Desperation grows among workers as new Covid restrictions hit: With the onset of the third Covid wave and related restrictions, labourers have again grown more desperate as jobs have started to dry up

Rise in poverty and inequality: More than 46 million Indians are estimated to have fallen into extreme poverty in 2020, which is nearly half of the global new poor; The number of billionaires in India grew by 40 to reach 142, while 84% of households in the country suffered a decline in their income in 2021

Butchering an industry and impacting nutrition: Five years of Uttar Pradesh’s animal slaughter ban; Closure of meat shops has left butchers without livelihood, animal rearers have been forced to end their business or reduce livestock flocks, and consumers have been forced to reduce or stop eating meat

Regional job reservations come into effect in Haryana: Now, 75% jobs in Haryana with maximum Rs 30K pay mandatory for Haryanvis, and the law is applicable to all organisations, private or public, that employ over 10 people

Sea snakes under threat: Sea snakes along Konkan coast imperiled by bycatch, lack of enforcement of fishery regulations; The fisheries regulations are relatively recent concerns and are impeded due to the scale of trawling and the socio-economic complexities