-Hindustan Times The BJP, on the other hand, has always claimed that Mandal-based parties such as the SP have only helped their own causes (for instance, the Yadavs in both Bihar and UP) in the name of social emancipation after capturing power. The Uttar Pradesh elections seem to be resurrecting the past memories of Mandal versus Kamandal contest only at the level of polemics. After chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
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Income of 84% Indian households fell in 2021 while 40 new billionaires emerged: Oxfam report
-Scroll.in The non-profit group said that while the wealth of Indian billionaires rose by Rs 30 lakh crore during pandemic, over 4.6 crore people fell to extreme poverty. The income of 84% Indian households declined in 2021 while the number of billionaires in the country grew from 102 to 142 during the last year, non-profit group Oxfam said in a report released on Sunday. In its report titled “Inequality Kills”, Oxfam said that...
More »India’s Economic System Rigged in Favour of the Super-Rich, Says Oxfam Report -Ditsa Bhattacharya
-Newsclick.in The report points out that in India, during the pandemic the wealth of billionaires increased from Rs 23.14 lakh crore to Rs 53.16 lakh crore. At the SAMe time, more than 4.6 crore Indians are estimated to have fallen into extreme poverty in 2020. While 84% of households in India suffered a decline in their income in a year marked by the tremendous loss of life and livelihoods, the number of...
More »COVID-19: 'Dry cough means Delta and wet can be Omicron', say experts
-The New Indian Express The other crucial indicators of Omicron are fever not beyond 101 degrees for less than five days and headaches that are stabbing, and a scratchy throat. HYDERABAD: One key marker that distinguishes Delta from the Omicron variant is the manner in which cough manifests, noted doctors from AIG Hospitals. They said that based on known research and their personal observations of patients they have treated, most Delta variant...
More »Rural cases rise after urban surge -Vignesh Radhakrishnan
-The Hindu India records 2,59,291 new cases on Thursday Like every wave in the past, cases fuelled by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have initially spread only in the urban areas. However, many rural and semi-rural places recorded a sharp spike in infections in the past week. At the start of this year, 50% of the cases were from urban centres such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. However, the share reduced to...
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