COVID Vaccines: Where Does India Truly Stand on the TRIPS Waiver?
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COVID Vaccines: Where Does India Truly Stand on the TRIPS Waiver?

While India has played a crucial role in bringing the TRIPS waiver proposal to the WTO in October 2020, concerns have been expressed on India’s commitment to the waiver proposal. That is because of Indian government’s stated policy announcements on these matters at home.

Fortification of PDS Rice to Stem Nutrient Deficiency Unnecessary, Benefits 5 Big Firms – Two Articles
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Fortification of PDS Rice to Stem Nutrient Deficiency Unnecessary, Benefits 5 Big Firms – Two Articles

Fortification of PDS Rice to Stem Nutrient Deficiency Unnecessary: Paper; Fortified Rice Scheme to Create Rs 3,000-crore Market for Just Five Big Firms.

Mangboilal Lhouvum and AFSPA: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
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Mangboilal Lhouvum and AFSPA: Are We Asking the Right Questions?

The recent death of Mangboilal Lhouvum, a daily wager, in Manipur, has yet again raised outcry against the AFSPA. It is therefore pertinent to re-visit the circumstances under which AFSPA is invoked and used, and the role and responsibility of state and central govts and the Armed Forces.

America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America
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America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America

The United States has the biggest, most efficiently organized, most effective system for recruiting child soldiers in the world. With uncharacteristic modesty, however, the Pentagon doesn’t call it that. Its term is “youth development program.”

Globalized Food Systems, Structural Inequality, and COVID-19
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Globalized Food Systems, Structural Inequality, and COVID-19

In the creation of capitalist, globalized food systems, patterns of structural inequality based on social class hierarchies and racism become ever more apparent and problematic. This article discusses these conditions, from the perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic.