Pune: Migrant Workers Return to Job Losses, Lower Salaries
Migrant workers, who had left Pune owing to the Covid-induced lockdown, have returned to the district only to find a scarcity of jobs.
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Scientists Say Net Zero by 2050 Is Too Late
Climate scientists now believe their predictions about the rate of the global temperature increase have been too conservative, and stronger and more decisive action is needed to reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions.
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Five Centuries of Pillage and Resistance: Latin America and Africa
A review of one of the most important books of the 20th century, written by the Uruguayan journalist and writer, Eduardo Galeano: “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”.
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When Role of Vaccines as Public Health Clashes with Their Role as Source of Super Profits
In recent years vaccines have emerged as a source of huge profits. Hence the safety and efficiency aspects of Covid-19 vaccine should get very, very careful attention.
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Marx, Engels and Metabolic Rift – Part Two
In this part, Mark Walsh explores the impact of the metabolic rift over the 20th century, including how the drive of capitalist forms of agriculture and primary industry have led to species extinction, ecological collapse and the increased outbreaks of deadly epidemics.
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Advertising vs. Democracy
Kilbourne’s work shows how the corporate imperative to boost consumption by generating ever more specious and evanescent pseudo-needs corrupts and distorts society. An interview with her about the influence of advertising culture on politics.
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How India Was Stripped of Its Atmanirbharta in the Edible Oil Industry
In the context of the call for ‘Atmanirbharta’, we need to reexamine our policy towards edible oil imports – it is possible for India to increase production and become self-sufficient.
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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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How the Green Revolution Is Harming Africa
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…
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GM Lobby Plans New Offensive With Gene Edited Crops
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.
