How Modi hacks EVMs, part 7: Going from Congress’ 35% neem-coated Urea to 100%, eliminating pilferage, to soil health cards and more. How Farmers benefitted

Urea as a fertilizer is widely used and because of this, it was also one of the highly pilferaged fertilizers in the country. There was a time in our country when farmers had to stand in long lines to buy Urea. The long lines often led to fights and occasionally led to even the police … Read more

Government instructs e-commerce platforms to remove drinks and beverages including Bournvita from ‘Health Drink’ category

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has instructed all e-commerce platforms to remove beverages, such as Bournvita, from the classification of ‘health drink’ on their websites and platforms. This notification was published on 10th April. The instructions issued by the ministry came after the FSSAI, on 2nd April, asked all e-commerce companies to ensure appropriate categorisation of food products sold on … Read more

Reports claiming significant hikes in prices of medicines are false, misleading and malicious: Union health ministry

The government dismissed the media reports claiming that medicine prices will witness a significant hike by up to 12 per cent from April 2024 and called them false, misleading and malicious. “Some media reports have highlighted that medicine prices will witness a significant hike by up to 12 per cent from April 2024. These reports … Read more