-Newslaundry.com Vaishnavi Rathore of digital magazine Bastian also won the award for reporting on environmental and Development issues. Dainik Bhaskar won the Prem Bhatia Awards for outstanding political reporting for this year, for their coverage of under-reporting of Covid deaths across the country, as per a press release shared by the daily’s journalist. The award was given to the Dainik Bhaskar team of reporters for their coverage of the underreporting of Covid deaths...
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Oil and Natural Gas Extraction is not ‘Mining’, Says Wildlife Conservation Panel -Ayaskant Das
-Newsclick.in The move, paving the way for rampant hydrocarbon exploitation in and around some of the densest forests, will potentially benefit corporate bigwigs in the oil and natural gas sector. New Delhi: A wildlife conservation body under the Narendra Modi government has exempted oil and natural gas extraction from the definition of ‘mining’ activity, paving the way for rampant hydrocarbon exploitation in and around some of the densest forests of India which...
More »India more vulnerable to heat extremes: Lancet report
-The Hindu The ‘Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change’ notes that 295 billion hours of potential work were lost across the globe in 2020 due to heat exposure. India has become 15% more vulnerable to extremes of heat than in 1990, according to ‘the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change’, a flagship report of the medical journal The Lancet that provides periodic updates on the scientific literature on the relationship...
More »Joint Statement by independent United Nations human rights experts warning of the threat that financial speculation poses to the enjoyment of a range of human rights
-Press release by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dated 19th October, 2021 GENEVA (19 October 2021) – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts issued the following joint statement, in order to highlight the serious negative impact that financialisation has on the enjoyment of the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, as well as a range of other human rights, including the...
More »Stable, long-term policies can turn the tide -A Amarender Reddy
-The Tribune A major hurdle to increasing exports is the decades-long neglect of export market infrastructure, which doesn’t meet the importing countries’ standards in terms of quality, quantity and other attributes such as food safety norms. India lacks an export-oriented strategy for agricultural commodities to establish itself as a regular supplier to international markets due to ad hoc measures such as a ban on exports or increase in tariffs off and...
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