On 6 February, 2023 Southern Turkey and the adjoining areas in Syria were hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake followed by several aftershocks. The tremors have flattened buildings and destroyed roads and other infrastructure. At least 35,000 casualties (UPDATE) have occurred across Turkey and Syria, with the vast majority being in the former nation. A news report cited the Turkish environment minister saying that 24,921 buildings across the region had collapsed. What...
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DGFT issues RCs for 1.6 mn tonne wheat export after May 13 ban order
-PTI/ The Hindu Business Line Registration certificates of wheat to exporters having valid letter of credit The commerce ministry's arm Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued registration certificates for about 1.6 million tonne of wheat to exporters having valid letter of credit, after the ban order of May 13, an official said. The government is allowing wheat shipments for which irrevocable letters of credit (L/C) were issued on or before May...
More »Book Review: A 'Slave Revolt' in 21st Century Uttar Pradesh -MR Narayan Swamy
-TheWire.in Laura T. Murphy's 'Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt' unwraps the little known powerful story of a tribal revolt in the heartland of India. Laura T. Murphy’s Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt is a powerful and moving story of a ‘slave revolt’ in the heartland of India that not many know about. And it did not occur in a bygone era –...
More »Hold Sedition Law Till Review? Supreme Court Wants Centre's Reply Tomorrow -Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Supreme Court Sedition Hearing: On Monday, two days after firmly defending the sedition law and asking the Supreme Court to dismiss challenges to it, the government said it had decided to review the legislation. New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the government to reply by tomorrow on whether the sedition law can be paused and people charged under it can be protected while the colonial-era law is being reviewed. A...
More »Untangling the Labyrinth of Health Inequities in India -Indranil Mukhopadhyay
-Economic and Political Weekly Please click here to access the review of the book 'Equity and Access: Health Care Studies in India', edited by Purendra Prasad and Amar Jesani, India: OUP, 2019; pp xiv + 418, Rs.1,195 (hardcover). The Book Review has been done by Dr. Indranil Mukhopadhyay, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat. Kindly click here to read more. ...
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