-Down to Earth Farmer suicides have INCreased significantly and doubled in some regions where weather extremities INCurred heavy losses Farmer suicides in the Nanded district of Maharashtra’s Marathwada more than doubled sINCe INCessant rains caused severe crop damage in the region. The suicide cases in Nanded jumped to 26 in August from eight in July, according to official estimates. The total number of farmer suicides reported from the district in 2022 stood at 93...
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India’s retail inflation on steady rise on the back of high food prices, may INCh up to 7.3% -Lalit Kumar
-Financial Express The numbers projected in Barclays report are the result of an uptick in prices of staples such as cereals, pulses, vegetables, spices, and dairy. As a result, the food inflation could rise to 8.5 per cent on-year in September, the report added. Buoyant food prices may drive India’s retail inflation to 7.3 per cent on-year in September – 30 basis points higher than that in August, according to a forecast...
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-NDTV.com According to Time, the co-founders of fact-check site AltNews, Mohammed Zubair and Pratik Sinha, are among those who could be considered to win the Nobel Prize. New Delhi: Fact-checkers Mohammed Zubair and Pratik Sinha have been listed among popular choices to win the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize by Time magazine. According to Time, the co-founders of fact-check site AltNews, Mr Sinha and Mr Zubair, are among those who could be considered to...
More »Pitch on cost of poll promises not linked to freebie debate: Election Commission official -Damini Nath
-The Hindu The government’s fiscal health will be brought into the political discourse with the proposed change, says top Election Commission of India official The Election Commission of India’s (EC) proposal that political parties disclose the financial ramifications of promises in their manifestos was not linked to the recent debate on freebies, but was aimed at improving the implementation of existing guidelines, a top EC official said on Wednesday. The EC had on...
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-PTI/ TheWire.in States such as Tripura, Uttarakhand and Mizoram have just one functional eye bank, according to data. New Delhi: Eleven states and Union Territories, INCluding Goa and Jammu and Kashmir, have no functional eye banks, according to official data. Doctors, however, underlined that such banks alone don’t serve the purpose as there is an INCreasing demand for eye donors, especially in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exacerbated the situation. According to...
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