Rajasthan Farm Bills: Here’s How They’re Different from the Central Acts
Rajasthan has become the third Congress-ruled state, after Punjab and Chhattisgarh, to counter the Central farm Bills.
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Raising ‘Love Jihad’ Bogey, Yogi Threatens Death for Men Who ‘Hide Identity, Disrespect Sisters’
Since there is no law that prescribes the death penalty for men who marry their wives on false pretences, the UP chief minister’s reference to funerals sounds like a call to vigilante violence.
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Thirty Indian Cities Will Face ‘Water Risk’ by 2050: Report
Nearly a third of the 100 cities in the world susceptible to ‘water risk’ — defined as losses from battling droughts to flooding — are in India, according to the WWF Water Risk Filter.
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After Abysmal Hunger Index Rank, Paper Points Out 3 of 4 Rural Indians Can’t Afford Nutritious Diet
India has ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the ‘serious’ hunger category.
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No Excuses: Historic New Zealand Election Challenges Labor Movement
With the Labor Party’s landslide victory in the national election on October 17, the opportunity presents itself for the working class to push the government to implement progressive policies.
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The Parallel Universe of Peace
We can start a nuclear war in five minutes; but it took the world 72 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki to officially declare nukes illegal, at least for some.
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Agriculture Laws: Farmers Plan National Road Blockade on November 5
Over 500 farmers groups plan to block roads across the country on November 5, the next step in their protests against the three farm reform laws passed by Parliament last month.
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Industrial Food Production and the Pandemic
Covid-19 may become unstoppable. But not so the next pestilence. For that, we need to revamp our food production system now.
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Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean. Part Three: The Heat of 3.6 Billion Atom Bombs
Continuing Ian Angus’s examination of the ‘deadly trio’ of CO2-driven assaults on ocean life. Part three: ocean warming and permanent heatwaves.
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Mauritian PM Labels UK and U.S. ‘Hypocrites’ Over Chagos Islands Dispute
The International Court of Justice passed a judgment in favor of Mauritius’ claim of ownership of the archipelago in February 2019, but Britain has refused to implement it.
