-Hindustan Times The National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation has released satellite images of Joshimath, the Uttarakhand town gradually sinking because of land subsidence. It has revealed that a rapid subsidence of 5.4 centimeters has been recorded in 12 days between December 27, 2022 and January 8, 2023. The 12-day period of subsidence has been rapid, because between April 2022 and November 2022, Joshimath saw a slow...
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Prof. Satyajit Rath, National Institute of Immunology, interviewed by Sandipan Talukdar (Newsclick.in)
-Newsclick.in There is no evidence either of the subvariant being particularly more transmissible than other variants of the Omicron lineage, according to the eminent immunologist. BF.7, the new Omicron subvariant which has triggered a surge in China, has also been detected in India. Till the filing of this article, India hadrecorded only four BF.7 cases. New precautionary measures taken by the government, including advisories on wearing masks in public places and avoiding...
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-NDTV.com The Competition Commission of India, or CCI, said Google's operating system Android was configured to unlawfully Crowd out rivals New Delhi: Google has been fined ₹ 1,338 crore by India's anti-trust watchdog for allegedly abusing its commanding position in the smartphone market. Google said the move was "a major setback for Indian consumers and businesses." It will evaluate next steps. Here's your 5-point cheatsheet to this big story: * The Competition Commission of...
More »‘Over-Crowded’ Classrooms, Girls Dropping Out: Delhi Govt Comes Under Fire Over Merger of Schools -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in On Thursday, activists alleged that owing to a “shortage of schools” in the city, over 80,000 children have been denied admission to government schools in the recent past; the merger-closure policy has also led to a “steep decline” in the classroom teaching-learning process, according to them. New Delhi: The continuing merger of state-run schools in the national capital in the name of rationalisation has come under flak for leading to “severe...
More »More women in the labour force must not lead us to complacency -Sona Mitra and Bidisha Mondal
-Livemint.com It’s a pandemic-related rise and we still need an ecosystem of enablers that can lighten the domestic commitments of women The female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) in India has witnessed an increase, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) covering June 2020 to July 2021. The figure in the period stands at 25.1%, far better than the 17% in 2017-18. While this is...
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