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Export curbs on wheat flour

-The Telegraph Decision to further restrict the export was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by PM Narendra Modi New Delhi: The Modi government on Thursday further restricted the export of wheat flour to curb rising prices as shipments have increased over 200 per cent during the April-July period compared with last year. The government in May had banned the export of wheat. The decision to...

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No respite for common man? After wheat and flour, now prices of Maida soar -Harpreet Bajwa

-The New Indian Express The market buzz is that at Kandla port in Gujarat, from where Maida is traded abroad, the price has touched around Rs 3,000 per quintal. CHANDIGARH: The prices of Maida (refined wheat flour) are soaring due to escalating international prices following the Ukraine conflict. The result is bakery products such as bread and biscuits could be costlier soon. Sources said the price of wheat has touched Rs 2,350 per...

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Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report

The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...

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Farmers protest: Maharashtra cultivators travel 1440km to Delhi -Parth MN

-The Telegraph A large segment of the protesters who travelled are Adivasis fighting for their land titles under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 The tent seemed more spacious and the winter didn’t bite as much. After spending four days on the road in a cramped tempo with 14 others, Chhagan Chaudhari, 60, extended his legs and wrapped himself with a thick blanket as he prepared to sleep on December 25 night in...

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Undermining the Republic -Prashant Bhushan & Cheryl D'souza

-The Indian Express There is deliberate ambiguity regarding citizenship laws and policies, their implementation. These threaten to undermine the basic values of the Indian Constitution. Rattled by the widespread agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which, coupled with the National Register of Citizens, is rightly seen as the first concrete step to establish a Hindu Rashtra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed at Ramlila Maidan that there is no move by the government...

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