Over 60 Lakh Central and State Govt Posts Lying Vacant
Filling up these posts itself would contribute to reducing the raging joblessness that has haunted India in the past several years, but the government does not seem to care.
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The State and the Digital Giants
The Department of Consumer Affairs has called for comments on an amended version of the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020. While the intent here seems to be to protect privacy and prevent unfair competition, another objective seems to be surveillance.
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UP Population Bill: Fighting Imaginary Demons
Population growth is already slowing down across faiths. The Bill only serves to foster division. Plus extracts from: “… UP … 50% of party MLAs have more than two children” and “MP: 39 % of BJP MLAs … Including 13 Ministers, Have Three and Above Children, Shows Data”.
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Investigation: Hidden Water Crisis Behind India’s Sugar Dominance
Villagers living in the Uttar Pradesh sugar belt bear the brunt of poorly implemented environmental regulations and water scarcity
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Why Are Adivasis Opposed to Vedanta’s Zinc Smelter Plant in South Gujarat?
The industrial unit, into which Vedanta will pump in an estimated Rs 10,000 crore in phases, is being set up despite opposition from local residents and members of the civil society over its environmental impacts; there are also problems in the way land for the project was allotted.
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UP ATS Wants to Snatch Our Sole Breadwinners, Claim Kin of Those Arrested in Lucknow with Alleged Terror Links
Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey alleged that many innocent people were also arrested earlier on “false charges of terrorism”. He said dozens of youth have been later acquitted by courts after they had spent several years behind bars.
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A Billion South Asians Face Water Insecurity Due to Warming in the Himalayas
Warming-induced changes in the Himalaya-Karakoram region will impact water availability in the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins. Farming, hydropower and megacities such as Delhi & Lahore will face the brunt.
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The Looming Arctic Collapse – Two Articles
Previously solid ground is quickly degrading. The melting of the permafrost is about to cause huge damage to buildings and infrastructure across the country, Russia’s natural resource minister warns. Also: Rapidly Thawing Permafrost Threatens Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
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Food Riots in South Africa Show the Need for a Basic Income Grant
With the expanded unemployment rate at 43.2%, its highest level ever, it would be foolish to label everyone who participated in the “Free Zuma” protests and took food from major supermarkets as “irrational and criminal”.
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The US Tries to Take Advantage of the Price Cubans are Paying for the Blockade and the Pandemic
Cuban government officials and activists have reiterated their demand for an end to the blockade imposed by the US which over six decades has cost Cuba $147.8 billion in damages.
