Morning Digest | India raises Sri Lankan Tamil issue in U.N.; Measures to cool food inflation will deliver in coming weeks, says Finance Ministry, and more

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India raises Sri Lankan Tamil issue in U.N.

In its statement at the 51 st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, India said it has “always believed in the responsibility of States for promotion and protection of human rights and constructive international dialogue and cooperation” guided by the U.N. Charter. “In this regard, the Indian delegation notes with concern the lack of measurable progress by Government of Sri Lanka on their commitments of a political solution to the ethnic issue — through full implementation of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, delegation of powers to Provincial Councils and holding of Provincial Council elections at the earliest,” India said. The terms of Sri Lanka’s nine provincial councils expired about three years ago, and they have remained defunct since.  

Measures to cool food inflation will deliver in coming weeks, says Finance Ministry

The Finance Ministry late Monday termed the increase in retail inflation from 6.71% in July to 7% in August as ‘moderate’, and attributed it to an adverse base effect and an increase in food and fuel prices, which it called “the transient components” of Consumer Price inflation.

Congress is an important pillar of Opposition unity: Jairam Ramesh

Though Jairam Ramesh didn’t name anyone, his comment comes a day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav told  The Hindu that the Congress should allow regional parties to be in the “driving seat”.

Eastern borders reasonably calm and firmly under control: Lieutenant General Kalita