-The India Forum Nandini Sundar teaches at Delhi University. Gowhar Fazili teaches at Ambedkar University Delhi. Academic freedom is about the right to study, teach and research a diversity of viewpoints. Yet, this right that is so crucial for the pursuit of knowledge has seen widespread attacks in colleges and universities across India. The New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 claims it is based on prINCiples that INClude creativity and critical thinking, constitutional values,...

-Business Standard The six-month moratorium period comes to an end on August 31 The Reserve Bank is unlikely to extend the moratorium on repayment of bank loans beyond August 31 as an extension could impact the credit behaviour of borrowers without resolving the issues being faced by them following the outbreak of the Covid-19, sources said. The RBI had announced a moratorium on repayment of debt for six months beginning March 1, 2020...

ActionAid Association's (AAA) national level survey among people dependent on the informal economy during the third phase of the national lockdown towards the end of May 2020 (i.e. between May 14th and May 22nd, 2020) has documented the "nature and extent of the transitions in the lives and livelihoods of informal workers, INCluding migrant workers, during the pandemic and provide[s] an insight into the precarity they experience and the coping...

-TheWire.in An INCrease in prices of pulses affects consumption and has ramifications for food and nutritional security. In April 2020, the retail prices of Moong and Urad INCreased by 25% and 11% compared to their five-year monthly average prices. Also, the retail prices of Moong in 2020 have consistently remained 25% more than the monthly five-year average prices for the period of March to July. An INCrease in prices of pulses affects consumption and...

-The Hindu Devising State-specific industrialisation strategies in coordination with the Centre will improve manufacturing Many think that in the aftermath of the pandemic, several manufacturing companies operating from China will relocate their businesses to other destinations, INCluding India. Many American, Japanese, and South Korean companies based in China have initiated discussions with the Indian government to relocate their plants to India. Companies are expected to exit China due to three primary reasons....