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Shocking Inequality: Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 70 crore Indians

JUST 5 per cent of Indians own more than 60 per cent of the country’s wealth while the bottom 50 per cent of India’s population possess only three per cent of the wealth. From 2012 to 2021, 40 per cent of the wealth created in India has gone to just one per cent of the population and only a mere 3 per cent of the wealth has gone to the bottom 50 per cent.

Third NPRD Conference: Strengthen Fight for Rights

THE third conference of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has given a clarion call for sustained struggles amongst others on the issue of social security and earnest implementation of various provisions regarding the same as mandated in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; expanding its reach to all states and making the NPRD a truly representative platform of various disabilities.Held at Hyderabad on December 27-28, 2022 in the premises of the St.

Joshimath Sinking a Disaster Foretold

JOSHIMATH'S sinking recently was a disaster waiting to happen. Although cracks started appearing in buildings in late 2021, they have widened alarmingly, and new cracks appeared in more than 800 houses and roads a year later. According to images released by the National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Joshimath has witnessed a rapid subsidence of nearly 5.4 cm in 12 days—between December 27, 2022, and January 7, 2023. The ISRO report also stated that a subsidence of nearly 9 cm was recorded in April-November 2022.

Green Energy Plan for Indian Capital but not for its People

THE recent announcement of the union government of a Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 19,794 crore) National Green Hydrogen Mission has created two kinds of questions. The most common reaction is what is green hydrogen? And do we have a plan for a green hydrogen path for which Rs 20,000 crore is being earmarked?Let us get one fact straight: all shades of hydrogen—green, blue, or grey—are only on how hydrogen is produced, not the colour of the gas. Regardless of how hydrogen is generated, it remains the same colourless, odourless gas.

Resolve of the All India Conference of CITU: Step-up Defiance against Anti-Working Class Policies

THE 17th All India Conference of CITU began with a rousing reception to the   working class and their representatives who had come from all corners of the country to Bengaluru to take part in the five-day conference from January 18-22, 2023. 1,500 delegates representing around 62 lakh members from 25 states and union territories and representatives of fraternal organisations are attending the conference.The conference began in the morning on January 18th with flag hoisting.

The Bhagwat Interview: Update of Hindutva

THE RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat in an interview to the editors of the RSS publications, Organiser and the Panchjanya (January 15,) dealt with a range of questions. Bhagwat’s comments should be taken as the 2023 update of the writings of RSS founders like Hedgewar and Golwalkar for the building of a Hindu Rashtra. He says “Hindustan is a Hindu rashtra. This prosperous and powerful Hindu society—Hindu Rashtra—Bharat—will reach to the pinnacle of its glory and provide leadership to the world.” The RSS spelled out its project when India was a British colony.

AIDWA National Conference – II

THE 13th national conference of the AIDWA took place at a time when the second Narendra Modi government and its corporate and right-wing allies have used the pandemic and its aftermath to thrust their neo-liberal policies, communal polarisation, Manuwadi values, and authoritarian control over every sphere and aspect of life.

Green Energy Plan for Indian Capital but not for its People

THE recent announcement of the Union Government of an Rs. 20,000 crore (Rs. 19,794 crore) National Green Hydrogen Mission has created two kinds of questions. The most common reaction is what is green hydrogen? And do we have a plan for a green hydrogen path for which Rs. 20,000 crore is being earmarked?Let us get one fact straight: all shades of hydrogen—green, blue or grey—are only on how hydrogen is produced, not the colour of the gas. Regardless of how hydrogen is generated, it remains the same colourless, odourless gas.

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