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Magsaysay Award -- In the eye of controversy -Sumeda

-The Hindu CPI(M) cites ‘anti-communist stance’ for declining the award for Shailaja A controversy over the ‘joint’ decision of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI (M), to decline the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award nomination for former kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has brought into focus the prize and the former Philippines President in whose name the award was instituted in 1957. Though the CPI(M) has cited the ‘anti-communist’ stance of Ramon...

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Urban jobless rate in 7 states, J&K acutely high -Surya Sarathi Ray

-Financial Express Pan-India unemployment down since the second wave of Covid-19. Even as there has been a steady decline in urban unemployment since the highly infective second Covid wave, joblessness in seven states of Rajasthan, Bihar, kerala, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh, besides Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, remained at very high levels, as per the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) data. These states, where unemployment has consistently been higher than...

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Audit lays bare numerous breach of India’s coastal regulations -GS Mudur

-The Telegraph Jail and racetrack on beach bully list New Delhi: An audit has identified dozens of public and private projects that have breached India’s coastal regulations — beach resorts, ports, roads, a racetrack, and even a jail near an Olive Ridley turtle nesting site. The exercise by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged deficiencies in the Union environment ministry’s project approval mechanisms and lapses by state coastal regulatory authorities that...

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kerala stares at repeat of 2018 floods as rain fury continues

-The Hindu Reservoirs full and rivers overflowing; people shifted to relief camps kerala once again stares at a flood-like situation with high intensity rain triggered by strong monsoon winds lashing central kerala. In addition, a low pressure system is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal by Sunday, which is likely to aggravate the rains. The situation is precarious in the State, especially in central kerala where swollen rivers have already...

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Workers demand increased budgetary allocations and timely payment on the 1st day of MGNREGA dharna

-Press release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha dated August 2, 2022 Hundreds of NREGA workers from 15+ states gathered for a three day protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi called under the banner of NREGA Sangharsh Morcha. The crucial role played by NREGA in supporting the rural population was highlighted during the pandemic, with work demand shooting up as lakhs of migrant workers streamed home. Even now, two years into the...

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