Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Causes 20% of All Deaths
Fossil fuel pollution kills more people each year than HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.
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Environmental Injustice in India: Jaduguda Uranium Mining Cluster
Adivasis have been and are being sacrificed in the union government’s uranium mining and processing projects in the State of Jharkhand.
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India, US are on Pathway to Contain China
The big picture is that after audaciously claiming the mantle of leadership of the Global South as recently as in September, in a span of over two months, India is gliding over to the American camp as the US’ indispensable ally, even aspiring to be a “global defence hub” with Pentagon’s help.
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Estimates of Offshore Wealth Held by Indians – 2 Articles
‘New Estimates of Offshore Wealth Held by Indians’; Also: ‘How Much Indian Black Money Is Stashed Away in Swiss Banks? Nearly $1 Trillion, Says This Book’.
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The NEP Goes Against the Existing Constitutional Mandate of the RTE
Its centralised focus on state examinations even in grades 3, 5 and 8 in addition to the board examinations in grades 10 and 12 runs contrary to the RTE. Also: extract from: ‘Reads Like an Impressive Wish List But Barters Right to Education’.
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MSMEs in India: Nation’s Progress Depends on Them
Unorganized sector of which agriculture is an important part employs 94% of the work force but contributes 45% to the GDP. Thus, incomes here are very low compared to the organized sector where 6% of the workers work and produce 55% of the output.
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India’s Renewed Biofuels Push to Disrupt Agriculture, Worsen Inequality
Can a country ranked 101 out of 116 on the World Hunger Index talk about a surplus it can use to make biofuels?
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Actual U.S. Military Spending Reached $1.537 Trillion in 2022—More than Twice Acknowledged Level
For decades, it has been recognized by independent researchers that actual U.S. military spending is approximately twice the officially acknowledged level. In 2022, actual U.S. military spending reached $1.537 trillion—more than twice the officially acknowledged level of $765.8 billion.
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Africa | Online Blog | USA
The Pentagon Proclaims Failure in its War on Terror in Africa
America’s Global War on Terror has seen its share of stalemates, disasters, and outright defeats. During 20-plus years of armed interventions, the United States has watched its efforts implode in spectacular fashion, from Iraq in 2014 to Afghanistan in 2021. Its greatest failure however, may not be in the Middle East, but in Africa.
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CFA Franc System in Francophone Africa: A Tool of French Financial Imperialism
French colonial foundations suffered a huge blow in the early 1960s. However, its main tool of the economic exploitation, the CFA franc financial system, resisted the decolonization wave. This article analyses French imperialism through a study of the CFA franc system.
