Understanding Women’s Lives in Rajasthan
Here, in five charts, we try to decode the life of women in Rajasthan and answer whether the statistics are in sync with the situation in other states and at the all India-level.
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How Uttar Pradesh’s Halal Ban has Plunged the Processed Food Industry into Chaos
The Opposition and critics have alleged the ban is the latest chapter in the Adityanath government’s hostilities against Muslims in the state.
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How Manipur’s Kukis, Meiteis and Nagas Were United to the INA’s Cause to Free India
The Meiteis, Pangals, and Kukis of Manipur, all extended support to the INA and its struggle. The Naga people were not an exception either. This legacy of unity and amity was sadly lost in independent India. Instead, the North East, including Manipur, became the country’s chronically restive region.
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Extreme Weather Events Occurring with Increasing Frequency in India and USA – 2 Articles
‘Extreme Weather in India: A Disaster Nearly Every Day’: India has seen a disaster nearly every day this year – from heat and cold waves, cyclones and lightning to heavy rain, floods and landslides. Also: ‘US Has Faced a Record 23 Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Disasters in 2023’.
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COP28: The Mirage That Capitalism Can Solve its Destruction
The COP28 summit taking place in Dubai from 30 Nov to 12 Dec is a colossal illusion. The delusionary effect is that the capitalist system is capable of reforming itself sufficiently to prevent global climate catastrophe, even as all the evidence points to the opposite conclusion.
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COP28: Another Failure of the UN Climate Negotiations; Top 1% Emit Over 1,000 Times More CO2 Than Bottom 1%
‘Despicable Derailment of UN Climate Negotiations’: There is nothing to suggest that COP28 will manifest anything other than another failure of the UN climate negotiations. Also: “The world’s top 1% of emitters over 1,000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1%.” – this is not from Oxfam, but the International Energy Agency.
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Israel Reopens the Gaza Slaughterhouse
Phase One of Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza has ended. Phase Two has begun. It will result in even higher levels of death and destruction.
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Behind Enemy Bars: Palestinian and Israeli Prisoners
The fair treatment of Israeli captives by Hamas has become part of the information war between Palestinians and Tel Aviv. Left unsaid is that there remain thousands of Palestinians in captivity who barely survive their Israeli detention. Also: ‘Hugs, Smiles Were Enough to Take Israeli Propaganda Down’.
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Elections in Argentina: The People Do Not Make Mistakes
A good part of the responsibility for Massa’s defeat lies with Alberto Fernandez, a lukewarm and mediocre president, who leaves a balance of more than 18 million people in poverty, and who wanted to govern alone, leaving aside the historical leadership of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Pakistan Brings Down the Axe on Afghan Migrants
A crackdown on undocumented migrants is forcing thousands back to uncertain fates in Afghanistan, and ratcheting up tensions between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban.
