Fifth-Largest Economy? India Added 56 Million or Whopping 79% to Global ‘Extreme Poor’
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Fifth-Largest Economy? India Added 56 Million or Whopping 79% to Global ‘Extreme Poor’

The World Bank’s latest poverty estimate delivers shocking news: India added a whopping 79% of new extreme poor to the world population in 2020. In absolute numbers, it says, the global population of extreme poor grew by 71 million and India added 56 million to this.

Vulnerable and Marginalised at Receiving End of Climate Change
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Vulnerable and Marginalised at Receiving End of Climate Change

A recent study on impact of droughts catalysed by climate change on Dalits and the Adivasis of Marathwada region of Maharashtra points to the grim reality that it is the socially and economically vulnerable who are the worst sufferers of these weather-related natural disasters.

“Giorgia on Our Minds”: Exploring “Alternatives” as the Ultra-Right Overtakes Italy
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“Giorgia on Our Minds”: Exploring “Alternatives” as the Ultra-Right Overtakes Italy

The rise of the far right in Italy and elsewhere in Europe needs to be understood in the context of the failure of the left parties and movements to further the interests of the working class as well as those on the margins of the society in their politics as well as policy frameworks.

Mexico’s President Gives Joe Biden a Big History Lesson
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Mexico’s President Gives Joe Biden a Big History Lesson

Mexico’s President AMLO visited the US on July 12 and offered five proposals to US President Joe Biden. These proposals are based on AMLO’s in-depth knowledge of Mexican history and his reading of the economic crisis in the US, which seems to be losing its edge as a global leader.

Africa, China, Russia and US Imperialism – 2 Articles
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Africa, China, Russia and US Imperialism – 2 Articles

“Africa, China, and US Imperialism”: compares the US-Africa relationship and the China-Africa relationship. “Africa Remains at the Center of a 21st Century Cold War”: On the race between Russia, France and USA to influence the 1.3 billion people living in Africa.