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These are: how much did the government claim to have spent in 2020-21, and how much does it intend to spend in 2021-22. They will determine whether there is any real hope of sustained macroeconomic recovery in the near future.
The world’s ten richest men, says an Oxfam report, have seen their combined wealth increase by half a trillion dollars since the pandemic began—more than enough to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for everyone and to ensure no one is pushed into poverty by the pandemic.
2021 is a crucial year for Nicaragua, with national elections due in November. With Biden coming to power, will the US administration continue its attempts to sabotage the elections? And can Nicaragua once again defend its sovereignty against US and other foreign interference?
Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption; New study shows Earth now warmer than any time in last 12,000 years; Global ice melt accelerating at record rate; Florida professor predicts Amazon rainforest collapse by 2064.
The imperial domination of Africa by the West through colonialism and subsequently neocolonialism has shaped the societal, economical, and political structures in the continent.
Rising inflation is forcing millions of households in India to cut back on food and dip into their savings for essentials. This could wipe out gross household savings, hampering future economic recovery because households would have no money to spend.
Vietnam has not bowed to American pressure to join the Quad. The result is that China and Vietnam’s economic relations have steadily prospered, and China is today Vietnam’s largest trading partner and the latter is China’s sixth biggest trading partner.
Even while the real economy remains in contractionary mode, not only have stock market returns exploded, but India’s stock of foreign exchange reserves have registered record-breaking increases. Nevertheless, the economic crisis is all set to worsen.
The historical anthropologist says that there is a growing argument for a human history that predates war altogether and further points out that war is not innate to human nature, but instead, is a social and cultural development that begins at certain points around the globe.
Key provisions of the Modi Government’s farm bills, such as ending government procurement and winding up the FCI, were in fact spelled out in a World Bank document of August 1991.
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