AI Impact Summit: PR, Protests and the truth
Days after the India AI Impact Summit 2026 wrapped up in New Delhi, news and digital media are flooded with news about the controversy studded event. While a lot of state backed media have...
Days after the India AI Impact Summit 2026 wrapped up in New Delhi, news and digital media are flooded with news about the controversy studded event. While a lot of state backed media have...
Two days ago a parapet segment of an under-construction metro collapsed in Mumbai, killing one person and injuring three others. This incident is the newest addition to a troublingly long list of infrastructure accidents...
You, Me and the Economy In this episode, Pius Fozan calls us to rethink democracy. He reflects on the dangers of nostalgic histories, the construction of alternative realities that glorify the past while ignoring...
‘ಸಾಗರಮಾಲಾ’ ಮೂಲಕ ಉತ್ತರಕನ್ನಡದ ಸಮುದ್ರ ತೀರ ಮಾರಾಟಕ್ಕೆ? ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಮೀನುಗಾರರಿಂದ ತೀವ್ರ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ಉತ್ತರಕನ್ನಡದ ಮೀನುಗಾರರು, ರೈತರು, ನದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅರಣ್ಯವನ್ನು ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿರುವ ಸಮುದಾಯಗಳು ತಲೆತಲಾಂತರದಿಂದ ನೆಲ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮುದ್ರದ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 2025ರ ನವೆಂಬರ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನವೊಂದನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಿ, ತಮ್ಮ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಮಾದರಿಯ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ...
On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released the 2026-27 Union Budget. In the NDA Government’s long pattern of disregarding the land, lives and labour of people, this budget is another nail in the...
In the Union Budget 2026 to 27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that major public sector NBFCs would be consolidated to create larger institutions to finance energy and infrastructure. Following this, the boards of...
This budget has grabbed headlines for its support to the MSME sector, particularly with the announcement of the 10,000 crore SME Growth Fund. Given the fact that MSMEs have suffered in recent times because...
📽️WATCH: Post-BUDGET Wrap 2026 💼 Who Is(n’t) the Indian Government Spending for 🪙 It has been 10 days now since finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in parliament. Over the last...
🪙 As the World Bank marks 80 years, Justice S. Muralidhar delivers a critical address examining the institution’s growing influence over India’s economic and social policies. With rising external debt, he explains how international...
🪙 As India approaches another Union Budget, questions around privatisation and the future of public institutions have regained importance. The names of Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani have come up a lot during elections...
Gig workers struck work this Christmas and on New Year’s eve protesting against automated systems used by the platforms to penalize delivery workers and reduce their ratings when delays occur, and are asking for...
ನೂತನ ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕಾ ಗಣತಿ: ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕಾ ಸಮುದಾಯಗಳು ಅವನತಿಯತ್ತ? ಗ್ರಾಮವೊಂದರ ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕಾ ಸಮುದಾಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಸಲಕರಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸುವ ಬೋಳುಮರವೊಂದನ್ನು ಕೋರಮಂಡಲ ಕರಾವಳಿಯುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಮೀನುಗಾರರು ತಲೆತಲಾಂತರದಿಂದ ಅನುಸರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದಿರುವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನಿಯಮಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಮಣ್ಣಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಸಂಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಗಣತಿಯು ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷಿಸಿದರೆ, ಅದು...
The World Bank Board ended its long-standing nuclear ban in June 2025, paving the way for financing nuclear power plants worldwide. Although the World Bank was never a major funder of nuclear energy, this...
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin Bill 2025 is being projected as a bold reform that modernises rural employment and aligns it with the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047. In...
Economic development is characterized as a shift from low levels of productivity as in an agrarian economy that relies on subsistence farming, to higher levels of productivity as in an industrialized economy dominated by...