-Mid-Day.com A new web comic series is decoding the complexities of agriculture and food security in India How does the food on your table reach you? Who grows the rice you had for lunch? Is farm to table a reality for cultivators? These are questions that Soni and Lucky — two young Indians travelling across the country — are chasing in #IndiaGraphicSeries on Agriculture and Food Security, a new web comic created...
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DGFT issues RCs for 1.6 mn tonne wheat export after May 13 ban order
-PTI/ The Hindu Business Line Registration certificates of wheat to exporters having valid letter of credit The commerce ministry's arm Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued registration certificates for about 1.6 million tonne of wheat to exporters having valid letter of credit, after the ban order of May 13, an official said. The government is allowing wheat shipments for which irrevocable letters of credit (L/C) were issued on or before May...
More »Gujarat: ATS DIG-led SIT to probe case against Setalvad and two ex-IPS officers Booked for fabricating evidence
-The Telegraph/ PTI Investigation will be carried out by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of Ahmedabad Special Operations Group Ahmedabad: A Special Investigation Team (SIT), to be headed by Gujarat ATS DIG, will probe the case against activist Teesta Setalvad and former IPS officers RB Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt who have been accused of abusing the process of law by fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in connection with the 2002 Gujarat...
More »Judiciary has never tried to make death penalty redundant: SC judgment
-The Hindu ‘Capital punishment cannot be ignored as long as it is in the law Books’ In a blow to death penalty abolitionists, the Supreme Court on Friday held that judiciary has never endeavoured to make death penalty redundant or non-existent. The courts have never tried to avoid awarding capital punishment in deserving cases. "It has never been the effort of the Courts to somehow make this punishment [sentence of death] redundant and...
More »Kerala far from ‘food security’, pulses production a concern, says Book
-The New Indian Express KOCHI: At a time when the state government is harping on food security, the cropped area of all food crops, including cereals, tubers, pulses, fruits and vegetables, covers only 11.03% of the total cultivated area, according to a new report. The production of pulses is another area of concern. The pulses production in the state actually declined to 1,922.94 tonnes in 2020-21 from 2,183 tonnes in 2019-20, wrote...
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