Throughout the Pandemic, Environmental Clearance Law Has Been Under the Chopping Block
Even the global health crisis that unfolded in the past year has not deterred the current government from executing its plans for ‘ease of doing business’.
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Chernobyl Alert and the Doomsday Clock
Like the mythical Phoenix, Chernobyl rises from the ashes. And, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the world-famous Doomsday Clock, that measures humanity’s nearness to utter annihilation, at 100 seconds to midnight.
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This Is Not a Crisis, This Is a Rebellion: a Report from the Front Lines of Haiti
All of Haitian society is in revolt. The fundamental demand of the popular sectors is a “sali piblik,” or a united transition away from dictatorship and neocolonialism that involves and empowers the masses of Haitian people.
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Bengal Elections and Beyond: the BJP Can Be Defeated but the RSS Project Remains
The RSS knows that capturing the hearts and minds of the young is a generational task and is ready to wait for another two elections for the BJP to capture the state in Bengal.
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How Should We Re-Imagine a Nava Keralam?
The description of Nava Keralam or New Kerala Model, by Thomas Isaac, Kerala’s Finance Minister in the previous Cabinet, has at its core, an infrastructure-led approach: rapid, widespread and extensive construction. Several sane voices in Kerala are urging for a reconsideration of this model.
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Microsoft vs Indian Farmers: Agri-Stacking the System
In April, the Indian government signed a MoU with Microsoft, allowing its local partner CropData to leverage a master database of farmers. It seems to be part of the AgriStack policy initiative, which is going to displace farmers from their lands and enable corporations to gain control over Indian agriculture.
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The Hunger Pandemic
A survey conducted in October 2020 shows widespread hunger across 11 States. In the midst of the devastating second wave, immediate relief is needed.
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How the RSS Network’s Incessant Generation of Lies Has Actively Damaged Our Brains
Nothing positive comes out of a deliberate induction of untruths in society. All it achieves is a population of sick hearts and weak minds.
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Meerut Killings: 34-Year Battle for Justice – Two Articles
May 23, 2021, is the 34th anniversary of the killing of 72 Muslims in Meerut’s Maliana village, allegedly by the PAC. The trial has been going on for over 3 decades, there has been no justice yet. Also, an article on the Hashimpura massacre a day earlier.
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Saudi-Iran Reset Will Take Time
The US is a mere passive bystander while the two powerhouses in the Gulf – Saudi Arabia and Iran – are drawing close. One of them is Washington’s client state for almost 80 years while the other is an archetypal enemy for the past 40 years.
