-The Hindu Kochi (Kerala): With the tribespeople resorting to e-trading, as many as 14 products are expected to reach the doorsteps of customers across the world through a mouse click. The tribespeople of Chalakudy are trying out e-commerce to find better markets for their exclusive forest produce. With the tribespeople resorting to e-trading, as many as 14 products including forest honey collected from the rain forests of Chalakudy, wild turmeric (kasthoorimanjal) and kallurvanchi,...
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Centre blocks 32 webSITes for security reasons, restores some later -S Ronendra Singh
-The Hindu Business Line Netizens up in arms on social media, seek better law instead The Centre on Wednesday asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to block 32 webSITes citing national security concerns, especially from terror group ISIS. The move created a flutter on social networking SITes, as most of the Web SITes, such as archive.org, vimeo.com, github.com, pastebin.com, codepad.org and paste2.org, were being used by global communities like application developers for free movies...
More »Centre weighs in with record urea supply to curb black-marketing -Pratim Ranjan Bose
-The Hindu Business Line But manufacturers want subsidy regime to end in order to improve production Kolkata: To curb black-marketing in urea, the Centre in December released a "record" 3.7 million tonnes (mt) into the market, by stepping up imports. The usual monthly requirement of the fertiliser, whose supply is regulated, is 2.5-3 mt. The demand for urea peaks towards end December and early January. India produces approximately 22 mt of urea against the...
More »Girls in Gujarat record highest incidences of ‘sexual abuse’ -Avinash Nair
-The Indian Express More girls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi home state Gujarat seem to be reporting ‘sexual abuse' than anywhere else in the country. According to a recent status report published by an NGO - Save the Children - over 63 percent girls in Gujarat have reported sexual abuse which is highest in the country. Madhya Pradesh (57%) and West Bengal (56%) stand second and third respectively in the report titled,...
More »Loud claims of agricultural growth notwithstanding, NSSO suggests Gujarat cultivators’ income is worse than national average -Rajiv Shah
-Counterview.org There have been loud claims, which continue to be made till date, that agricultural growth in Gujarat has been a "success story", which other states must follow. It is also suggested that Gujarat's agricultural growth rose from 3.3 per cent per annum in the 1990s to nearly 9 per cent over the last one decade. The argument goes on: Gujarat has written the success story despite facing challenges like depletion...
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