-The Hindu Business Line Early germination failure of soyabean seeds this July saw farmers join hands against seed companies; farmer organisations and political parties now seem to have thrown in their hats Pune: An increasing number of soybean and onion farmers deciding to develop seed plots, so that they don’t have to buy seeds from private seed companies, has the seed industry worried. Maharashtra agriculture department is encouraging farmers to develop their own...
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‘Celebrity bias’ in Editors Guild of India -Umanand Jaiswal
-The Telegraph In the letter, Patricia Mukhim mentioned Republic TV managing director Arnab Goswami who was recently arrested in a suicide abetment case Guwahati: Latent disquiet in newsrooms about the way some celebrity anchors are being defended with alacrity and others being left to fend for themselves has spilled out in the open with an editor resigning from the Editors Guild of India. Patricia Mukhim, editor of The Shillong Times, has sent her...
More »Arunachal records best sex ratio, Manipur the worst -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Nagaland, Mizoram, Kerala and Karnataka rank high in the list Arunachal Pradesh recorded the best sex ratio in the country while Manipur recorded the worst sex ratio, according to the 2018 report on “vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System”. Sex ratio at birth is number of females born per thousand males. Arunachal Pradesh recorded 1,084 females born per thousand males, followed by Nagaland (965) Mizoram (964), Kerala (963)...
More »Supreme Court’s Selective Approach Will Not Prevent the 'Path of Destruction' -Fahad Hasin
-TheWire.in The Supreme Court order on Arnab Goswami does nothing if the same concern is not extended in the case of hundreds of citizens who have been jailed under various politically motivated cases. The Supreme Court’s decision to grant interim bail to Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami has led to sharp reactions. Among people who identify themselves as liberals, there are three broad strands of thinking. First, there are those who feel that...
More »How the Pawar’s Sakal Media and Pune police have been harassing Newslaundry reporter
-Newslaundry.com Prateek Goyal reported about layoffs at Sakal Times. He was slapped with an FIR and Newslaundry with a Rs 65 crore defamation suit. Prateek obtained bail but now the police want to seize his laptop. On March 27, Newslaundry reported that the Sakal Media Group, one of Maharashtra’s leading media houses, had sacked 15 employees in violation of a government directive to not terminate workers, or cut their wages during the...
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