Media Monitor
Competition
Government Asks 112 Companies To Give Right To Repair Their Products To Consumersedit
Recently, the Indian government nudged a total of 112 top companies from the electronics, automobiles, farm equipment, and white goods sectors to sign up for the right to repair their products so that consumers prevent obsolescence. A top official of the government said the authorities have asked 112 top firms across a wide range of sectors to ensure that their customers enjoy the right to repair their products.
Paddy in India
Crop cutting experiments present a positive picture: Paddy yield likely Punjab’s best everedit
Floods in various parts of Punjab during July and August and adverse weather conditions before and during paddy harvesting notwithstanding, the initial Crop Cutting Experiment (CCEs) results show an average increase of around 4.50 quintals per hectare yield as compared to last year. This encompasses both non-Basmati (paddy) and Basmati varieties.
Stubble Burning
Punjab records 637 farm fires as farmers continue to set paddy straw ablazeedit
Punjab on Saturday reported over 600 stubble-burning incidents with farmers in many districts continuing to set crop residue ablaze, thus defying the Supreme Court orders to halt the farm fires. Air quality indices remained in ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ categories in many parts of Haryana and Punjab.