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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
In its blistering November 3 report, the UN Human Rights Committee documented how little the U.S. has done to challenge the systemic, wide-ranging racism that continues to infuse every aspect of its society.
Workers employed in the dangerous profession are among the most vulnerable and marginalized in India, hence the unflattering local moniker.
Here, in five charts, we try to decode the life of women in Rajasthan and answer whether the statistics are in sync with the situation in other states and at the all India-level.
The Opposition and critics have alleged the ban is the latest chapter in the Adityanath government’s hostilities against Muslims in the state.
‘Extreme Weather in India: A Disaster Nearly Every Day’: India has seen a disaster nearly every day this year – from heat and cold waves, cyclones and lightning to heavy rain, floods and landslides. Also: ‘US Has Faced a Record 23 Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Disasters in 2023’.
In 2016, the RBI had accurately predicted both the damage and the lack of benefit of the demonetisation. Was it heard? No.
‘New Estimates of Offshore Wealth Held by Indians’; Also: ‘How Much Indian Black Money Is Stashed Away in Swiss Banks? Nearly $1 Trillion, Says This Book’.
‘Disasters in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Point to Flawed Development Model’; ‘Why Landslides, Happening Extensively Across the Himalayas, are Likely to Get Worse’; ‘Chilly Winter Awaits Thousands of Homeless Households Following Himalayan Disasters’.
Secret documents show 3M and Dupont suppressed knowledge of PFAS toxicity. Also: What Industry Knew About the Perils of PFAS.
Many say the Modi government’s amendment to the RTI Act downgrades the role of information authorities, which could undermine the very essence of the law.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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