-Hindustan Times Food price index leapt 7.75% in June on the back of a global spiral in commodity prices, slightly lower than 7.97% in May India’s retail inflation marginally eased for the SECond month in a row to 7.01% in June from a year ago, official data on Tuesday showed, but consumer prices, which rose 7.04% in May, continued to breach the Reserve Bank of India’s upper limit of 6% for the...
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Monsoon 2022: Agriculture SECtor shed nearly 8 million jobs in June -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Sluggish monsoon; area sown down 15%; rural employment stares at meltdown There are disturbing signals of a potential meltdown of the country’s biggest employer and also food producer as the southwest monsoon enters its SECond week of the SECond month. Kharif sowing was down 15 per cent by July 7, in comparison to last year for the same period. Altogether, farmers didn’t sow in 6.3 million hectares (Ha) of farms. Sowing...
More »‘A breach was made, no communal angle’ — what Assam probe into Cachar floods has revealed so far -Angana Chakrabarti
-ThePrint.in On 19 June, Silchar town — the district headquarters of Cachar district — was inundated as water from the Barak river entered the town. Guwahati: Police in Assam have ruled out a communal angle in the Barak embankment breach, which led to floods in the Cachar district, and urged people and the media to refrain from spreading rumours. “There is no communal angle in this event. My appeal to various social media...
More »Pythagoras theorem has Vedic roots, claims Karnataka education policy panel
-Scroll.in The claim has been made by in a position paper submitted to the National Council of Educational Research and Training. A Karnataka education policy panel’s position paper has claimed that the Pythagoras theorem has Vedic roots, The Times of India reported on Sunday. The proposal is backed by a task force, which is assigned with implementing the National Education Policy in the state. Every state has been tasked with submitting their position...
More »Sowing report: Lowest area under paddy in a decade -Shagun
-Down to Earth Till July 8, rainfall had been deficient in at least eight states Just 7.22 million hectares (mha) have been sown with paddy, according to data released by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare July 8, 2022. This is the lowest area sown till the SECond week of July when compared to the last 10 years. For instance, on July 13, 2012, the area under paddy was 9.67 mha. It...
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