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Benefits of digitalization: Drive removes 58 million fake ration cards from PDS

November 20, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s massive digitization push has transformed the South Asian country’s Public Distribution System (PDS), setting new benchmarks for food security programs globally, the Union Food Ministry said on Wednesday. The overhaul of the PDS, which serves 80.6 crore beneficiaries, has led to the removal of 5.8 crore fake ration cards […]

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Law and order: Pakistan is the world’s “third worst” country, says WJP

October 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a dubious distinction, the World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Pakistan at number 140, as the “third-worst” nation in terms of law and order, among the 142 countries surveyed. Mali and Nigeria are the only countries ranked lower than Pakistan in terms of law and security. The WJP Rule […]

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Roving Periscope: As the Saudis warn it against beggars, Pakistan gets a fresh IMF lifeline of $7bn

September 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Saudi Arabia warned Pakistan against sending beggars in the guise of pilgrims, the pauperized country was happy on Thursday when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) extended yet another lifeline, approving a long-awaited USD 7 billion bailout deal for its ‘bowling’ economy. On Tuesday, an angry Jeddah asked […]

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Foodgrain: India produced a record 322.22 million tonnes in the 2023-24 production season

September 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s foodgrain production in 2023-24 hit a record 332.22 million metric tonnes in the production year ended June 2024, the media reported on Wednesday. It was driven by bumper wheat and rice output, the Union Agriculture Ministry said in a statement. The final estimate for 2023-24 shows an increase of […]

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Roving Periscope: The UN accuses Myanmar’s junta of ‘mass killings, torture’

September 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Nations (UN) has accused China-supported Myanmar’s ruling military junta of killing thousands of civilians and subjecting many more to torture and neglect in prisons since the February 2021 coup, the media reported. Min Aung Hlaing, the Burmese army general, has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration […]

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Good news? ADB to give $ 2bn annually as fresh loans to Pakistan!

September 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A nearly bankrupt and failing state, Pakistan, woke up on Tuesday to a piece of news it didn’t know if it was good or bad for national honor: the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has assured Islamabad that it would get USD 2 billion per annum, as fresh loans, every year, […]

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Bangladesh: UNICEF urgently needs USD 35 mn as 20 lakh flood-hit children are at risk

August 31, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political instability and communal violence in Bangladesh, more than two million children in eastern districts are at risk as the worst floods have swept through their homes, schools, and villages in the last few weeks. In areas where flood waters are receding, the South Asian country faces outbreaks […]

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Food: The UN’s goal of a hunger-free world by 2030 is unachievable

August 3, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Nations’ goal of creating a hunger-free world by 2030 would most likely not be achieved, an eminent German agriculture economist said on Saturday. Addressing the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Martin Qaim, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of […]

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Economy: After the IMF, ADB keeps India’s GDP growth at 7% in FY25

July 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected India’s GDP growth for 2024-25 at 7 percent, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) also on Wednesday kept the country’s growth projection unchanged at 7 percent, citing robust expansion in the industrial sector and strong demand in construction led by housing. “The stronger-than-expected fiscal position […]

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Hajj: More than 1,000 Muslim pilgrims die in the heatwave in Mecca

June 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: At least 1,000 Muslim pilgrims, including 68 Indians, who went to perform the Hajj in Mecca (Saudi Arabia), died during the last few days because of an extreme heatwave sweeping the Arabian country, the media reported on Thursday. The media reported that Mecca’s temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 51.8 degrees […]