Tag: economics

Corruption and Fraud / Auditor General of India calls out massive financial irregularities

Here are some recent exposes of recent happenings; aside from corrupt practices over the years. Not much is reported of it on mainstream media. Now there are calls for the arrest of independent journalists Derek O’Brien takes a snipe at PM Modi Modi Reality & INDIA : मोदी इकोनॉमी की फाइल खुली..तो पलट जायेगी बाज़ी… Read More Corruption and Fraud / Auditor General of India calls out massive financial irregularities

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China’s recent economic woes suggest there is something seriously amiss

Underlying longer-term weaknesses in the economy are bound up with Beijing’s repressive political system George Magnus At a Politburo meeting last month, China’s leaders referred to the economic recovery this year as “torturous”. You won’t often hear such candour coming from a Chinese Communist party institution, let alone such an elevated body. They were referring… Read More China’s recent economic woes suggest there is something seriously amiss

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Adani Ports auditor Deloitte to resign after flagging concerns

Bloomberg The auditor of billionaire Gautam Adani’s ports business is planning to resign, people familiar with the matter said, a move that may heighten concerns about accounting quality at the Indian conglomerate targeted by short seller Hindenburg Research. Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP has communicated to Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. its resignation… Read More Adani Ports auditor Deloitte to resign after flagging concerns

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The deadly intersection of labor exploitation and climate change

Neither the corporate media nor our politicians who are beholden to corporate lobbyists honestly address the common root causes of (and solutions to) worker exploitation and climate change. Sonali Kolhatkar As temperatures soar in the United States this summer, some among us are lucky enough to be able to remain in air-conditioned interior spaces, ordering… Read More The deadly intersection of labor exploitation and climate change

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ये चौकीदार देश का नहीं अंबानी का है ॥ Modi Politics

ये चौकीदार देश का नहीं अंबानी का है Connected with us on Social Media Channels please click on the below links…. YOUTUBE-    / 4pmnewsnetwork   FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/4pmnewsnetwo… TWITTER- https://twitter.com/4pmnews_network WEBSITE- http://www.4pm.co.in/ Email : 4pmconnect@gmail.com Connect with Editor Sanjay Sharma on Social Media, Please click on the below link…. Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/editor.sanja… Twitter:- https://twitter.com/Editor_Sanjay

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Bernie Sanders says Big Oil must pay for ‘extraordinary damage it has caused’

Jake Johnson Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday reiterated his call for the Biden Justice Department to take legal action against the fossil fuel industry, arguing that oil companies have violated a range of federal laws in their campaigns to mislead the public about climate change. “Like the tobacco industry before them, the fossil fuel companies’ actions represent… Read More Bernie Sanders says Big Oil must pay for ‘extraordinary damage it has caused’

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Fractured memories of Manipur: myths,  history and personal encounters

Behind this recent outbreak of ethnic conflict… there hovers a dark commercial deal signed by the Biren Singh BJP led government with several mining companies soon after he came to power in 2017. What is little known and seldom highlighted by the mainstream media is the fact that the hill districts of Manipur contain rich deposits… Read More Fractured memories of Manipur: myths,  history and personal encounters

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Sanders demands cutting military spending amid healthcare and climate crises

Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Monday that he intends to vote against legislation authorizing $886 billion in military spending for the coming fiscal year, arguing the Pentagon budget should be cut in favor of investments in healthcare, education, housing, climate action, and other priorities. “As a nation, the time is long overdue for fundamental changes to our national… Read More Sanders demands cutting military spending amid healthcare and climate crises

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Britain’s water industry crisis: Sewage spills, huge leaks and crushing debts

Financial trouble at the company that supplies more than a fifth of the UK population with water has raised alarm about the dire state of an industry that delivers a resource people can’t live without. The problems are most acute at Thames Water, London’s utility, but the wider industry across England and Wales is struggling to deliver a… Read More Britain’s water industry crisis: Sewage spills, huge leaks and crushing debts

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Militant capitalism, bad infinity, and the longing for total revolution

Dilip Simeon NB: This work-in-progress paper was my contribution to a conference hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bergen, Norway. The conference( May 31-June 2, 2023) was titled 200 Years of Socialism: Revisiting the Old Dilemmas: First Annual Global Research Programme on Inequality Lecture Abstract: The Bolshevik confiscation of the… Read More Militant capitalism, bad infinity, and the longing for total revolution

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