Climate Change and Energy: Challenges for a Just Transition
By now, there is an almost universal consensus that the world energy systems must move away from climate-threatening fossil fuels and into non-carbon, safe, and sustainable sources.
Infrastructure Finance Update
Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of April 2023 covers majorly the developments from the national financial institutions for infrastructure building like the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF), National Bank for Financing Infrastructure Development...
Ratnagiri Refinery: State repression on a peaceful movement
In the last week of April, the situation in Rajapur tehsil, Maharahtra turned tense in the context of the RRPCL project and people’s resistance to the project.
What is happening with the PM CARES fund?
Remember the PM CARES fund? Set up during the Covid-19 pandemic, this fund was supposed to help us to fight Covid, and other emergency situations, instead, it became mired in controversies. In January this...
Using Artificial Intelligence in Banking may become disastrous
Geoffrey Hinton, aged 75, known as the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently resigned as Vice President, at Google to speak about the potential risks of AI.
Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality – new research
Record-breaking heatwaves in April 2022 put 90% of people in India at increased risk of going hungry, losing income or premature death, according to our new study.
Withdrawal of Amendment to Factories Act – Lesson for the Union Govt
The Tamil Nadu Government passed an amendment to the Factories Act
Transforming the World of Finance
What will help the world of finance/economy to transform? While I do not have an answer on that, I want to share why the economy/finance needs a serious and radical transformation.
Ratnagiri protests: Cost of development
A battle is raging in the Konkan region of Maharashtra between the people and the government. So far over a thousand people were arrested and many were booked for rioting, unlawful assembly and disobedience...
Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?
India suffers from high rates of malnutrition, especially among women and children. The government claims that the fortification of food can be a sure-shot solution to combat it. As rice is a staple diet...
Customer Service in Public Sector Banks – Is the Finance Minister Irresponsible?
A recent news report by ANI and PTI reported that a senior citizen, Surya Harijan walks many kilometres barefoot with the support of a broken chair to reach a bank to collect her pension...
வளர்ச்சியின் விளைவு- எண்ணூரில் தொடரும் சுற்றுச்சூழல் மாசுபாடும் சவால்களும்
தமிழ்நாட்டின் தலைநகரமாகிய சென்னையின் எண்ணூர் பகுதி பல ஆண்டுகளாக
Are we prepared for extreme temperatures ahead?
India Meteorological Department has issued a heatwave warning for several states. The Delhi Govt has brought out guidelines for schools and other institutions. Similarly, the Bengal Govt has advanced the summer vacations for schools...
Mudra Loans and the Dangers of Micro Finance
The Finance Minister has claimed that in the past eight years the government has disbursed 41 crore Mudra Loans worth Rs.23 crores. This is not at all the government’s money.
Ratnagiri Refinery Opposition: An unwavering courage to save Konkan
From opposing the world's largest nuclear power generating station to the world's largest single-location integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, the residents of areas along the Konkan coast have been fighting for their land and...
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