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    India wants WTO to discuss farm subsidies of the rich  –   (Economics)  India has stressed the need for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries to take up for discussion on a priority basis at the Nairobi meet beginning on Tuesday the issue of huge trade distorting farm subsidies of the rich countries and its consequent adverse impact on millions of resource poRead More…

    Centre mulls over relaxed mining clearance norms  –    (Economics) The Union Environment and Forests Ministry is considering a proposal to allow mineral exploration in blocks with a tree canopy of less than 10 per cent of the area without any clearance from the Ministry. However, areas with a tree canopy of over 70 per cent will be inviolate or “no-go” areas, MinesRead More…

    Gujarat’s controversial Labour Laws Bill gets Presidential assent  –   (Indian Polity) President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to the contentious Labour Laws Bill of Gujarat, which has provisions to ban strikes in public utility services for up to one year. The Bill was sent for the President’s approval along with the controversial Gujarat Control of Terrorism aRead More…

    Call for pact on emission cuts  –   (Environment) U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, representing the two top emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, made a firm commitment at the Paris Climate Change conference on Monday to work for change, and called for an agreement that would cut carbon emissions and pave the way for a global transitRead More…

  The Hindu analysis 01.December.2015 02.December.2015 03.December.2015 04.December.2015 05.December.2015 06.December.2015 07.December.2015 08.December.2015 09.December.2015 10.December.2015 11.December.2015 12.December.2015 13.December.2015 14.December.2015 15.December.2015 16.December.2015 17.December.2015 20.December.2015  21.December.2015 28.December.2015 29.DecembeRead More…

    Sexual harassment guidelines in varsities lack uniformity, says DCW  –   (Social Issues) Of the total 101 sexual harassment complaints made to the Internal Complaints Committees (ICCs) of 16 universities and institutes in Delhi since 2013, Jawaharlal Nehru University has received the maximum number of complaints — 51. The data released by the Delhi Commission for WomenRead More…

    Don’t distort secularism: Rajnath  –    (Indian Polity) The discussion in Parliament to commemorate the Constitution and its framer, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, took place on Thursday under the long shadow of the debate on intolerance raging outside of it, with the government and the Opposition not conceding even an inch on their entrenched positions on the term ‘secularism’ Read More…

    Sundarbans to become separate district next year  –    (Environment) In July, 2014 when the hut of 50-year-old Kalpana Mondal and many others residing on the edge of Mousani Island of southern Sundarbans in West Bengal was washed away by the rising tides, there was no help from the district administration for over two days. While the rest of the State remained obliviouRead More…

    Prospects brighten for breaking GST logjam  –   (Economics) Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha on Saturday expressed the hope that the Goods and Services Tax would be implemented soon, and prove to be one of the biggest game-changers in India’s history. The GST constitutional amendment bill is stuck in the Rajya Sabha, having been passed in the Lok Sabha in MaRead More…

    Hopes rise for Paris climate deal  –    (Environment) Paris prepares to host the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change conference beginning on Monday, raising expectations that the participation of nearly 150 Presidents, Prime Ministers and heads of state in a leadership event will bring about a good agreement. The high-profile opening event at which U.S. PresideRead More…