More Fees, Less Scholarships—Thanks to National Education Policy
From IIT Delhi and Bombay to Allahabad University and BHU, students are protesting protesting fees hikes and shrinking scholarships – both a result of NEP.
Fishworkers Struggle Against Vizhinjam Adani Port in Kerala
The historical agitation by the coastal people of Trivandrum has crossed 120 days. The people are demanding that construction of the harbour be stopped and the destruction it has already caused to the coast be enquired into by an expert committee acceptable to fish workers also.
The Grain Giants Have Made a Bonanza from Hunger; Time to Take Them Apart
Four companies dominate the global grain trade and at least 70% of the market. They are reporting record profits. As food prices skyrocket and hunger rises, and with the prospect of still more supply shortages, such profiteering is clearly unjust and a sign of abject market failure.
Why Say No to Indian Govt Approval to GM Mustard
On October 18, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, GOI permitted the environmental release of genetically-modified mustard. Being the first food crop, expert studies question the environmental, biosafety and human health risks associated with hasty government approval.
Massive Infrastructure Project Threatens Great Nicobar Island
It will result in devastating ecological changes and endanger the island’s unique flora and fauna.
Agri Biotech Sector Motivated by Monopoly Control and Sacred GMO Cash Cow
Food prices are rising due to a combination of an engineered food crisis for geopolitical reasons, financial speculation by hedge funds, and profiteering by global grain trade conglomerates. In addition, agribusiness forms are using this crisis as an opportunity to promote GE technologies.
Water, Water, No Longer Everywhere
Four billion people — almost two thirds of the world’s population — experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.
The Partition of Punjab and Bengal
India suffered not one partition but many. On the one hand India was partitioned into two nation states. But along with the country, two major regions – Punjab and Bengal, evolved through many centuries, were also partitioned – this partition of the regions was probably much more serious with extremely tragic consequences.
Hunger and Poverty
The 2022 Global Hunger Index shows India occupying the 107th position among 121 countries. This should come as no surprise. Several scholars have used data on per capita daily calorie intake, and per capita annual foodgrain availability to point out that hunger in the country is acute and growing.
Jammu & Kashmir Today Signals the Collapse of Manipulation
The powers-that-be have gone through a range of administrative and political contortions to ensure, before any elections happen, that the ruling party will win.