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The report claims that, to maintain a 50:50 chance of warming not exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, CO₂ emissions must be cut to “net-zero” by the “early 2050s.” However, a more rigorous analysis of the report’s data gives a zero CO₂ date of 2040.
The first article in our budget analysis series for this year. We begin our discussion of the Union Budget 2023–24 with a brief discussion of India’s external accounts situation. Amazingly, the budget speech does not contain a single line as regards the country’s external accounts situation.
The resolve to fight Hindutva forces is certainly laudable, but the myth used for the purpose may be grossly counterproductive. Also: recent article by Anand Teltumbde replying to critics of the above article: “Anand Teltumbde Explains the Genesis of His Articles on Bhima-Koregaon”.
A young Muslim reflects on the collapse of constitutional promises and on the everyday fears and dilemmas faced by the minorities.
Expressing concern over the expulsion of Rahul Gandhi from the parliament and his conviction in a defamation case, over a 1000 members of the civil society call upon the people of India to take all measures to save parliamentary democracy from the assault of the ruling party.
Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh talks about gender blindness of official policies, inequalities in society, the state of women empowerment and why women face multiple disadvantages in India.
Over 90 signatories have penned an open letter to the Law Minister seeking an explanation from Rijiju on the legal basis of his “open threat in a public forum” to some retired judges.
With landmark anniversaries of the invasions of Iraq and Ukraine, and the failure to address global heating, ninety seconds to midnight may be too generous an appraisal.
The French masses have raised the banner of class struggle in what is becoming the first major battle against austerity after the pandemic. Working people across the world should pay attention.
It is not strange that the US, Canada, and Australia do not sympathize with the Palestinians because they themselves were settlers too who wiped out whole cultures and confiscated their land.
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