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Academics cite flaws in interview at John Mathai Centre Updated: Updated: Panel had no experts in economics from eminent institutions, they allege Share Article Panel had no experts in economics from eminent institutions, they allege A group of academics have alleged that the interview for the posts of assistant professors in the department of economics at Calicut University’s Dr. John Mathai Centre at Thrissur, held recently, was flawed. In a letter to Syndicate members, the 20 academics, w...

A billboard on an apartment building in Cape Towns CBD. (Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images) Executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise Ann Bernstein said government needed to adopt a different attitude towards business. Bernstein said government has not learnt from their mistakes it made at the beginning of the pandemic. She said accessing a vaccine and rolling it out would be the most important priority for government to get the economy back on track. E...

If SA needs to borrow to fund COVID-19 vaccinations, then so be it - CDE Centre for Development and Enterprise executive director Ann Bernstein said that getting the rollout going as fast as possible was the most important issue facing the country today. A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United...

<p>Finding employment is often the immediate task that most graduates face. What are the chances?</p>

<p>Finding employment is often the immediate task that most graduates face. What are the chances?</p>

Fighting Covid at the village level Helping hand Free ration kits were provided to APL and BPL card holders (file photo)   -  Thulasi Kakkat Helping hand Free ration kits were provided to APL and BPL card holders (file photo)   -  Thulasi Kakkat× How Kerala’s Nochad panchayat coped with the pandemic’s impact is proof of potential of grassroots democracy Nochad, a gram panchayat (GP) in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, has documented the activities and the coping strategies of the people ...

Amending Few Clauses Not Sufficient, Repeal Farm Acts: Senior Economists to Agri Minister The economists, who have engaged with issues of agricultural policy, said that the Centres reforms were based on "wrong assumptions" about why farmers were unable to get remunerative prices. Union agricultural minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Photo: PTI Government22/Dec/2020 New Delhi: A group of senior economists have released an open letter to the Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar calling for...

Technical glitch halts property registrations in State Updated: Updated: Officials say the problem has been resolved and work will resume on Wednesday Share Article Officials say the problem has been resolved and work will resume on Wednesday Registration of properties across Karnataka came to a standstill on Tuesday following a glitch in the Kaveri software. The server that handles the verification process for registrations using Kaveri software and the portal that the Revenue Department uses ...

New Delhi, December 17 Several economists in a letter to Union Agriculture Minister NS Tomar have expressed serious concern over the recent farm Acts. They agreed with the need for improvement in the agri marketing system but claimed these Acts did not serve that purpose as the laws were based on wrong assumptions. The economists gave five reasons why the three Acts were fundamentally harmful for the small farmers. First, they said, overriding states’ role in regulating agricultural markets w...

‘Repeal farm laws’, top economists write to Agri minister Tomar The economists listed five reasons as to why these laws are ‘fundamentally harmful’ for the small farmers By Sruthi Vibhavari|   Updated: 18th December 2020 1:32 pm IST Though the economists agreed with a need for reforms in agricultural marketing, they said that the laws do not serve the purpose. (PTI) New Delhi: Months after the farmers spent protesting against the impracticality of the farm laws approved by the...