SAJIKUMAR: Food is the right of every living being. Climatic conditions, geographic suitability and the sweat of the labourers determine its availability. But we have rationed it according to the privileges of each income class and made it a trading commodity. Mountainous waste on one side, terrible hunger on the other side! FOOD is a basic need for all living beings on Earth, not just for humans. It is a gift of nature without which nature never opens a way for any living being to be born. However, we have made it a trading commodity.Those with more money can afford more food of higher quality, while those without money eat less or go hungry. Interestingly, all other creatures eat without paying for their food, except for humans. That is strange! Food should not be a commodity...
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ARJAVA MEDIA Former Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh is now no more. A highly mature politician but without any mass base, Dr Singh was aged 92. The architect of India’s liberalisation and reform policy, Dr Singh was an accidental politician but could run a coalition government for two consecutive terms. In 2004, when the then-incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost the majority, the Indian National Congress (INC) chose Dr Singh as a Prime Minister candidate after forming a post-poll alliance named United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Singh led the coalition even with many internal contradictions and ruled for two terms.Dr Singh was never elected to the Lok Sabha. He contested only once in his political life but lost. Thereafter he never cont...
Read MoreARJAVA MEDIA: Thirty school students of class IX each from 33 CSIR labs across the country isolated DNA from their own saliva using the DNA isolation kits under the guidance of Dr Beena Pillai, Chief Scientist and Dr Arya Sidharthan, Science Communicator from CSIR-IGIB. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), one of the largest science and technology organisations in India, carried out scientific activity in its laboratories across the country. Its Delhi-based constituent laboratory, the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) coordinated the activity by connecting online simultaneously to all the other laboratories of CSIR.Thirty school students of class IX at each of the participating CSIR laboratories isolated DNA from their own saliva using the...
Read MoreARJAVA MEDIA: Over 1.73 lakh MSMEs contribute 45.79% of India’s exports, which already translates into a value of ₹12.39 trillion in the current financial year. The exemplary growth of MSME exports shows an increasing global acceptance of India’s MSME capabilities. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) exports have witnessed a remarkable rise, increasing from ₹3.95 trillion in 2020-21 to ₹12.39 trillion in 2024-25, underscoring their critical role in boosting India’s economy and strengthening global trade. The total number of exporting MSMEs in 2024-25 has also increased from 52,849 in 2020-21 to 1,73,350 in 2024-25. MSMEs demonstrated an exemplary growth trajectory, contributing 45.73% to exports in 2023-24, which increased to 45.79% by May 2024, highlighting their growi...
Read MoreARJAVA MEDIA: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on Deloitte Haskins and punished two Chartered Accounts with fines and long-term debarring. ZEEL is a typical case of how promoters with majority shareholding rule the roost while taking the Board of Directors for a ride, sometimes without being on the board. NFRA imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on Deloitte Haskins and Sells LLP and fined two Chartered Accounts for lapses in the Financial Year 2018-19 and 2019-20 audit of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL). While Chartered Account A B Jani was fined Rs 10 lakh and barred from all types of auditing practice and being appointed as an auditor or internal auditor of any company for five years, Chartered Accountant Rakesh Sharma was fi...
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