Global gender gap report 2023
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival,
Politics
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Deal in mind, PM says we don't have the luxury to limit energy options
As the alarm over soaring oil prices and losses on Wall Street sent markets tumbling across Asia today - the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex tanked over 500 points, at one stage dipping even below 15,000 points before ending the day at 15,066
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K-G gas becomes an emotive issue for AP
Aug 26: The allocation of gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin is slowly turning out to be an emotive issue for political parties and the people of the state. A Congress leader from Nalgonda district, Mr G. Narayan Reddy, had first raised the demand that the state should be given the right to determine the allocation of gas.
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Electricity, politics and regional economic imbalance in Madras Presidency, 1900-1947
In this paper, an attempt is made to understand various dimensions of the relationship between the electricity system and politics in colonial Madras presidency between 1900 and 1947. The colonial government, which introduced new technological systems such as electricity, had its own economic and political priorities.
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Nandigram and CPI M 's insensitivity to rural sector
the massacre at Nandigram came as a shock to most. In retrospect, though, it needn't have. cpi(m)'s unrelenting drive to industrialise and urbanise West Bengal has had the makings of a disaster for
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Left in peace L.I.P.
Forget ideological shibboleths. The market is the great equaliser. Even politically
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Testimonies from Nandigram
On March 14, 2006, about 3,000 police personnel forced their way into West Bengal's Nandigram block, injuring and killing many villagers. Villages in the block, in East Midnapur district, have been
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The great public sector charade
The Indian Oil Corporation, a public sector company, was reluctant to provide clean diesel to Delhi when asked by the Supreme Court. But after a private sector industrial group, Reliance, offered to supply it, the company rushed to do the same. The pu
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A political gimmick
When concern for the environment is merely cosmetic, can we hope for a change?
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Andhra uranium mining project gives locals short shrift
widespread resistance to a new uranium mine and processing plant in his long-time Pulivendula assembly constituency in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh has come as a shock to chief minister Y S
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The need for the public sector
For services the marginalised need