The hazards of pesticides -Devinder Sharma
-The TribuneProposed Bill needs to make the industry pay for health damages AMIDST a hurricane of lawsuits that agrochemical multinational…
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By making crop insurance optional for farmers, has the Centre effectively ended the scheme? -Siraj Hussain
-TheWire.inMaking crop insurance mandatory for loanee farmers provided an attractive deal for insurance companies. Without this, will the business still…
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Government data shows fall in job creation by schemes -Swati Mathur
-The Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Some of the flagship employment generation and placement schemes, such as the Prime Minister’s Employment…
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Soil health card helps boost farm income: Study
-PTINew Delhi: Use of soil health card has helped farmers substantially reduce the cost of production and achieve higher production,…
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Cash transfer to ration cardholders: Madras High Court dismisses Puducherry Chief Minister’s plea -Mohamed Imranullah S
-The HinduCourt holds that V. Narayanasamy could not question the President’s decision concurring with Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi, in favour…
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Brus vs non-tribal Bengalis: It’s a clash among the displaced in Tripura -Rahul Karmakar
-The HinduFollowing the agreement allowing some 35,000 displaced Bru tribal people to settle permanently in Tripura, tension is brewing between…
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Set to lose land for Ram statue plan in Ayodhya, villagers ask why their farms -Avaneesh Mishra
-The Indian ExpressThe January 25 notice by the district administration mentioned 86 hectares and 259 landowners in the Yadav-dominated gram…
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Is the Census exercise in danger?
-The Hindu Business LinePushing the NPR in a restive atmosphere could compromise the integrity of socio-economic data Growing incidents of…
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Citizenship Amendment Act may leave Muslims stateless, says U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
-The HinduU.N. chief says he is personally concerned about the future of minorities in India. India’s new citizenship law may…
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Nutrition: In Budget 2020, rhetoric beats reality again -Bharat Dogra
-Newsclick.inAs the numbers show, the government isn’t putting its money where its mouth is Everyone, including the government, recognises the…
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Flood-affected people threaten agitation over unkept promises -Rishikesh Bahadur Desai
-The HinduOfficers admit that additional amount announced by CM yet to be paid to farmers Belagavi (Karnataka): Delay in distribution…
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Jharkhand: Almost 90% of deleted ration cards belonged to real households, finds study
-Scroll.inIn 2017, lakhs of ration cards were deleted in the state without informing the households. Almost 90% of the ration…
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Only 8.4 crore poor in India, claims a new study -Sunitha Natti
-The New Indian ExpressThe authors conclude that the record pace of poverty reduction was due to high growth rate. Only…
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CVC searcher is also CVC applicant! -Sanjay K Jha
-The Telegraph‘Finance secretary Rajiv Kumar was eventually not chosen, probably because of stiff opposition’ A member of the search committee…
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Story of budget ’20, in 9 charts -Team Plain Facts
-Livemint.comWith no significant spending increase to boost consumption or other major reform, the 2020 budget may lack the firepower to…
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