Thursday, June 8, 2017

Madhya Pradesh farmer agitations: PM Modi in damage control mode

Madhya Pradesh farmer agitations: PM Modi in damage control mode

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES
Farmers protest in Madhya Pradesh taking a violent turn, and revised Met Department forecast predicting a better monsoon, receive prominent attention in papers today.
"After Maharashtra, farmer unrest rocks MP: 6 killed in firing , government ready for talks " is the headline in the Indian Express.
"India to get normal rains, 98 per cent of the 50 year average", the Hindustan Times cites the Indian MeT Department. "Bountiful rains coming" announces the Hindu Business Line.
"PM tells all secretaries to Act as Pillars of GST" notes the Economic Times.
"Now, states get cash to cut PDS Kerosene" is the lead in the Financial Express, after the lukewarm response to direct benefit transfer of Kerosene subsidy.
"Modi government gears up for 2019 polls with 'a project, a day' " notes The Times of India.
"Child - friendly HIV drug gets government nod" reports the Hindu, as the Central Drugs Standard control organisation has registered the oral pellet form for easy use.
"It's not just your lungs that are losing out to pollution," says the Times of India, citing an AIIMS doctors' study, linking Rheumatoid Arthritis to bad air.
"Just 6.2 crore out of 29 crore PAN card linked with Aadhaar so far" Informs the Hindustan Times.
"Recipe for green Kerala: Plantain leaf plates, steel glasses" , the Indian Express focuses on the state Government issuing a green protocol for functions like weddings.
"True Grit: A special girl shows what strength of character is" writes the Times of India, of Vaishali Sharma, an MBBS from Aligarh Muslim University, who defied 80 per cent hearing impairment to shine in UPSC, 2nd year in a row.
And finally, "Gujarat teen who topped class 12 spurns education for enlightenment" reports Hindustan Times, in a box item, of 17 - year old Varshil Shah, who could have used his 99.9 percent in class 12 as a ticket to a lucrative career, but has chosen instead to renounce the world to be a Jain monk.



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