Facebook the company is losing control of Facebook the product — not to mention the last shreds of its carefully crafted, decade-old image as a … Facebook papers show deep conflict withinRead more
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Facebook’s Services Are Used in India to Spread Religious Hatred
A report prepared by Facebook’s researchers found that WhatsApp was awash with “rumours and calls to violence” during the Delhi riots of February 2020, while … Facebook’s Services Are Used in India to Spread Religious HatredRead more
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Despite Mass Hunger, Modi Govt Keen to Divert Foodgrains
The Narendra Modi government’s attempt to “explain” away India’s slipping from being 94th on the global hunger index in 2020 to 101st in 2021, a … Despite Mass Hunger, Modi Govt Keen to Divert FoodgrainsRead more
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Under Modi, Tax Burden has Shifted from Corporates to People
It was once famously said that the executive (government) is nothing but a committee to manage the affairs of the ruling class in any society. … Under Modi, Tax Burden has Shifted from Corporates to PeopleRead more
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India is reeling under hunger
The 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI) released October 14, 2021 came as a rude reminder that many people around us do not have adequate food … India is reeling under hungerRead more
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GMO rice from India withdrawn in EU
The discovery of 500 tonnes of genetically modified (GM) rice in a consignment that India exported to the European Union countries in June 2021 has … GMO rice from India withdrawn in EURead more
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Digital vaccine passports pave way for unprecedented surveillance capitalism
The death by starvation of Etwariya Devi, a 67-year-old widow from the rural Indian state of Jharkhand, might have passed without notice had it not … Digital vaccine passports pave way for unprecedented surveillance capitalismRead more
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Reactions to the Death of 16 Migrants
In the early hours of May 8, a goods train crushed 16 migrant labourers to death in Aurangabad as they slept on a railway track. … Reactions to the Death of 16 MigrantsRead more
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Women in India are voting today, thanks to a Jewish MP’s initiative 100 years ago
Edwin Samuel Montagu is not a name that will resonate with Indians today. Born in 1879 and dying in 1924, he belongs to a bygone … Women in India are voting today, thanks to a Jewish MP’s initiative 100 years agoRead more
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Emergency Report on School Education
The Covid-19 pandemic and its consequent lockdowns have caused schools in India to be closed for the last year and a half – notes Locked … Emergency Report on School EducationRead more