-The Hindu Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the progress of rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants, including Kashmiri Pandits, during a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday. Mr. Shah was in Jammu to attend the 83rd Raising Day parade of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). According to the Union Home Ministry, only 17% of the proposed accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits has been completed in the past seven years. The Union...
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Gujarat: Environmentalists concerned over rising land in Bhavnagar, say lignite mining to blame
-Down to Earth Land has risen approximately 10 metres in height and 700 metres in width at a lignite mining site near the Bhuteshwar-Bhumbhali village Environmentalists in Gujarat have expressed concern over the rising of land in a village in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district. They have blamed mining for lignite being carried out by the state government in the vicinity. Land has risen in the period March 9-March 17, 2022 at the Gujarat Mineral...
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-TheWire.in "With the additional grains under PMGKAY also set to stop after March 2022, the hunger crisis is likely to exacerbate in the country," the Right to Food Campaign said. New Delhi: The Right to Food Campaign has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the “crisis” in income decline and severe food insecurity, especially among the economically weaker and marginalised sections of society Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the Pradhan...
More »Heat Waves Sweep Across India -Aathira Perincherry
-The Wire Science * Many regions in India, including the north and the centre, are currently reporting hotter weather thanks to heat waves. * The IMD has forecast ‘severe’ heat wave conditions for the next three days over parts of Rajasthan. Heat waves will also prevail over areas of Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Telangana. * According to the government, the IMD’s predictive power to forecast heatwaves has increased significantly over the years. Kochi: Many...
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-ThePrint.in Hit by soaring oil import costs and a dip in tourism revenue, Sri Lanka is racing to avert a default amid dwindling forex holdings. Colombo: Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has caused a humanitarian crisis and convulsed global financial markets, is now threatening to crush an $81 billion economy more than 4,000 miles away in the Indian Ocean. Hit by soaring oil import costs and a dip in tourism revenue, Sri Lanka...
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