Seven in 10 Indian Prisoners are Awaiting Trial – One in Three Jail Inmates Is Dalit or Adivasi
Caste prejudices and over-policing of certain communities are important factors behind the significant presence of marginalised groups in jails.
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Caste prejudices and over-policing of certain communities are important factors behind the significant presence of marginalised groups in jails.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations World Food Programme, declaring that it wanted “to turn the eyes of the world toward the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger.” Those numbers are now greater than ever – and the dysfunctional global…
As there are increasing warnings by distinguished scientists against Genetically Modified (GM) crops, the strong GM lobby backed by big corporate interests is using several tricks to find a way past these warnings.
Toxic waste from effluent tanks built in South West Khasi Hills district in 1990s after exploratory mining in area, contaminates streams and rivers; causes miscarriages, deformities in new-born children and cancer.
Compared to the the seasonally adjusted fourth quarter figures of 2019, the labour hour losses for the first three quarters of 2020 for the South Asia region were 3.1, 27.3 and 18.2% respectively.
On the occasion of Narendra Dabholkar’s birth anniversary on November 1, an excerpt from Narendra Dabholkar’s book ‘The Case of Reason: Understanding the Anti-superstition Movement’.
His true offence is being a radical, a socialist, an anti-imperialist.
Today, everyone agrees that the best way to deal with Covid 19 is through comprehensive, equitable, universally accessible health systems. The WHO had proposed this at the Alma Ata International Conference in 1978.
As we await the result of the US presidential election, here are some facts about the US economy within a world context.
No matter who “won” the U.S. election, what will not change is the capitalist organization of the country’s economy.
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