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A. M. Jigeesh

New Delhi

Deputy Editor at The Hindu Business Line

Senior Deputy Editor, The Hindu. PhD, Jamia Millia. General Secretary, Delhi Union of Journalists. Believes in Evolution and Trade Union Consciousness.

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  • Sangh Parivar-backed trade union boycotts SCO meet on labour issues, faces flak

    1 month ago | thehindu.com | A. M. Jigeesh

    Sangh Parivar-backed trade union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has boycotted the first meeting of the trade union leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries held in Beijing on Thursday and Friday (May 15 and May 16, 2025). Though the BMS had earlier decided to send a three-member delegation for the event, in the background of Pahalgam attacks it decided to boycott the proceedings.

  • Sangh Parivar-backed trade union boycotts SCO meet on labour issues, faces flak

    1 month ago | flipboard.com | A. M. Jigeesh

    4 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will allow the sale of forced-reset triggers, which make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly, with the federal government ending a long-standing ban as part of a settlement that also requires it to return seized devices. The agreement announced Friday by …

  • How did India develop genome edited rice? | Explained

    1 month ago | thehindu.com | A. M. Jigeesh

    The story so far: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan recently announced that India has become the first country in the world to develop rice varieties using genome editing technology. The new seeds will be available for farmers after the required clearances within six months and large-scale seed production will probably take place during the next three crop seasons. What are the new varieties?

  • ICAR to launch two genome edited rice varieties

    1 month ago | thehindu.com | A. M. Jigeesh

    The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has successfully developed two genome edited rice varieties, which will be formally announced in New Delhi on Sunday (May 4, 2025) by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The ICAR said the development of such seeds was “first-ever such achievement” in the country using cutting-edge genome editing technology.

  • Scholarship for researchers from minority background face four-month delay

    2 months ago | thehindu.com | A. M. Jigeesh

    i As the disbursement of Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) for research scholars from minority communities has faced delay for four months yet again, the students have urged the Union Government to expedite the process of distributing the scholarships to them.

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15 May 25

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