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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The seeds of peace lie in choices that are made. Looking back, indeed, Russia’s decision to vacate the occupation of Kherson on the western bank of the Dnieper River was a masterstroke. Also: Russia Strategises with Iran for the Long Haul in Ukraine.
Four companies dominate the global grain trade and at least 70% of the market. They are reporting record profits. As food prices skyrocket and hunger rises, and with the prospect of still more supply shortages, such profiteering is clearly unjust and a sign of abject market failure.
Globally, the richest 10% of people now possess nearly 76% of the world’s wealth. Meanwhile, the bottom 50% own just 2%, according to the 2022 World Inequality Report, which analyses data and the work of more than 100 researchers and inequality experts.
The hunger strike of Egypt’s Alaa Abd El Fattah overshadows Sisi’s attempt to whitewash his regime’s human rights record at COP27.
After the midterm elections in the US, more left-wing insurgents are going to the House, Bernie Sanders has two strong allies in the Senate and progressive ballot measures passed everywhere.
The message from the recent Congress of the Communist Party of China is continuation of ongoing restructuring of the economy toward capitalism, albeit on Chinese terms and keeping the “commanding heights” of the economy in state hands.
Should the UN stop holding annual COP “Conference of the Parties” climate change meetings? For 30 years, following each COP meeting, CO2 emissions have climbed higher than the year before. That’s thirty years of failure to slow emissions by even a teeny bit. It’s starting to get embarrassing.
In the entire history of post-Independence India, no single economic measure has been as devastating for the people and as utterly futile in achieving its stated objectives, as the demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination.
On October 18, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, GOI permitted the environmental release of genetically-modified mustard. Being the first food crop, expert studies question the environmental, biosafety and human health risks associated with hasty government approval.
The SC ruling has sanctioned a forward-caste only quota, endorsing the reactionary idea that reservations to SCs/STs and OBCs have resulted in injustice to forward castes who may not be equally well off. This is a stupefying inversion of our Constitution’s idea of equality.
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