Inequality rising since 2000s, top 1 pc in India holds 40 pc wealth: Study
New Delhi: Inequality in India has skyrocketed since the early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of the top 1 per cent population rising to 22.6 per cent and 40.1 per cent, respectively, in 2022-23, according to a working paper. The paper titled ‘Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the […]
India, world failed to meet WHO End-TB milestone 2020: Lancet Study
New Delhi: India’s tuberculosis incidence dropped marginally by 0.5 per cent between 2015 and 2020 and failed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) END-TB milestone for 2020, according to new global research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The WHO End TB Strategy aims for a 90 per cent reduction in TB deaths […]
LS Polls: In jail on UAPA charges, En Rashid to contest from Baramulla on AIP ticket
Srinagar: Engineer Rashid, who is currently lodged in jail on UAPA charges, will contest the Lok Sabha elections from north Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency on an Awami Ittehad Party ticket. Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid (56) is a former MLA. He was arrested in 2019 and charged by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful […]
Kargil observes strike amid rally to demand statehood, Sixth Schedule for Ladakh
Kargil: Shops and business establishments were closed as thousands of people marched on Wednesday in support of their demand for statehood and Ladakh’s inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Separately, the hunger strike by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk in Leh to “remind” the BJP-led Centre of its promise to safeguard the Union Territory’s […]
Sikhs announce formation of gurdwara co-ordination committee
Srinagar: Sikhs in Kashmir on Wednesday announced the formation of the All Kashmir District Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Coordination Committee. The objective behind the committee’s formation is to get “pahari” status for Sikh-inhabited areas of Kashmir, special job packages for Sikh youngsters and political reservation for the community, Jaspal Singh, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s chief […]
