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The pandemic in data: How Covid-19 has devastated India’s economy -Swati Dhingra & Maitreesh Ghatak

-Scroll.in The sharp drop in GDP is the largest in the country’s history – and even that may well underestimate the economic damage experienced by the poorest households. From April to June 2020, India’s GDP dropped by a massive 24.4%. According to the latest national income estimates, in the second quARTer of the 2020-’21 financial year (July-September 2020), the economy contracted by a further 7.4%, with the third and fourth quARTers (October...

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In a passing, the larger picture of dispossession -Chitrangada Choudhury

-The Hindu Blaming ‘the system’ alone for Father Stan Swamy’s death obscures how India’s political economy is linked to deprival When an officer from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) came to interrogate Father Stan Swamy last monsoon, the Jesuit sociologist, then 83, in turn asked him about police integrity, and why a father-son duo (P. Jayaraj and Bennicks) should die of custodial torture in a Tamil Nadu police lock-up. It was quintessential...

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‘Saddened’ by Father Stan Swamy’s death: US -Sriram Lakshman

-The Hindu U.S. asks all governments to respect the role of human rights activists The Biden administration reacted to the death of Father Stan Swamy in custody in India and called on all governments to respect the role of human rights activists. “We are saddened by the death of Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest & tribal rights activist, who died in Indian custody under charges of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. We...

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A long road for migrant workers -Aagam Jain

-The Hindu The guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court are welcome, but they require robust systems. The Supreme Court on June 29 pronounced its judgment in the migrant labourers case. The case was initiated last year after the national lockdown was announced on March 24. Thousands of landless labourers had stARTed walking towards their home States due to the loss of employment and income. The Supreme Court took cognisance of the...

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