-The Hindu Apex court says mitigating investigators need to be given access to the prisoners to dig out any circumstances which may help the court when it hears the appeal In a significant order, the Supreme Court has made it clear that the psychological evaluation of condemned prisoners by expert doctors, and access to them by mitigating investigators, are essential before the hearing begins on their appeals against the death penalty. A Bench...
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Good news: Editorial on print media remaining the most trusted source of information
-The Telegraph A pan India survey of media consumption by the Lokniti programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, compiled on the basis of responses from 19 states elicits answer The post-truth era is, expectedly, marked by a discerning erosion of public trust in sources of information. Mass media — both traditional and new-age avatars — has borne the brunt of this mistrust. And for good reasons too. Social...
More »Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee approves commercial cultivation of genetically modified mustard yet again
-The Hindu Proposal to go for Environment Ministry’s clearance; activists oppose The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) that functions under the Union Environment Ministry has yet again cleared the proposal for the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) mustard. The recommendation will now again go for the approval of the Environment Ministry. Though the GEAC had cleared the proposal in 2017, the Ministry had vetoed it and suggested that the GEAC hold...
More »Dengue patient injected with ‘mosambi’ juice | U.P. hospital building to be sealed for ‘demolition’ -Mayank Kumar
-The Hindu Platelets “stored in an improper way” was transfused to the patient, not sweet lime juice, says Prayagraj District Magistrate. Amid allegations of intravenously administering mosambi (sweet lime) juice instead of platelets to a 32-year-old dengue patient, who later died, in Uttar Pradesh, the Prayagraj Development Authority on Wednesday issued a notice to the Global Hospital and Trauma Centre, asking it to vacate the premises by October 28, 11 a.m. so...
More »Shift towards a resilient food system needed -Devinder Sharma
-The Tribune The next food system transformation has to be based on diversity and building on food sovereignty. The future global food system has to be back in the hands of 3.6 billion peasants, small farmers, pastoralists and fishermen where biodiversity protection, income security and climate justice go hand in hand. SOME years back, a study by the University of Sussex (UK) showed a dramatic decline in insect population within a nature...
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