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TopicInequality

Topic: inequality

Genetic clustering: Economic inequalities seem now in line with regional differences

Abdel Abdellaoui -
People are becoming increasingly clustered by certain types of genetics. Europe offers increasing evidence of this.

India’s ranking in world Fragility Index continued worsening after Modi govt came to power

Dev Kar -
India ranked 79th among 178 countries in overall fragility in 2013, the last full year when Congress was in power, increasing thereafter to 72nd rank in 2018.

Thomas Piketty is back with a 1,200-page guide to abolishing billionaires

William Horobin -
Thomas Piketty’s new book doesn’t just focus on Western economies, but also the political ideologies that lie behind inequality.

Why India would do well with a coalition govt: Pro-poor policies, less inequality

Arvind Kumar -
Coalition governments redistribute resources proportionately while countries with majority governments witness rapid rise in inequality.

Oxfam inequality study: Skewed parameters to assess wealth or disbalanced economic growth?

ThePrint Team -
In its annual report, Oxfam said that India’s wealthiest got wealthier by 39 per cent as opposed to the bottom half of the population...

Inequality reports like Oxfam’s end up hurting India’s poor with their poor methodology

Ila Patnaik -
Oxfam considers it “obscene” that the poor now borrow more, and have seen an increase in their liabilities.

Poverty or inequality: What is more important for India and Indian economists

Vivek Dehejia -
Is it reasonable to posit that in a still-poor country poverty alleviation is of greater consequence?

What Surjit Bhalla got wrong about our study on spatial inequality in India

Vivek Dehejia -
Three richest states in India are three times as rich as three poorest, which is why we can't ignore spatial inequality.

Why do the poor in India vote for Right-wing parties like the BJP?

Pavithra Suryanarayan -
The poor’s support of Right-wing parties is puzzling as they are choosing parties that work against their economic interests.

Supermarket supply chains come with hidden human cost—global poverty

Winnie Byanyima -
Millions of those people behind the everyday items in our shopping baskets don't earn enough for a decent standard of living.
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Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Prasoon Joshi -
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

Labelling AI content alone won’t solve misinformation. India needs smarter regulation

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Economy

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

Defence

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

National Interest

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Shekhar Gupta -
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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