The resignation of Nepali PM KP Oli, amid massive youth-driven protests has raised many questions for the people of Nepal and its once united Left. While many have accused the uprising about merely being in response to a social media ban, the roots are much deeper.
A joint statement by 140 economists from around the world calls for boycott of economic, cultural and sporting relations with Israel.
India’s neighbour Nepal is in political turmoil. Newsclick Editor Prabir Purkayastha discusses why the youth are angry and what direction the movement could take.
Unless there is a dip in government tax revenues, the tax burden on working households will remain unchanged.
The surrender of Britain, France and Germany to US dictates puts serious question marks to their credibility in the global politics, claims Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in an article in The Guardian.
China can retaliate where it hurts, while India still has not threatened any, and differs in this respect even from Brazil, the only other country slapped with 50% tariff.
Without clear mechanisms for compensating states, this policy change could create additional fiscal tensions.
Recent UN General Assemblies have heard many speeches lamenting the UN’s failure to fulfill its most vital purpose, to ensure peace and security for all.
In comparison to their counterparts in the US and Europe, Indian farmers get very little to no support from the government assuring profitability of their labor which makes them highly dependent on protection from foreign competition.
In the last ten years, the wealth of the top one percent of the world’s population has grown by over $33.9 trillion – enough to end poverty twenty-two times over. Perhaps it is time for new ideas.
In this episode of ‘Padtaal Duniya Bhar Ki’, Newsclick's Editor Prabir Purkayastha speaks on the impact of the SCO meeting and China victory parade on world diplomacy and India's role.
The devastating impact of Trump’s tariffs on Lesotho prompted the government to declare a “state of disaster”, Alasow Ghedi argues, the economic crisis is a “violent outcome of a 150-year process that systematically eroded Lesotho’s economic sovereignty”.