-The Hindu With the Union Cabinet approving spelling variations for 11 tribes in the State, the decades-long struggle has drawn to an end Soon after he joined a government job as a teacher in Bastar in 2010, Shivprasad Bhoi, now 39, was asked to get his Scheduled Tribe certificate attested. What he then presumed to be a simple exercise turned out to be a nightmare. A spelling variation in the name of...
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The ban on the export of broken rice -Saptaparno Ghosh
-The Hindu How is the ethanol blending programme connected to the rice export ban? The story so far: On September 9, the Centre instituted a ban on the export of broken rice. Additionally, it mandated an export duty of 20% on rice in husk (paddy or rough), husked (brown rice) and semi-milled or wholly-milled rice. The measures do not affect export of basmati or parboiled rice. The Secretary at the DepARTment of...
More »Joblessness below pre-COVID levels: Finance Ministry
-The Hindu Q1 surge in private consumption not just a function of pent-up demand but also rising employment levels, it says Demand for work under the national rural employment guarantee scheme hit a two-year low in August, signalling that the recovering economy is creating more jobs in rural as well as urban India, the Union Finance Ministry said on Saturday. India’s inflation, the Ministry said, is “in control” and expected to moderate...
More »HeART attack to dementia, ultra-processed food is a silent killer -Richard Hoffman
-ThePrint.in The intense industrial processes used to produce ultra-processed foods destroy the natural structure of the ingredients and strip away many beneficial nutrients. * In some countries, ultra-processed foods now account for 50% or more calories consumed. * Two new studies have shown that poor nutrition may not be enough to explain health risks. * Some researchers have theorized that ultra-processed foods increase inflammation. * Ingredients such as emulsifiers, thickeners, protein isolates, and other industrial-sounding...
More »Delhi HC to hear pleas over legal status of PM CARES fund on January 31
-PTI/ The Hindu In July, the court had asked the Centre to file a ‘detailed and exhaustive’ reply on the petition by Samyak Gangwal seeking to declare the PM CARES Fund a ‘State’ The Delhi High Court on September 16 listed for hearing on January 31 pleas concerning the legal status of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) under the Constitution and the Right...
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