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Human Greed at Epicentre of (Un)natural Devastation in Himachal

To overcome the challenge of such disasters, we must change our mindset for development and learn from nature by collaborating with local communities.HIMACHAL Pradesh has been the epicentre of (un)natural disasters for more than a month. More than 300 people, including 35 on August 14 (Monday), have been killed, thousands left homeless and property worth more than Rs 1,500 crore destroyed.Himachal is situated in the Himalayas, which has been affected by climate change.

Rush to the Moon: New Equations In Space

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×SUDDENLY it feels as if every space-faring nation is heading to the moon! India’s Chandrayaan-3 will hopefully succeed in executing a soft landing on September 23. In a rather sudden decision, the long-postponed Russian Luna 25 mission, also for soft landing of a lander, was given the green signal and launched on August 10 on a direct path to the moon, slated to land any day between August 21 and 23.

Bihar: 32-Day ASHA Workers’ Strike Ends after Talks with Health Minister

Tejashwi Yadav agreed to raise honorarium to Rs 2,500 per month and send ‘government employee status’ demand recommendation to centre, say union leaders.ABOUT one lakh ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists) and ASHA facilitators, who had been on strike since July 12, that is more than a month, announced an end to their indefinite strike on August 13, after reaching an agreement during talks with health minister Tejashwi Yadav on their nine-point demand charter.

Put the Three Criminal Law Bills for Wider Discussion

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THREE bills have been introduced in parliament to replace the existing criminal laws – The Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act.  The home minister, Amit Shah, announced that these bills are meant to overhaul the colonial period laws.  The names given to the bills are: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhiti Bill, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, whic

The Week in Parliament

THE monsoon session of parliament was stormy, with opposition protests demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the ethnic violence in Manipur. These protests have reverberated through both houses since the commencement of the monsoon session on July 20.Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharyya participated in the Rajya Sabha discussion on the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023. He highlighted that humanity is characterised by rationality, setting us apart as rational animals.

SKM, CTUs to Hold United National Convention

AUGUST 24, 2023 will see a historic event in India. For the first time ever, the huge Talkatora Stadium in the nation’s capital Delhi will be witness to a joint convention of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Central Trade Unions (CTUs). These two platforms today represent the broadest sections of the peasantry and the working class of India.Over 5,000 delegates representing several organisations of workers, peasants, and agricultural workers will join this convention. Here, the importance of worker-peasant unity will be stressed.

Shooting the Messenger: Adverse Health Trends Revealed in the NFHS (5) 2019-2021

THE nutritional status of the Indian population has been going down slowly but surely during the last three decades, the period of neo-liberal economic reforms. The five-yearly National Sample Survey reports on nutritional intake in India have been registering decline in per capita calorie intake as well as protein intake (but rise in fat intake, concentrated with the top spending groups). The nutritional decline started earliest in rural India, with urban areas joining in the decline later.

Maha: Elections to Mumbai University Senate & Academic Council BUCTU Trounces Right Wing Opponents

 THE Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union (BUCTU) once again and unequivocally reaffirmed its stamp of authority in the affairs of University of Mumbai with an overwhelming victory in the just concluded elections to the senate and academic council with a thumping majority.Elections with preferential voting system were held for ten senate seats (five general and five reserved) and eight academic council seats. The results of these elections were declared on July 7, 2023. BUCTU contested all ten senate seats and won eight out of ten.

Kerala CM Assures to Provide Market Support For Apple Farmers through Co-operatives

ON August 5th, a delegation from the Apple Farmers’ Federation of India (AFFI) met with Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister of Kerala, in New Delhi to explore opportunities for establishing a robust marketing network within the domestic market of Kerala through co-operatives. The objective of this initiative is to ensure fair and profitable prices for apple farmers from the states of Jammu Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

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