-The Hindu Indian delegation to bring up exploitation of apprentices The 110 th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) will launch the FIRst round of discussions on setting standards for apprenticeships. India is sending three delegations on behalf of the Government, employers and employees to participate in various group meetings of the ILC, beginning on Sunday at the headquarters of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva. The ILC will have a...
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What’s falling: Poverty or quality of analysis? -Santosh Mehrotra
-Deccan Herald Dodgy data Surjit Bhalla, India’s Executive Director (IMF), Arvind Virmani, former Chief Economic Advisor under UPA, and K Bhasin, in an IMF Working Paper, state that to estimate poverty, when no survey has been undertaken, is to take the most recent survey (2011-12) data and update individual consumption (or personal) income by the corresponding growth rate observed in the national accounts (NAS). However, there are problems with estimating poverty based on...
More »Police Reform via New Legislation Should Not Dilute State Role -Ajay K Mehra
-TheWire.in As the police reform discourse has begun again, let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law. Police has been in the news recently, mostly for the wrong reasons. Let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law to contextualise the discussion on police reforms in India. The Justice V.S. Sripurkar Commission set up...
More »World Food Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions -C Saratchand
-Newsclick.in The war is exacerbating the food crisis, but to end it, the United States must FIRst realise no military solution to the conflict in Ukraine will bring about the defeat of Russia it seeks. There is a world food crisis spanning the realms of production and distribution. According to the Global Report on Food Crises 2022, acute food insecurity afflicted approximately 193 million people in 2021. They were based in 53...
More »Monkeypox symptoms, contagious phase can reduce with antiviral drugs, finds Lancet study
-IndiaToday.in A study published in the prestigious medical journal Lancet has found that some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms of monkeypox and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious. Nearly 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 100 conFIRmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe. The outbreaks are raising alarm because monkeypox, which spreads through close...
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