-The Hindu Punjab CM demands PM’s intervention to begin immediate procurement The Punjab government and a number of farm unions from Punjab and Haryana have raised objections to the Centre’s decision to postpone procurement of paddy in both States until October 11, citing higher moisture content due to rainfall. The unions have called on farmers to protest the move outside the homes of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)...
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Rising crude oil prices further burdens Indian consumers -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Sumant Sen and Jasmin Nihalani
-The Hindu The Centre has raked in nearly Rs.16 lakh crore through excise duty on petroleum products between FY15 and FY21 In India, crude oil prices have risen to a near three-year high. Subsequently, the retail prices of petrol and diesel, which were already high due to heavy tax rates, became higher in India. Notably, in recent times, whenever crude prices have been on the rise, the burden has been passed on...
More »A lesson from China on gig workers’ rights -Sowmiya Ashok
-The Hindu The swell of public opinion in China has enabled government regulation and change in company policy On September 20, 2021, the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers, on behalf of gig workers, filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court demanding that the Union government provide succour to workers affected by the pandemic. The petition has asked for ‘gig workers’ and ‘platform workers’ to be declared as ‘unorganised workers’...
More »"Cases Take Years": UP Officials Allegedly Try To Deter Killed Man's Family -Alok Pandey
-NDTV.com Six cops were suspended on Tuesday night and a murder case has been filed against four of them earlier after nationwide outrage over the incident. Lucknow: A widely shared video on social media shows top officials in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur allegedly trying to dissuade the family of businessman Manish Gupta, who died during a late-night police raid at a city hotel on Monday, from filing a police case in the matter. Six...
More »NHRC official aghast to find Modi photo and slogan in emails -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Development comes days after the NIC had received a rap from the SC for a similar embellishment of the court’s outgoing emails without its knowledge or permission A senior National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) official was aghast on Wednesday to learn that the Centre’s e-governance facilitator was appending to the rights watchdog’s outgoing emails a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his “sabka saath” slogan, a move he said...
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