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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Three of Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories, written within a few months of one another, posit the irreconcilability of being human with patriarchy and gender inequity.
A report has found that rising prices of foodgrains are not because of demand and supply imbalance, but because of excessive speculation by investment firms and funds in the commodities markets. Another article says: Global food giants like Cargill have made a killing due to the rising food prices.
The headlong rush to list LIC shows shocking disregard for public interest while pandering to the whims of speculative “investors”. The IPO’s pricing indicates that it is perhaps India’s biggest-ever privatisation scandal.
Press Release, 28/04/2022: We would like to invite your attention to the untold miseries and sufferings of people in Dhinkia which has been targeted for an integrated steel plant by Sajan Jindal’s JSW a few years after POSCO was driven out of the same soil.
Dear Stan, today, 26 April, is your earthly birthday! We are celebrating fond memories of you, thanking God for the gift of you to this earth and her people, and above all trying to see in what ways we can internalise and actualise the rich legacy we have inherited from you!
The central government has raked in over Rs. 18 lakh crore from excise duties compared to Rs. 14 lakh crore from taxes by all state governments over the past eight years.
India Wants to Spend Rs 19,300 Crore on Rejuvenating Yamuna and 12 Other Rivers Through Plantations; Ganga Still Suffers – But Govt Thinks ‘Successful’ Rejuvenation Is a Blueprint for Other Rivers: The proposal doesn’t address the real issues behind the degradation of rivers.
Two landslides in Kinnaur last summer which claimed 22 lives have made the local population more aware of the ecological dangers posed by hydropower projects, such as the proposed Jangi Thopan Powari project.
Although nomadic and denotified tribes make up nearly 10% of India’s population, they face an uphill battle for education and social dignity.
Disallowing non-Hindus from performing in temples is a sign of failing to understand all that the temple space represents.
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