-The Hindu Trust in official statistics is vital for democracy — the new policy must avoid centralisation David Spiegelhalter, president of Royal Statistical Society in the U.K., gave a most unusual presidential address in 2017. Instead of talking about esoteric statistical techniques, he talked about declining trust in numbers in a post-truth society bombarded by fake news and alternative facts. He recommended to the statistical community that the best way of inspiring...
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At current RATes, Bangladesh could top India's per capita income by 2020 -Krishna Kant
-Business Standard Also, over the past 3 years, GDP in dollar terms has grown 12.9%, more than twice our RATe Mumbai: After trailing its big neighbour for four decades, Bangladesh has gone ahead of India in economic growth and on social development indicators. In the three years ending 2016, Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (at current prices) in dollar terms grew at a compounded annual RATe (CAGR) of 12.9 per cent, more than twice...
More »Tuticorin Sterlite Copper plant accounts for 40 per cent of country's copper: Will hit 800 units and jobs -Deepak Patel
-The Indian Express Tuticorin Sterlite Copper plant shutdown is also likely to impact India’s copper exports as around 1.6 lakh tonnes of Tuticorin plant’s production is sold internationally. The Tamil Nadu government’s decision Monday to shut down Vedanta Limited’s copper plant at Tuticorin, which accounts for a 40 per cent share in India’s annual copper production of 10 lakh tonnes, could have a downstream impact on around 800 small and medium units...
More »Farmers for policy initiatives to mitigate agricultural crisis
-The Hindu KRRS and Hasiru Sene seek to remind CM Kumaraswamy of his pre-poll promise of a loan waiver MYSURU: Farmers from the region have come out with a 10-point agenda for the new coalition government in the State to ensure the welfare of cultivators and mitigate agricultural distress. The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene have sought to remind the Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of his pre-election promise of a...
More »Meet the Dalits who are using online platforms to tell stories of their community -Danish Raza
-Hindustan Times RATher than feeling ignored by the mainstream media or disgruntled by the ‘biased’ coverage, Dalits are using digital space to publish news and opinions. On December 31, when violence spread in Pune on the 200th anniversary of the Bhima- Koregaon battle, it was the first time many people in other parts of the country got to know about the encounter between the army of Peshwa Bajirao II, and a...
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