1.5 is Dead; Ocean Acidification has Crossed Planetary Boundary – 2 Articles
“1.5 is Dead: How Hot Will the Earth Get?”; and: “‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study”.
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3.6 Million Indians are Losing Homes to Climate Change Every Year, But No Law Requires the State to Help Them
More than 56 million Indians lost their homes over 15 years to floods, erosion, landslides and other growing disasters related to climate change, but neither a 2005 law nor its 2024 amendment provides for relocation and resettlement.
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Gaza: Silence in the Face of Horror – 3 Articles
‘Two Million People at Risk of Impending Famine in Gaza, WHO Chief Warns’; ‘When the Dead Speak and the Living Refuse to Listen’; ‘A Minute of Silence for 25,000 Palestinian Children Killed and 17,000 Orphaned… is That Too Much?’.
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The Worldwide Movement in Support of Palestine – 4 Articles
‘Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Sets Sail from Italy with Greta Thunberg, Susan Sarandon Onboard’; ‘Massive Nakba Day Protests Show the Movement for Palestine Remains Strong’; ‘Why are Veterans and Allies Fasting for Gaza?’; ‘The Gaza Solidarity Movement Outlives the Government’s Support for Israel’.
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India Fourth Largest Economy? – 3 Articles
‘The World’s ‘Fourth Largest Economy’ and its Deepest Divide’; ‘Has India Really Become the World’s Fourth-Largest Economy?’; ‘Crowing Over GDP Size vs. Real Progress’: In a democracy, it is the people’s living condition that matters, and progress must be measured entirely in terms of the extent to which these conditions are improving.
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India’s Unemployment Trends are Sending a Distress Signal
The employment rate among youth has declined from around 53% in 2004-2005 to 40% in 2022-2023. The fall in employment rate occurred alongside a fall in youth labour force participation rate. Clearly, the youth are increasingly falling out of the labour force as they are not finding work: they are becoming “discouraged workers”.
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India’s Inhuman Deportation Policy – 2 Articles
‘Is India Perfecting a Menacing Deportation Policy?’: India’s latest “pushback” of undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya refugees violates the right to equal protection and international law. Also: ‘As Assam’s Declared Foreigners Go ‘Missing’ in Police Crackdown, Panicked Families Seek Answers’.
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Redevelopment of Dharavi Will Destroy Millions of Lives, Small Industries – 2 Articles
‘It’s Not Just Dharavi. For Years, Mumbai’s Poor Have Been Banished to a Life Near a Garbage Dump’: In resettlement colonies built near the Deonar landfill, life expectancy is low, jobs scarce and health problems abound. Also: ‘The Redevelopment of Dharavi Will Destroy the Livelihoods of Those Who Work in Small Businesses’.
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Feminisation of Industrial Workplace: Empowerment or Exploitation?
The Foxconn factory at Tamil Nadu has emerged as a site where women workers have faced unsafe, exploitative and discriminatory work conditions, representative indeed of the true position of women workers in the formal sector.
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How India’s Corporate Whistleblowers Face Retaliation and Get No Protection From a Law Govt Keeps Dormant
Instead of being protected and lauded for exposing malfeasance, Indian whistleblowers face retaliation, legal harassment, and professional ruin. This article talks about three whistleblowers from prominent Indian companies.
