-The Hindu Business Line Opening up the dairy market to the US will place India at an economic disadvantage and hurt small farmers, businesses in the sector The upcoming visit of US President Donald Trump to India may see the contours of the Indo-US deal being finalised in specific sectors, which is also likely to include allowing for market access for US dairy products in India. This move is likely to have...
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India's birds suffering dramatic population declines, warns scientific report -G Ananthakrishnan
-The Hindu Growing threat from loss of habitat, widespread presence of toxins, hunting and trapping, it says Chennai: Over a fifth of India’s bird diversity, ranging from the Short-toed Snake Eagle to the Sirkeer Malkoha, has suffered strong long-term declines over a 25-year period, while more recent annual trends point to a drastic 80% loss among several common birds, a new scientific report jointly released by 10 organisations said on Monday. The State...
More »60 man-eaters killed in over 19 years in Uttarkhand -Shivani Azad
-The Times of India DEHRADUN: Uttarkhand lost 60 leopards and tigers, who were declared man-eaters, in over 19 years, according to forest department data. This year, two leopards — one in Haridwar and the other in Narendra Nagar — have already been killed after they were declared man-eaters. All these big cats, including 56 leopards and four tigers, were eliminated by shooters as they posed threat to human lives. Please click...
More »Gyan Prakash, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University, interviewed by Varghese K George
-The Hindu There are many parallels but also important differences between the current protests and the JP movement of the 70s, says this eminent historian A historian of modern India, Gyan Prakash is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University and author of the 2018 book Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point. He compares the current situation in the country to the turmoil of the 70s. Excerpts: * How would...
More »India: "History's longest ever e-curfew" continues in Kashmir
-Reporters without Borders Six months to the day after the Indian government blocked all communications in the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August, after revoking its autonomy, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals what it is like for journalists trying to work in this territory in the wake of the federal government’s recent measures, which have had little real impact. Kashmiris had few illusions. A week after the supreme court...
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