Jobless Numbers Are Touching 5 Crore
Labour force has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to CMIE.
Food Without Choice?; Also – Doctors Urge Modi to Reject GM Mustard
Th attempt by a small but powerful minority to propagate GM crops to serve their interests and those of giant corporations, the bureaucracy, the political setup and a few unprincipled and unethical scientists and technologists who can be used as tools, must be opposed.
Fourth Estate intact in India: Envoy Ruchira Kamboj at United Nations
This sweeping assertion comes in the same week that journalist Ravish Kumar left NDTV.
Does Modi’s India Care About Palestine Any More?
Apart from deepening ties with Tel Aviv on all fronts, especially military, the Hindutva ideologues in power in India draw great inspiration from the Israeli model of nationalism and repression.
On Constitution Day, the Modi Government Is Exacting the RSS’s Revenge on Ambedkar
A concept note on ‘India: Mother of Democracy’ entirely erases the actual spirit and principles of the Indian constitution. Instead, it audaciously pushes an openly Hindu supremacist narrative.
REPLUG: Demonetisation Has Been an Utter Failure on All Fronts
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.
Increase in Price of MSP by Modi Government: A Critical Review
The comparative study of increase in the MSP during the one decade of the Modi govt. and one decade of the Manmohan govt. reveals that the proportional increase in MSP during the Manmohan govt. was almost 2 to 3 times higher than increase in MSP during the Modi govt.
Why the Idea of Reservations for Dalit Muslims and Christians has Divided Ambedkarites
In the wake of the Modi government forming a commission to reevaluate reservations for Dalits, Ambedkarite intellectuals are debating whether Muslim and Christian Dalits should be included in the Scheduled Caste list.
Modi’s Revdi Culture? ‘Freebie’ to Vedanta-Foxconn Ahead of Gujarat, Himachal Polls
Two recent shocking revelations: Vedanta-Foxconn cornering a subsidy of Rs 76,000 crore to build chips; and a wrong Hyundai group getting a huge subsidy to make EV batteries. The partisan debate over “freebies” sparked by PM Modi himself now stands exposed more than ever, in multiple ways.
MBBS in Hindi? But Why Were Engg Courses in Hindi Dropped a Year After Launch?
Madhya Pradesh claims to have become the first state to fulfil PM Modi’s vision to start medical and technical education in Hindi. But it is silent on why the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, set up with much fanfare in 2011 by the Chouhan government to provide technical, medical, and engineering courses in Hindi, is now on the verge of closure.