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Why Say No To Indian govt Approval to GM Mustard | Soma Marla
4 November 2022, by Soma S. MarlaGenetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, GOI (GEAC) has permitted on Oct.18 the environmental release of genetically-modified (GM) mustard. Being the first food crop, expert studies question the environmental, biosafety and human health risks (...) -
Governance to stifle hate | Vikash Narain Rai
4 November 2022by Vikash Narain Rai *
Religion and nationalism may be touted as their sweet allies but it is the politics of hate that has all along defined the strident march of Hindutva forces to power. In this context, it is remarkable how the unprecedented (...) -
RSS and BJP in a bind over the Bharat Jodo Yatra | Arun Srivastava
4 November 2022by Arun Srivastava
RSS leaders and Narendra Modi are not at all worried of rejuvenation and survival of Congress, it is the threat of Rahul Gandhi giving a new left of centre ideological line to the Congress that has really shaken their (...) -
Freebies and public policy imperatives: are they worth it? | Amrendu Kumar Singh
4 November 2022by Amrendu Kumar Singh*
Introduction
‘Freebies’ have always been part and parcel of India’s political economy of development, better known as ‘subsidies’ in the traditional sense when a large segment of society and public economy were often (...) -
Life in peril / world of Gemini Ganesan | Humra Quraishi
4 November 2022, by Humra Quraishi2 November 2022
Human life in sheer peril!
In the midst of shrill developmental promises by the politicians of the day, bridges are collapsing, structures tumbling-crumbling-falling apart, flood fury spreading havoc, poisonous gases leaking, (...) -
Struggles for democracy in Southasia highlighted at the Fourth Asma Jahangir Conference | Abdullah Zahid with Beena Sarwar
4 November 2022by Abdullah Zahid with Beena Sarwar The drama began well before the start of the Fourth Asma Jahangir Conference on ‘Crisis of Constitutionalism in South Asia’, held last weekend in Lahore.
When Steven Butler of the Committee to Protect (...) -
Bio-Weapons Can Further Increase the Risks of On-Going World Crisis | Bharat Dogra
4 November 2022, by Bharat DograThe possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, intentional or on the basis of misunderstandings which can result in a situation of high-tensions and escalating tensions continuing for a long time, has been repeatedly and increasingly held out in (...) -
Far right: The significance of an umbrella concept | Andrea L P Pirro
4 November 2022by Andrea L P Pirro *
Abstract: This contribution makes the case for a shift in boundaries between the (populist) radical right and the extreme right, arguing for the systematic use of the term far right’. The significance of a deliberately (...) -
Lula never left Brazil’s centre stage | M K Bhadrakumar
4 November 2022, by M K BhadrakumarThe former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula, has won the country’s presidential election by an incredibly narrow margin of 50.90% of the vote against his right-wing rival and incumbent president Jair (...) -
All India Kisan Sabha on GM Mustard - Press Release Oct 31, 2022
4 November 2022All India Kisan Sabha
kisansabha[at]gmail.com, New Delhi-1
Press Release 31.10.2022
News reports have misrepresented comments of AIKS General Secretary Hannan Mollah on GM Mustard and given an impression that the All India Kisan Sabha is (...)
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