In survey spanning 36 countries, Pew Research tried to ascertain what people thought were major causes of inequality. In India, more people blamed automation than in most other countries.
Unlike a tsunami or an earthquake or flooding, where death and destruction are violently visible, heatwaves are not considered natural disasters in India.
The long-run income inequality dynamics in India over the period of 1951-2022 has seen an increasing graph of the share of the top 10% population touching nearly 60% in recent years.
3 decades ago, half the people in India had incomes greater than $2.15 a day. Today 7 out of 8 do. Unemployment, though, remains a problem with no easy answer to providing well-paying jobs.
Global warming has had a negative effect on livelihoods, labour efficiency and increased energy consumption — all of which trigger a cycle of adverse climatic impact, the report says.
In a new book ‘Dynamics of difference', put together over a period of four years, economist Narendra Pani attempts to spell out the different levels of inequality in rural India.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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