Science Is Making it Possible to ‘Hear’ Nature. It Does More Talking Than We Knew
With digital bioacoustics, scientists can eavesdrop on the natural world – and they’re learning some astonishing things.
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Adani Threatens Media With Defamation Suits but Is Now Giving Lecture on Press Freedom: Ravish Kumar
The former NDTV anchor says that Adani’s takeover of NDTV is not a normal takeover, but was aimed at silencing him, for which Adani spent thousands of crores. Ravish says that he will continue to speak – speak out – through his channel on YouTube.
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Caste Hypocrisy in the Name of Hindu Unity
Book Review: Raghuram Meghawanshi’s book, ‘I Could Not be a Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in RSS’ shows the hypocrisy of RSS on caste issue. It reveals how Meghawanshi’s humiliating experiences in RSS as a Dalit transformed him from an RSS activist to a Dalit activist.
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Demand for Jobs Under MGNREGA has Reduced But Is Still Higher than Pre-Pandemic Years
FM Nirmala Sitharaman recently claimed in Parliament that the demand for work under MGNREGA is declining. What she forgot to mention is that the demand for jobs is still higher than it was in 2019-20, before the pandemic struck.
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Inventing History to Inculcate Hatred
As secularism and reason are driven out, prejudice and ignorance extend their sway with disconcerting rapidity. A serious task awaits parties that are committed to a different future for the country, envisaging a truly secular democratic India.
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‘It Was a Set-Up, We Were Fooled’: the Coal Mine That Ate an Indian Village
In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?
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Latin America and Caribbean Year 2022 in Review
The neoliberal model for regional development has been discredited in Latin America and the Caribbean. While progressive movements have come to power in many countries, they are finding it is not easy to solve the problems that they protested against, which brought them to power.
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Online Blog | Racism | Science
Two Hundred Years of Mendel’s Genetic Revolution and the Fight Against Scientific Racism
While Mendel’s work is central to modern genetics, it also set off the dark side with which genetics has been inextricably linked: eugenics and racism. Eugenics has been used to argue the superiority of the elite, dominant races, and in India, a “scientific” justification for the caste system as well.
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Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine | USA
A War of Rhetoric & Reality
I do not want those waging war by rhetoric and display to win. I do not want the war waged by fanatical neoconservative ideologues to win. I do not want the imperium to win. I do not want the West to win so long as it insists intolerantly that the rest of the world observe its diktats.
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Immigrants are Only 3.5% of People Worldwide and Their Negative Impact Is Often Exaggerated, in the U.S. and Globally
In terms of the global population, international immigration a very small proportion. And this is not because of immigration deterrence and border fences. So we’re talking about an exception. Unfortunately, politicians and people make it sound like it’s the main problem.
