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The limitations of political grandstanding For the conjoined twins of South Asia, it is critical to weigh up the appalling costs of their continued rivalry The writer is a graduate of law and international politics. She tweets @SariaJadoon Within a day of the finance minister’s pronouncement to withdraw the ban on imports from India, the cabinet discovered that we were in fact setting off to buy poison. For its deleterious effects on health, sugar is known as white poison. In this instance, trade of the sweetener would also be an affront to Kashmiris who have quite literally been immured i...

Syngenta launches I-CLEAN - Haats to GrAMs project in Varanasi ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 17:20 IST Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In what will give the much-needed boost to the rural economy, Syngenta, in the first phase, will be upgrading five rural haats (Mandis) in Varanasi district under its flagship CSR project- I-CLEAN (Inculcating Cleanliness, Learning, Education, Awareness and New Habits), which has been inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The foundation stone for the up-gradatio...

The United Nations has rightly expressed fears that the recent military coup in Myanmar would exacerbate the plight of the Rohingya still remaining in the country. "There are about 600,000 Rohingya those that remain in Rakhine State, including 120,000 people who are effectively confined to camps; they cannot move freely and have extremely limited access to basic health and education services," said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. While the recent episode of Rohingya genocide was unleashed during the regime of the democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2017, which led to the exod...

India needs to focus on growth to alleviate poverty: Economic Survey SECTIONS Last Updated: Jan 29, 2021, 09:36 PM IST Share Synopsis The Survey said that unlike in advanced economies, in India, economic growth and inequality converge in terms of their effects on socio-economic indicators. New Delhi: Economic growth has a far greater impact on poverty alleviation than inequality and India needs to focus on growth to lift poor out of poverty, the Economic Survey for 2020-21 said on Friday. The Survey said that unlike in advanced economies, in India, economic growth and inequality converge in t...

Economic Survey 2020-21: Key takeaways Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramanian (ANI) Share Via Read Full Story Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2020-21 in the Parliament today. The key highlights of Economic Survey 2020-21, which is dedicated to the COVID Warriors, are as follows: TRENDING STORIESSee All 1 min read Negative Covid report must for people travelling to Karnataka from these states 1 min read Loan moratorium case: Waiver of complete interest not possible, says SC 3 min read Maharashtra lockdown: Thackeray in favour...