As Uttar Pradesh Heads to Polls, How Does the Yogi Govt’s Economic Performance Hold Up?
Employment trends are dismal under the ‘double engine government’ of Modi and Adityanath. Several other claims made in ads do not appear to hold up.
BCCI’s Functioning Is But a Mirror to How the Country Is Being Run
Those who really run the BCCI are intimately connected to, if not proxies of, the political leadership running the country. The shenanigans in the running of the BCCI mirror the trickery and deceit at play in the running of the country. That is the real message from the Kohli saga.
Undermining the Idea of India
The text of the speech delivered by Justice G.S. Patel, Judge of the Bombay High Court, on the occasion of The Leaflet’s Constitution Day Talk on November 26. The judge emphasised saving constitutional values from being undermined.
Why the Drop in India’s Labour Participation Rate Can’t Be Ignored by Policymakers
As per the CMIE, India’s LPR has further fallen to 40.15% last month. This means 60% of employable people in India have fallen off the job market. Other Asian economies like Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam etc. have over 60% employable people actively looking for jobs.
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Global Warming Impacting Arctic and Antarctic; Permafrost Also Melting: Earth on Cusp of Catastrophe – Three Articles
2021 Arctic Report Card Tells a Human Story of Cascading Climate Disruption; What if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?; Climate Crisis at the Top of the World: Global Orders and Catastrophic Change.
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World Inequality Report: India Stands Out as a Very Unequal Country
According to the World Inequality Report 2022, the levels of wealth and income inequalities in India are among the worst that prevail in the leading countries of the world.
How Military-Industrial Complex Sidelined Peace and Disarmament: Part 4
The year 1961 culminated with the fervent hope for concrete progress towards disarmament, but that hope is severely dented even sixty years on.
Edward Bernays: Propaganda and the U.S.-Backed 1954 Guatemalan Coup
Whether selling cigarettes or deposing world leaders, Edward Bernays molded reality like clay. In his hands, words spun like so many hollow jars. However, the one constant, the one truth among his many distortions, is that Bernays had no use for the truth.
Pakistan in a Perfect Debt Spiral with the Worst Impacts of the Pandemic
Pakistan is one of the 52 countries facing severe debt crisis. The most critical problem faced by the country’s economy is repayment and servicing of external debt. Persistent borrowing creates a spiral with more borrowing generating an impending economic crisis.
Memories of Socialist Hungary
The author reflects on his family’s memories of socialist Hungary, drawing comparisons between their experiences and the current Hungarian government’s anti-communist slander.