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Electricity Amendment Act: Government Experiments with Physics of the Impossible
23 Oct 2021
Separating electricity from the wires that transmit is a crazy dream of a few market fundamentalists. The Modi government is attempting this failed policy again, and state-owned distribution…
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Current Power Cuts Due to Criminal Negligence in Government’s Planning
13 Oct 2021
The Modi government has created an artificial electricity shortage during the festival season, which normally sees a high electricity demand.
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How Facebook Algorithms Promote Hate and Toxic Content
08 Oct 2021
Whistleblower Frances Haugen has revealed hard evidence—internal Facebook documents—that show it knew its algorithms promote dangerous content but did nothing about it so that it could maximise its…
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AUKUS, Quad and India’s Losing the Plot Internationally
03 Oct 2021
Australia has joined the US and UK games to contain China, leaving India unsure in the Quad and isolated in Asia. Tied to a waning imperial power, the US, India is gradually losing strategic autonomy…
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Science Another Casualty of COVID-19
25 Sep 2021
A new report by the New York Times shows how the Modi Government completely disregarded scientific evidence to further its immediate political interests during the first and second waves of COVID-19.
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Chip War: Can US Really Gain from China's Pain?
29 Aug 2021
The US has the upper hand in its chip war with China, but industry experts believe it will lose in the future as China has a bigger market and greater capacity to create knowledge.
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Looking Back at India-US Nuclear Deal
14 Aug 2021
The India-US civil nuclear deal yielded not an iota of power in the twelve years since it was signed. It only served to reduce India to a subordinate ally of the US.
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Bezos and Musk: New Space Age or Billionaire Space Grab?
01 Aug 2021
We are entering a new space age in which billionaires can leave this world, which they are destroying, hoping to find another world to conquer and destroy.
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Pegasus and Cyberweapon Threats in the Age of Smartphones
23 Jul 2021
The winged horse of the Greek fable Pegasus is haunting the Modi government again.
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Richard Lewontin, Dialectical Biologist and Activist, Dies at 92
18 Jul 2021
A Marxist, activist and scientist, Lewontin fought a lifelong battle against racism, imperialism and capitalist oppression. He is among the most influential scientists in the field of biology and…