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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Can’t the Government of India increase its social sector expenditures and provide free, good quality education to all our children, make available affordable health care to all our people, guarantee nutrition and care to all our pregnant women and children, guarantee a decent pension to all citizens above the age of 60 years … Of course, it can.
A Rs.1,530 crore loss from mispriced derivatives and delayed disclosures raises concerns about weak oversight and risky strategies in private banking.
In Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party government’s shift from ally to adversary in the farmers’ struggle reflects deeper faultlines in India’s agrarian policy and political landscape. India’s agrarian distress is unresolved even though the performance of the agriculture sector has been buoyant.
The Bill sidesteps constitutional guarantees to sanction state intervention into the religious affairs of a community, barely concealing the intent to dispossess.
‘Why Karat Lets Modi-RSS Off the Fascism Hook?’; and: ‘Fascism or Neo-Fascism: Whatever You Call it, Fight It!’.
‘A Lunch on Eid’; ‘In Pain Yet Unbroken: Eid at Sambhal’; and: ‘An Iftar at Hazrat Nizamuddin’s Dargah, a Date with History’.
Coal mining has uprooted many indigenous communities, forcing them to leave their ancestral lands, even as migrants move to the state for livelihood opportunities created by the mining industry.
The ASHAs of Kerala receive a meagre honorarium though they play an indispensable role in the State’s healthcare. They are seen as ‘volunteers’ and the Centre refuses to classify them as ‘workers’, but the State government has failed to meet their immediate demands for fair pay and social security.
The fragile ecosystem of the Western Ghats is threatened by deforestation, quarrying, and largely unplanned development. The escalating pressures of climate change expose this unique natural heritage to even more degradation and destruction. With political will faltering, scientists are urging local communities to take the lead on conservation and climate action.
In 90% of all death penalty sentences in 2024, trial courts imposed sentences in the absence of adequate information about the accused, finds a recent report.
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