-Frontline.inJean Dreze is a well-known Indian economist working in the field of "development economics". Born in Belgium, he studied mathematical economics at the University of Essex and completed his PhD from the Indian Statistical Institute (New Delhi) in 1982.He has taught at the London School of Economics and the Delhi School of Economics and is currently visiting professor at Ranchi University as well as honorary professor at the Delhi School...
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FSSAI claims your moong, masoor Dal is poisonous! Here is the full report
-The Times of India For us Indians, a lunch or dinner cannot be considered healthy and wholesome without a serving of a comfort food like moong or masoor daal. If you cannot imagine going a day without having some daal, you should seriously rethink your decision as you might be consuming some harmful chemicals with your food. New studies conducted by national food safety authorities have proved that the pulses getting imported...
More »Experiences and Perceptions of Discrimination among Dalits and Muslims -Payal Hathi, Diane Coffey, Nazar Khalid, Nidhi Khurana & Amit Thorat
-Economic and Political Weekly Through the use of new survey data, the experiences and perceptions of discrimination among Dalits and Muslims have been quantified. One important result is that many respondents report experiencing discrimination at school and in interactions with government officials. These results are even more worrisome when we consider that self-reports of discrimination perhaps underestimate the true extent of the problem. Please click here to access ...
More »Eco-friendly farmers in 'model' Punjab village don't burn crop stubble, plough it back to soil -Manish Sirhindi
-The Times of India PATIALA: When smoke from burning paddy stubble was choking Delhi last year, one small village near Nabha in Punjab was doing its bit to keep the air clean. Not a straw was burnt in Kalar Majra, where 60 families farm about 700 acres. “The government chose our village as a model, and gave all the machinery needed to manage the crop residue,” says Bir Dalvinder Singh, a Kalar...
More »Baatein Aman Ki: Here's Why Over 100 Women are Traveling Across India to Spread the Message of Peace -Simantini Dey
-News18.com All the women yatris who are currently traveling through different parts of India and spreading the message of peace will reach Delhi by 13 October, where a day-long event will be held to celebrate peace and harmony. Last month, five minibusses, with twenty-five women in each of them, started their journeys from five different states of India – Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh. These 5 different groups of...
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