facie it seemed that Facebook had a role in the Delhi riots that broke out in February. The panel added that Facebook India officials will be issued notices to appear at its next meeting. “Facebook should be treated as a co-accused in the Delhi riots. There should...
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A 29% non-govt GDP fall is behind abysmal growth -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com The collapse of GDP growth by 23.9% for the Apr to Jun period isn’t a surPRIse. The economy was under a strict lockdown for most of the time to contain the pandemic. Nevertheless, a little digging throws up interesting trends. Mint takes a look. * What does the GDP figure highlight? One way to measure the GDP is to add PRIvate consumption expenditure, government consumption expenditure, investment and net exports (exports minus...
More »NCRB data: Higher share of Dalits, tribals, Muslims in PRIson than numbers outside -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express The data, for the year 2019, also show that among the marginalised groups, Muslims are the one community which has more undertrials than convicts. The latest data on PRIsons released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that Dalits, tribals and Muslims continue to be jailed in numbers disproportionate to their share in the population, unlike OBCs and those belonging to the general category or upper castes. The data,...
More »Halt Char Dham project, environmentalists petition Modi -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu Some members furthering an agenda that isn’t in public interest, they say. A group of 40 scientists, environmentalists and ecologists have written to PRIme Minister Narendra Modi demanding a halt to the Chardham road construction work and that the recommendation of environmentalist Ravi Chopra, who heads a Supreme Court-appointed committee to advise on the sustainable execution of the project, be heeded. The Chardham Project (CP) is an ambitious attempt by the...
More »Before we blame forest-dwellers for ‘poaching’ during the pandemic, we must recognise our own hypocrisy -Meera Anna Oommen and Kartik Shanker
-The Hindu Forest communities are being seen as the PRImary drivers of denudation during lockdown, while we continue to ignore the impacts of fast-tracked environmental clearances for dams and mines A photograph of a young man, presumably tribal, or a returning migrant, or both, with the carcasses of two hares slung over his shoulder, was recently emblazoned on the cover of a report by a reputed wildlife NGO. The report — based...
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