As Assange’s fate has again become a political decision, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has launched a new global campaign #FreeAssange petition, urging supporters to sign before May 18, to call on the UK Home Secretary to protect journalism and press freedom by rejecting Assange’s extradition to the US and ensuring his release without further delay. On April 20, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court signed an order confirming the alarming next step in the more than decade-long case against Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. Following more than two years of extradition proceedings in UK courts, Assange’s fate has once again become a political…
Author: Editor's Desk, Tattva News
With the threat of a new cold war looming as war rages in Ukraine, a group of influential civil society leaders have launched a call to action to set the world on the path to peace based on the concept of common security. Forty years years ago, the Palme Commission’s groundbreaking report, Common Security: a Programme for Disarmament, helped inspire Gorbachev and Reagan to negotiate an end the Cold War. The high-level advisory commission for Common Security 2022 revisited the premise that “international security must rest on a commitment to joint survival rather than a threat of mutual destruction” in a…
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (ETTC) latest Economic Impact Report (EIR) reveals the travel and tourism sector is expected to create nearly 126 million new jobs within the next decade. The bullish forecast from the WTTC, which represents the global travel and tourism private sector, also shows the sector will be a driving force of the global economic recovery, creating one in three of all new jobs. The announcement was made today by Julia Simpson, President & CEO, WTTC, in her opening speech at its prestigious Global Summit in the Philippines. The prediction was delivered in the capital, Manila,…
Several rights bodies have expressed severe concern over the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announcement on March 8 stating that she has secured a visit to China `foreseen to take play in May’. Their main objection is that her announcement did not include any mention of the expected release of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on serious human rights violations in Xinjiang, the Uyghur region. In September 2021, they recalled that ‘regret[ting] not be[ing] able to report progress’ on negotiations for access, Bachelet had confirmed that her Office was ‘finalising…
Describing the current age, the era of unicorns, the Prime Minister Describing the strides made by the Ayush sector the Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “we are already witnessing unprecedented growth in the production of AYUSH medicines, supplements and cosmetics. In 2014, where the AYUSH sector was less than $3 billion, today it has increased to more than $18 billion.” Inaugurating the Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, he said that the Ministry of AYUSH has taken several major steps to encourage startup culture in the field of Traditional Medicines. A few days back an incubation center…
India’s non-basmati rice exports witnessed an astounding growth of 109 percent from USD 2925 million in FY 2013-14 to USD 6115 million in FY 2021-22. As per DGCIS data, India exported rice to over 150 countries across the globe in 2021-22. India exported more than USD one million to 76 countries out of the 150 countries reported in 2021-22, It indicates the diversification of India’s rice export over the years. Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal said in a Tweet that Modi government’s policies helped farmers to get access to the global markets and also ensure food security.…
“India can’t afford the epidemic of obesity and non-communicable diseases. It is time, the Indian consumer is warned about how bad and unhealthy is junk food”, said, Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), while leading the expert deliberation on the ‘Need for front-of-pack warning labels on ultra-processed junk foods’. She was speaking at the three-day ‘National Conclave on Sustainable Food Systems’ which is being organized by CSE, at the Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI), Nimli, Rajasthan. At a panel discussion the issue of front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) on packaged junk foods, she said that “Health Star…
Nichino India, a R&D based company from Japan launched a unique product named Orchestra in Indian market, for effective BPH management. Rice BPH is one of the most devastating pests which can cause huge losses to the farmers, and therefore farmers are very concerned about its management. Today, majority of the products in the market have resistance issues and farmers tend go for more no. of sprays for BPH control. Launching the product in Hyderabad, Tomooka Naohiro, Managing Director, Nichino India, said the products are developed through a joint research by company at Japan and India and will be made…
“Sustainable food systems are critical for sustainable development. I congratulate CSE for organising this very important discussion,” said Rajiv Kumar, vice chairperson, NITI Aayog, while delivering the keynote address during the inaugural sessionon ‘Nutrition, nature and livelihood security in a climate-risked world’, at CSE’s National Conclave on Sustainable Food Systems 2022. The three-day conclave began on April 19 at CSE’s Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI) in Nimli, Rajasthan. “The way we produce our food impacts nature, nutrition and livelihood. In a climate-risked world, it becomes critical to get it right through a holistic food systems perspective and make it sustainable,” said Sunita…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO). GCTM will be the first and only global outpost centre for traditional medicine across the world. It will emerge as an international hub of global wellness. Video messages from the Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and President of Maldives were played on the occasion. Union Ministers Dr Mansukh Mandavia, Sabananda Sonowal, Munjapara Mahendrabhai and Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendrabhai…