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‘Bodies as Barricades’; ‘UK Medical Professionals Warn Palestine Action Hunger Strikers “Will Die in Prison”’; ‘Greta Thunberg Arrested in UK for Supporting Palestine Action and Opposing Gaza Genocide’; ‘Is the Labour Government Willing to Let Palestine Activists on Hunger Strike Die?’.
‘Rebranding Genocide’: Israel has tossed the ceasefire agreement—brokered by the Trump administration without Palestinian participation—into the bonfire with all the other agreements and peace accords concerning Palestinians. Also: ‘Rachel Corrie’s Parents, and 25,000 Hind Rajabs Await Justice in Gaza’; ‘Israeli Soldiers are Committing Suicide in Droves Because of Gaza’.
‘COP30: Self-Congratulations and Promises to Talk More are No Substitute for Action’. Also: ‘Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter?’: Our planet is indeed experiencing the slow-motion, climate-change equivalent of nuclear war and yet it’s hardly even news. And if that isn’t truly bizarre, what is?
‘Withdraw VB-G RAM G Bill Forthwith, Says NREGA Sangharsh Morcha’; ‘End of MGNREGA Will Deepen Poverty’; ‘Low Funds, Pending Dues, No Work: How Govt Crippled MGNREGA Before Renaming It’; ‘The Aadhaar e-KYC has Led to the Silent Shrinking of India’s Rural Workforce’.
‘Modi’s SHANTI Bill Promises Peace for Nuclear Suppliers – A Free Pass for Accidents Caused By Defective Equipment’; ‘EEFI Demands Withdrawal of SHANTI Bill, Terms it “Seismic Attack” on Nuclear Framework’; ‘An Attempt to Amend National Laws to Enable Nuclear Reactor Imports’.
‘HECI Bill 2025: Last Twist of Knife on Public Education’: The Bill redefines education as a managed, marketised and politically supervised sector, and must be withdrawn. Also: ‘Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill Seeks to Overhaul Higher Education, Gives Centre Overriding Powers’.
‘The Hidden Cost of India’s Economic Boom: Inequality at Historic High, as Wealth and Income Growth Leave Out Millions’; ‘G20 Report Says Top 1% Indians Grew Richer by 62% in 2000–23’; ‘World Bank Miracle: How to Show Rising Poverty as Declining!’; ‘India’s Wealth Gap Grows and Average Wealth Falls, But Millionaires Surge’.
The eleventh part of a series of articles on ‘India’s Education Journey: From Macaulay to NEP’. This article discusses why are Government of India’s welfare expenditures, including expenditure on education, so low.
The Centre’s push for PSB consolidation and foreign investment prioritises bank profitability over financial inclusivity.
Even after 25 years, the State’s modest progress is eclipsed by corruption, deprivation, unemployment and tribal discontent.
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