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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Cereal inflation would be hard to tame amidst low rice acreage
Is India going to face inflation in cereal prices during the rest of the current financial year? Experts differ on this. An analysis by Nomura Global Economics and CEIC finds that a below normal monsoon does not always translate into high retail inflation in food. Similarly, an above normal southwest monsoon does not always bring down the rate of food inflation. However, some agricultural experts (please click here, here and...
More »Explainer: How Teacher Recruitment Scam in West Bengal Unfolded -Sandip Chakraborty
-Newsclick.in Many candidates alleged they gave ‘cut money’ (commission) which was channelised to then state education minister Partha Chatterjee (who is now under arrest) and were recruited. Kolkata: The School Selection Commission (SSC) scam in West Bengal came to national limelight after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) unearthed Rs 21 crore 90 lakh in hard cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence. Arpita Mukherjee is believed to be a close confidante of Partha Chatterjee,a trusted...
More »Centre warns of CBI, EoW action against post-dated wheat export LCs -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Since wheat export was banned on May 13, the government has been cracking down on exporters who are waiting to have their orders cleared on the basis of invalid LCs Serving a warning to unscrupulous wheat exporters, the government on Monday said if after a probe it was found they had issued post-dated letters of credit (LCs), they would be proceeded against under the Foreign Trade Act. It can take help...
More »Bengal School Recruitment Scam: How the Court Brought Employment Masters to Their Knees -Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
-TheWire.in Unearthing of the scam has left Trinamool Congress spokespersons speechless. This is the first article in a three-part series on the Bengal school recruitment scam. Kolkata: At least 609 illegal appointments in group D employees’ posts, 381 in clerical (group-C) posts and a yet-to-be determined number of posts for assistant teachers for classes IX and X at government-sponsored and aided schools in West Bengal during 2019-20 have so far been unearthed in...
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