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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
In 1978, at Alma-Ata (USSR), countries pledged to enhance public health infrastructure. However, they not only failed to do, they also systematically undermined it by extensively privatising health care. That is one reason why the capitalist states have not been able to handle the corona crisis.
There is something problematic with advocating a 30-hour work week at the beginning of the 21st century: a 30 hour week is not short enough!
Scientists are now discovering the extent to which aquatic animals produce sound, and the role that their grunts, pops, growls and whines play in communication.
The noted academic and journalist says India has transformed into an illiberal, majoritarian and intolerant country with an authoritarian regime under Narendra Modi.
A review of John Smith’s Imperialism in the 21st Century. This “powerful and searing indictment of the exploitation of billions of people,” argues that “the huge low wage proletariat that has emerged in the last 30 years is the key to the profits of imperialism.”
At a time when efforts are being made to weaken regulations that have kept away GM foods from India, this article recalls the democratic process during the days of the UPA govt. which had led to a decision being taken to safeguard the food safety of India by placing a moratorium on Bt. brinjal.
The Prime Minister thanks Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh for being the inspiration behind the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project. However, both of these did not construct the corridor. It was built by Nawab Ali Ibrahim Khan, whom the PM has chosen to ignore.
The pandemic forced a fraction of India’s salaried workers to fall back on self-employment or casual work, or to withdraw from the workforce entirely. It was only the salaried who held secure and regular positions who were able to hold on to their jobs.
According to the currently dominant ideology, the private sector is more competent, efficient, and technologically capable than the public sector, and thus public-private partnerships save public money. An examination of these claims, through the case study of the Delhi Airport Metro.
Even as human vultures of a wide amalgam train their guns on Nehru’s years as Prime Minister, and his role in India’s freedom struggle, what stands out today are many of Nehru’s thoughtful writings, his regular press conferences, and of course his thoughts on freedom of the press and journalists’ rights and freedom.
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