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Article discusses the dramatic effects of capitalist globalisation that began in the 15th century. This part discusses the impact of globalisation since the 19th century.
On a day that the United States recorded 2,997 COVID-19 deaths, the New York Times published an op-ed by two former Biden administration advisers calling China’s decision to prioritize saving lives a “mistake” and extolling the benefits of “natural immunity through infection.”
China is leading an international effort to develop alliances to counter U.S. hegemony. This January 20, China’s mission to the UN launched a new, economic diplomatic alliance, called the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative.
On 1 February 1948, two days after Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination by Hindutva fanatics, Sarojini Naidu gave an impassioned speech on All India Radio, calling on the nation to remember the Mahatma’s death as a pledge to right action. Her address.
2022 has begun with melancholy, as our country sees the pandemic reach new heights. Meanwhile our crises of climate, democracy, and inequality seem more entrenched than ever. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to an equally uncertain time and found hope in recognizing the necessity of radical change.
The silence of Modi and Shah about the unprecedented calls for full-scale armed war against Muslims can be read in one of two ways: as signs of their sense of impunity and confidence, or as signs of their sense of precarity and insecurity. The latter appears to be more probable.
Through “nationalised banks-NBFC” deals, the Modi government is trying to achieve what the three farm laws could not achieve.
The arguments advanced in favour of LIC IPO by the government are that it would ensure greater accountability and transparency. But the insurer has always been accountable with an unblemished record of protecting the interests of the policyholders.
The farmers’ historic struggle and victory has upset not merely political arrogance but conventional wisdom in more than one way. It has shown the limitations of class analysis, and has thrown up new ideas for organizing peaceful protests in a democracy.
In the past few years, a significant number of young men and women in India have been attracted to a dangerous alt-right digital ecosystem called ‘trad-wing’, in which they serve as self-styled civilisational warriors.
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