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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The tide of anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment throughout the world, which seems to be on the rise, demands a historical revision of relations between Muslims and Jews. An almost forgotten episode during World War II can shed light on this issue.
On his birth anniversary, a great-nephew of Acharya J.B. Kriplani reflects on what his and Nehru’s relations say about the late Congress leader’s ability to deal with dissent and criticism.
In 2016, the RBI had accurately predicted both the damage and the lack of benefit of the demonetisation. Was it heard? No.
Historically, stubble burning contributes only 6% to the pollution, yet the public is quick to make the farmers the scapegoats, and not the policymakers. Also: Urgent action is needed to tackle multiple sources of pollution, from vehicles to construction to stubble burning.
Fossil fuel pollution kills more people each year than HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.
Adivasis have been and are being sacrificed in the union government’s uranium mining and processing projects in the State of Jharkhand.
The big picture is that after audaciously claiming the mantle of leadership of the Global South as recently as in September, in a span of over two months, India is gliding over to the American camp as the US’ indispensable ally, even aspiring to be a “global defence hub” with Pentagon’s help.
‘New Estimates of Offshore Wealth Held by Indians’; Also: ‘How Much Indian Black Money Is Stashed Away in Swiss Banks? Nearly $1 Trillion, Says This Book’.
Its centralised focus on state examinations even in grades 3, 5 and 8 in addition to the board examinations in grades 10 and 12 runs contrary to the RTE. Also: extract from: ‘Reads Like an Impressive Wish List But Barters Right to Education’.
Unorganized sector of which agriculture is an important part employs 94% of the work force but contributes 45% to the GDP. Thus, incomes here are very low compared to the organized sector where 6% of the workers work and produce 55% of the output.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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