Fewer journalists were killed in the first six months of this year, the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said on Thursday. Since 1 January, 27 journalists have paid for their profession with their lives in 17 countries. This is the lowest figure recorded for more than 15 years. Although the number of deaths is falling, arbitrary arrests, beatings, threats and censorship continue to be reported in every continent. “This casualty figure is still high, but it is moving in the right direction. There is hope that the mobilisation of governments, the UN, media fraternity and NGOs is beginning to show…
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s gesture of washing the feet of Dashmat Rawat, the tribal victim of urination incident in Sidhi, is evoking mixed reaction on social media – some appreciating it and some calling it poll-year theatrics. The opposition Congress is expectedly calling it a theatrics, an event and attempt to wash the sins of past 18 years of BJP rule in MP. A day after the BJP government sprung into action to demolish the house of the accused Pravesh Shukla – said to be former representative of the Sidhi BJP MLA Kedarnath Shukla, impose stringent National…
Of India’s 4,041 census cities and towns, a mere 12 per cent have air quality monitoring systems. What’s more, only 200 of these cities monitor all six key criteria pollutants. This is when compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and clean air targets under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) requires robust air quality monitoring. A new analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released here today has laid bare this abysmal state of the country’s air quality monitoring network. The analysis points out that this means nearly 47 per cent of the country’s population remains…
According to a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into India increased by 10% to US$ 49 billion in 2022, making it the third-largest host country for announced greenfield projects and the second largest for international project finance deals. According to the latest World Investment Report by the UNCTAD, despite diminishing trends in global FDI, India remained in eighth place in terms of FDI inflows. According to the analysis, outward investment by Indian multinational corporations (MNEs) dropped by 16% to US$ 15 billion in 2022. However, Indian MNEs announced US$ 42…
Two days before rebelling against uncle Sharad Pawar to join the Maharashtra government last Sunday, NCP leader Ajit Pawar approached the Election Commission on June 30 staking claim to the party name as well as symbol and subsequently also declared himself as president with support of 40 lawmakers, sources said. As the factional fight in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) reached the doorstep of the Election Commission, the Sharad Pawar-led group also filed a caveat through email on July 3 — a day after the rebellion became public with the swearing-in of Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister and eight…
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the draft data protection Bill, paving the way for its introduction in the Monsoon session of Parliament. If passed, the law will become India’s core data governance framework, six years after the Supreme Court declared privacy as a fundamental right. The Bill is one of the four proposed legislations in the IT and telecom sectors to provide the framework for the rapidly growing digital ecosystem. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, approved by the Cabinet, is learnt to have retained the contents of the original version of the legislation proposed last November, including those…
According to the data provided by employment agency Quess Corp, the professional services sector’s workforce increased by double between January-May 2023, as compared to the same time last year. During January-May 2023, it hired the maximum number of people in India. Taxation, business consulting, risk advisory, deal advisory, technology services, and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) services were among the areas in the industry with the highest demand. The disclosed employment trends insights state that hiring increased in India by 12% during the period based on payroll distribution data from Quess Corp’s subsidiary Allsec Technologies Ltd. The industry was…
Food, fuel and fertiliser crisis is a big challenge for all the countries in the world surrounded by controversies, tensions and epidemics and there must be united efforts to deal with it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. In his opening remarks at the virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Modi said some countries use cross-border terrorism as an instrument of their policy and the grouping must not hesitate to criticise them. With Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif listening, Modi said there is a need for decisive action to deal with terrorism. The summit was joined by…
With an eye on the next Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed new party chiefs in many of its state units. Union Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy has been made state president of Telangana, while Etela Rajender, an MLA and former state minister, has been appointed as the campaign committee chief for the state elections later this year. BJP chief J.P. Nadda has also appointed new chiefs in Punjab, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, thus setting in motion its plan to revamp the organisation for the elections keeping in mind the ground situation. This rejig comes…
According to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), the housing industry in India is predicted to continue its momentum with sales increasing at a rate of 9% year-over-year in the current fiscal year 2023-24, supported by a steady and healthy demand. Grade I players are projected to see better liquidity than lower tiers in 2023-24 and sales growth of 15-18% on-year. Residential sales in the top eight Indian cities, including Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, National Capital Region (NCR), Pune, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata, increased by 18% year-over-year to 392 million square feet in 2022-23, according to Liases Foras data…