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Ranvir Nayar

Managing Director & Founder at Media India Group

Farmers reject government proposal, to intensify stir

Farmers reject government proposal, to intensify stir

December 10, 2020

Nearly two weeks after they began their sit in at borders of Delhi and exasperated with fruitless talks with the central government, leaders of various farmers’ organisations have announced a series of measures to intensify their movement, soon after they rejected latest draft ...

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Not enough progress on net zero carbon emissions

Not enough progress on net zero carbon emissions

December 8, 2020

A number of nations, including the European Union, Japan and the United Kingdom, have already announced new & more ambitious targets for carbon emissions targets agreed to in Paris. India looks well poised to do the same. But it’s unlikely to slow down global warming or arrest ...

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Celebrations over economic revival in India premature

Celebrations over economic revival in India premature

December 2, 2020

“Q2 GDP at -7.5 pc buttresses recovery as captured by several high frequency indicators,” tweeted India’s finance ministry on November 27 while releasing data about the state of the economy in second quarter of the fiscal year 2020-21. Since then, numerous ministers and pol...

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Rejecting Amit Shah’s offer of talks, reinforcements join protesting farmers at Delhi border

Rejecting Amit Shah’s offer of talks, reinforcements join protesting farmers at Delhi border

November 30, 2020

The farmers unions unanimously rejected on Sunday union home minister Amit Shah’s offer of holding talks provided the farmers moved to Burari as a protest site. “Shah’s offer was conditional and it has been rejected after a meeting of the coordination committee of over 500 ...

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Missed vaccinations may make children worst victims of Covid

Missed vaccinations may make children worst victims of Covid

November 29, 2020

Earlier this month, an alarming report was published by the World Health Organisation and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report said that measles cases surged globally in 2019, reaching highest levels in 23 years, while deaths caused by the high...

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On 71st Constitution Day, Indian Constitution lies mutilated beyond recognition

On 71st Constitution Day, Indian Constitution lies mutilated beyond recognition

November 26, 2020

As India marks 71st Constitution Day, Rajratna Ambedkar, President of Buddhist Society of India and great grandnephew Dr B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, says the document at the foundation of Indian democracy faces an existential challenge as Ambedkar’s teachin...

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Developed world way ahead in jobs of future

Developed world way ahead in jobs of future

November 25, 2020

Though the global economy as a whole is down on its knees due to the coronavirus pandemic, the year-long crisis has hit the poor and developing nations much harder than the rich ones. There have been numerous reports of how the inequality has risen sharply at a global, regional, ...

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Crashing prices, low demand to hit India’s solar power ambitions

Crashing prices, low demand to hit India’s solar power ambitions

November 24, 2020

At the latest round of auctions of solar power projects held by the Solar Energy Corporation of India, record lows were touched as bidders tried to grab the projects of 1070 mw that were up for the taking. Two international bidders, one each from Saudi Arabia and Singapore, quote...

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French journalists on streets against Macron’s law

French journalists on streets against Macron’s law

November 23, 2020

French media houses are up in arms over the new law passed by the French Parliament last week which bans publication of photographs of police personnel on duty.

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By sitting out of RCEP, India does not lose economically

By sitting out of RCEP, India does not lose economically

November 20, 2020

As Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement becomes operational, there is pressure on India to join the world’s largest trade grouping. But India needs to stay away from trade deals in general as its gains may not amount to much.

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Between Covid-19, censorship & criminals, Indian media struggles to survive

Between Covid-19, censorship & criminals, Indian media struggles to survive

November 17, 2020

“Our media fraternity is working tirelessly towards strengthening the foundations of our great nation. Modi govt is committed towards the freedom of Press and strongly oppose those who throttle it,” union home minister Amit Shah tweeted on the National Journalism Day 2020. ...

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With Diwali approaching, air pollution levels shoot up

With Diwali approaching, air pollution levels shoot up

November 12, 2020

The last fortnight has been particularly hard for nearly half the Indian population that resides in northern plains of the country. Pollution levels have ranged between severely unhealthy to sheer hazardous and even beyond, thanks in part to the stubble burning by farmers, but al...

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