-The Tribune Centre says the opposition by activists, experts and scientists to GM crops was ‘ideological’ rather than based on scientific rationale New Delhi: As activists express concern over possible environmental contamination due to genetically modified (GM) crops, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought to know from the Centre if there was any compelling reason for the environmental release of GM Mustard. “What we want to know is whether in Indian conditions is...
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Can India have ‘Project Great Indian Bustard’, apex court asks during hearing on GIB deaths -Shuchita Jha
-Down to Earth A total of seven Great Indian Bustards have died in 2022 due to electrocution A Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asked the Union government December 1, 2022, if a ‘Project Bustard’ could be launched on the lines of ‘Project Tiger’. The bench was hearing petitions throwing light on the critical situation of Great Indian Bustards (GIB) and their deaths due to electrocution from...
More »IMD forecasts warm winter, crop yields likely to feel the heat this year -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Both the minimum and maximum will remain below normal in Southern Peninsular and Central India in these winter months. Brace for some warmth this winter as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its December-February forecast on Thursday said that the minimum and maximum temperatures could remain ‘normal’ to ‘above normal’ over most parts of Northwest and Northeast India. Both the minimum and maximum will remain below normal in Southern Peninsular and...
More »Fact check: Union minister’s claim of 15-16 lakh jobs being created every month is inaccurate -Divyani Dubey & Nidhi Jacob
-Scroll.in Ashwini Vaishnaw based his remarks on EPFO data, which experts say does not present a true picture since a bulk of the employment in the country is informal. Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on November 24 used the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, or EPFO, payroll statistics to claim that an average of about 15-16 lakh jobs are being generated by the Union government every month....
More »Data shows maternal mortality rate in West Bengal rise above national average -Subhajoy Roy
-The Telegraph CM Mamata Banerjee had lambasted health officials for the increasing trend of referring patients, even pregnant women, to hospitals in Kolkata West Bengal’s maternal mortality ratio is above 100 per 100,000 live births, compared with the national average of 97, according to the latest figures (2018-20) published by the Registrar General of India on Tuesday. The state’s maternal mortality ratio had dropped to 94 and 98 in the 2015-17 and 2016-18...
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