-NDTV.com Botched Nagaland Ambush: The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court. Guwahati: Thirty Army special forces soldiers have been named in a Nagaland Police chargesheet over a botched ambush last year that killed 14 civilians. The state police chief said their Special Investigation Team, or SIT, has given the chargesheet to court. It names one Army officer and 29 jawans. The SIT alleged...
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India's economy recovered strongly despite 3 COVID-19 waves, says U.S. Treasury report
-PTI/ The Hindu “India’s acute second wave weighed heavily on growth through the middle of 2021, delaying its economic recovery” The Indian economy has rebounded strongly despite three significant COVID-19 waves, the US Treasury has said in a report to Congress. India's acute second wave weighed heavily on growth through the middle of 2021, delaying its economic recovery, the Treasury said in a semi-annual report. "However, economic activity rebounded strongly in the second half...
More »Economist to Jharkhand: Add an egg to midday meal -Achintya Ganguly
-The Telegraph Jean Dreze reminds Rameshwar Oran that 'Jharkhand’s children are among the most undernourished in the world' Ranchi: An egg served with every school midday meal will not only help address nutrition issues among children but also improve attendance at schools, development economist Jean Dreze said in a letter to Jharkhand finance minister Rameshwar Oran on Thursday. In the letter, Dreze appealed to the minister “for provision of one egg per day...
More »MSP Revision a Betrayal of Our Movement, Covers Only Inflation Impact, Say Farmer Leaders -Ravi Kaushal
-Newsclick.in If rise in input costs is compared with new MSP, then in real terms, MSP has been reduced for 11 out 14 Kharif crops, the leaders said. New Delhi: Terming it a “cruel joke” on farmers, farmer organisations on Thursday said that the increase in minimum support price (MSP) of 14 crops for Kharif season 2022-23 announced by the Centre merely covers the impact of inflated prices of inputs including seeds,...
More »India’s infant mortality RATe isn’t a fringe issue -Patralekha Chatterjee
-Deccan Chronicle The latest data from the Registrar-General of India shows that India’s infant mortality RATe is 28 (28 infant deaths per 1,000 live births) Infant mortality is the end-result of a whole chain of interlinked ground-level challenges. In a week when the word “fringe” is a headline-grabber, let me start by saying that updates about the country’s infant mortality RATe (IMR) is not a fringe issue. It is central to a...
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