Should We be Worried About Eight Billion People?
Focusing more on population than consumption ignores the far greater impacts wealthy countries – where population growth is slowing – are creating.
‘Capital’s Attack on Nature Endangers Humanity’
Today, humanity is at risk because of senseless social inequality, attacks on the environment, and an unsustainable consumption pattern in rich countries that is imposed on us by capitalism and its profit-seeking mentality.
GoI Denies Pre-Matric Scholarship to SCs, STs, OBCs Amidst Quota Offer to Upper Castes
This is an undisguised assault on the fundamental right to education for the poorest children from historically discriminated sections of our society.
Does Modi’s India Care About Palestine Any More?
Apart from deepening ties with Tel Aviv on all fronts, especially military, the Hindutva ideologues in power in India draw great inspiration from the Israeli model of nationalism and repression.
India: Serious Concerns Raised at UN Rights Review
The Indian government should promptly adopt and act on the recommendations that United Nations member states made at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review process on November 10, 2022, six international human rights groups said today.
25 November: International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
UN Secy. General Antonio Guterres said in his message for the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women and Children that “every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member”. This article seeks to understand the roots of this violence.
GM Mustard Not Swadeshi, it’s a Patent of MNC Bayer, GoI ‘Misleading’ SC: Modi Told
In a representation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 42 farmers’ organisations, backed by senior scientists and experts, have said that the Government of India should stop misleading the Supreme Court “with untrue and incorrect” statements on GM mustard.
Healthcare as a Right: Analysis of the Rajasthan Right to Health Bill, 2022
The recently introduced Bill in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly has received both praise and critique from different stakeholders. A look at the background of the Bill, its most important provisions in their current form, and a discussion of the criticism it has received.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Touching a Chord with the Marginalised – Two Articles
Rahul Gandhi’s padayatra is meant to free present India from fear; Also: Report from MP – the Congress leader’s attack on BJP’s ‘vanvasi’ for ‘adivasi’, unemployment, inflation, and hate politics is gaining traction on ground.
Conflict in Ukraine Is Doomed to Escalate
Developments on the ground in Ukraine are showing that Washington’s best-laid plans are floundering. There are also growing signs of disunity on Ukraine issue among the European countries and between the latter and the US. Meanwhile, the Russian offensive continues to accelerate.