-Newsclick.in Researchers will now focus on how the Dwarf Virus, first found in China, entered Punjab and Haryana. Even though the virus causing the ‘dwarfing’ of paddy in Punjab and Haryana is new in the country, the insect that carries the virus has been here for years, according to a latest research by scientists at Ludhiana’s Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), the Indian Express reported. The Southern Rice Black-streaked Dwarf Virus (SRBSDV) is carried...
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Accounting regulator raps ‘EY arm’s’ audit of IL&FS firm
-The Hindu 'Understatement of losses runs up to more than ₹2,000 crore’ The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has rapped ‘EY group firm’ SRBC & Co. LLP for failing to detect several problems in the IL&FS group’s transport venture while undertaking its statutory audit in 2017-18. The auditor’s lapses had led to losses being understated by more than ₹2,000 crore, incorrect treatment of letters of comfort of ₹2,654 crore and improper valuation of...
More »Birth, death registrations up in 2019
-The Hindu 14 States/Union Territories achieved 100% level of birth registrations: report The level of registration of births and deaths in the country improved in 2019, according to the “Vital Statistics of India Based on The Civil Registration System” report. Some States and Union Territories were, however, lagging behind. The report states that the level of birth registration increased from 87.8% in 2018 to 92.7% in 2019; and death registrations went up from 84.6%...
More »Missing at birth: on sex selective abortion and infanticide
-The Hindu Serious efforts must be made to deter sex selective abortion and infanticide Few things cast a long shadow on human failing as much as sex selection does. To choose on the basis of gender and eliminate new life if the gender is not ‘favourable’ can easily be among humanity’s worst moments. Last week’s case of infanticide in Tamil Nadu’s Usilampatti, historically notorious for its crude methods of killing female babies,...
More »Finding the data on missing girls -Sabu M George
-The Hindu The figure quoted by the government fails to completely take into consideration deliveries in private hospitals. Female foeticide continues to increase at an alarming rate, as per the Sample Registration System (SRS) data released in July for the period 2015-2017. The sex ratio at birth (SRB) has been dropping continuously since Census 2011, coming down from 909 girls per thousand boys in 2011-2013 to 896 girls in 2015-2017, to quote...
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