Is India on its Way out of Poverty?
Jayati Ghosh discusses the UNDP report showing that poverty in India has halved in the last 10 years, and the newly unveiled healthcare plan for the bottom 40% of the…
Unintended Consequences: US Sanctions on Russia and Iran Weaken Dollar’s Rule
As the US tries to keep countries such as India from dealing with Iran and Russia, it is driving more and more countries to seek alternatives to the US dollar,…
The Tragedy of Female Suicide in India
Female suicide is exceptionally high in India. Gender discrimination, arranged marriages and sexual abuse put women at especially high risk of taking their own lives. Psychologists say the stigma around…
World Leaders Fight Over Turbulent Oil Market at G20 Summit
As world leaders gather for the G20 summit, oil is at the top of the list of issues. Scholar Vijay Prashad discusses with TRNN’s Ben Norton the fight between the…
Pakistan’s New PM Imran Khan Seeks Historic Peace Deal with India, After Decades of Conflict
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan is trying to reach a historic peace deal with rival India, opening a border crossing for Sikh pilgrims. Journalist Munizae Jahangir tells TRNN’s Ben…
Kerala Leads the Struggle Against Modi’s Extreme Right Agenda in India
Kerala is the only state in India governed by the Communist Parties: LDF Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is one of the most outspoken leaders against the far-right agenda of PM…
A Green New Deal for India?
A new report from the Political Economy Research Institute puts forth a proposal to boost equity while lowering carbon emissions. Shouvik Chakraborty, an author of the report, explains. Visit https://therealnews.com…
Role Reversal in India-Pakistan Conflict
Whenever there is a clash between India and Pakistan, media and pundits present India as the good guys. In this case, at least, India is the aggressor and Pakistan is…
Canceling India’s Preferential Trade Status with the US Would Backfire
Washington says India has been the world’s largest beneficiary of preferential trade status. If trade benefits are abolished, the country will have to pay customs duties on products worth 5.6…
Indian Elections: Rahul Gandhi’s Minimum Income Program Highlights Modi Government Failures
“It’s bringing policy attention and public attention back to the issue of poverty, to the issues of deprivation and the fact that this government has not delivered at all for…
Could Social Media Decide India’s General Election?
Since the last national election, smartphone usage in India has exploded, making social media a potent campaigning tool. So now, the Election Commission is also monitoring what the candidates do…
Candidates in India’s Election Court Distressed Farmers
Reeling from falling crop prices, rising production costs and mounting debt, impoverished farmers have been marching on Indian cities in recent years, demanding help. Although the time has come for…
Modi Wins Another Term for the Anti-Muslim, Right-Wing Hindu Nationalists
Vijay Prashad analyzes the Indian election result, which has returned right-wing Narendra Modi to power. Money, mass media abdication of its watchdog function, and institutional collapse enabled Modi triumph Subscribe…
G20: Trump’s ‘America First’ Policies Reflect the Limits of Globalization
Despite Trump’s affinities with authoritarian leaders such as India’s Modi and Russia’s Putin, he continues to destabilize the existing neoliberal consensus and now BRICS countries are taking up the neoliberal…
Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages
India’s climate disasters are fueled by its governments’ resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption, says political economist Shouvik Chakraborty Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
India’s Rahul Gandhi Resigns, PM Modi Faces Little Opposition to Far-Right Agenda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing BJP party won an overwhelming majority in India’s election last May and now there is no real opposition to his rule, says Sreerekha Mullassery Sathiamma…
India’s Assam Region Grapples With Aftermath of Devastating Monsoon
Floods have killed dozens in the state of Assam. Though the worst of the monsoon rains is over, those displaced are now grappling with a lack of food, clean drinking…
Why is the Far-Right Rising Globally? (1/2)
Walden Bello, author of “Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far-Right,” argues that the far-right is in ascendancy at the moment not only in reaction to the failures of neoliberalism,…
How to Confront the Global Rise of the Right? (2/2)
In part 2 of our discussion with Walden Bello about his new book, “Counterrevolution,” we address the role of neoliberalism, the strategies of the far-right to gain and maintain power,…
Is India Restricting Freedom of the Press in Kashmir?
A month after India suspended autonomy in Indian-controlled Kashmir, reporters there still face severe restrictions. Local media outlets are struggling to report freely under an unprecedented communications blackout. What does…
Kashmir Lockdown Leaves Medical Care in Chaos
In August, India revoked Kashmir’s special status and imposed a communications blackout. The restrictions have had an impact on medical care. With hospital operating rooms on standby for emergencies, patients…
Assam’s Citizen Register May Exclude Genuine Indians
The Indian state of Assam will soon release its National Register of Citizens, a list of residents of the state who can prove they have been living there for roughly…
How Democracy Falls In East Europe And The Balkans
Freedom House says Eastern European and Balkans democracies are in danger. COVID-19 has opened the door to surveillance, and threatens democracies from Hungary to India to Israel. Subscribe to our…
Who’s Fighting The War Against Cash?
Mastercard, Visa, and Bill Gates are all pushing for polices to make it harder to use cash, hoping to keep closer tabs on the population through the trail of electronic…
Why do India’s Hindutva fascists love Israel? | The Marc Steiner Show
Warnings of rising fascism have emanated from India for years as the Hindutva, or Hindu nationalist, movement under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unleashed escalating religious and caste-based violence in…
Pursuit and PIT Maneuver of Confused Student From India
On December 7, 2018 New Mexico troopers found themselves in a surprisingly common type of pursuit: one traveling at normal speed. Police pursuits are usually associated with high-octane language: fast…