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"As per the Minimum Wages Act, state governments are mandated to revise the minimum wages at least every five years. But both Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments, where workers in the industrial areas around the national capital went on large strikes earlier this month, had not revised the minimum wages in over 10 years."
https://themigrationstory.com/post/our-wages-were-stolen-and-we-forced-a-correction/
"Over 60 Indian pharmaceutical suppliers have exported synthetic opioid pills worth almost Rs 1,220 crore – or US $130 million – to West African nations. Most of the destination countries had not approved the drug, and have an opioid abuse problem.
These pills contained tapentadol, classified as a psychotropic substance in India and five times more potent than intravenous morphine."
From licensed pharmaceutical firms in India to informal markets in West Africa, an unapproved opioid has travelled a long and profitable road. Along the way, it has exposed the gaps between regulation and enforcement, and the human cost of a drug trade that rarely faces scrutiny.
"During the recent U.S.-Israel war on Iran, AI was used to identify and strike targets, accelerate the speed of attacks, and get weaponry recommendations. Far from the conflict zones, AI also enabled the creation and spread of disinformation and deepfakes that confused public opinion and made it hard to understand on-ground realities."
https://restofworld.org/2026/deepfakes-ai-war-disinformation/?utm_campaign=row-social
"while the average height of people across the world is increasing, the average height of Indians is actually falling.
The paper examines the trends in the heights of Indian men and women between the age groups of 15-25 and 26-50...Height is one of the most basic indicators of nutrition as well as public health and is directly linked to a country’s standard of living. It also reflects social and economic factors such as income and caste..."
"The court heard that during the attack, Ashby subjected his victim to a tirade of anti-Muslim abuse, wrongly believing her to be of that faith.
Ashby was arrested in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham two days later.
During a police interview, when shown a photograph of the victim and asked whether he knew her, he asked why she was not wearing a hijab, the jury was told"
"For decades, a popular argument has circulated in Indian policy debates: That poverty has no caste, that a poor man is a poor man regardless of his social identity, and that economic uplift alone is sufficient to address inequality... now put that argument to an empirical test. The answer is unambiguous. Poverty... is structurally, systematically and measurably aligned with social identity."
"Rudolph went on to explain how his firm, First Wap, could provide sophisticated phone-tracking software capable of pinpointing any person in the world. The potential buyer? A private mining company, owned by an individual under sanction, who intended to use it to surveil environmental protesters."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/cellphone-surveillance-firstwap-reports-lighthouse/
"the Indian government announced a 20-year tax holiday for foreign cloud service companies using India-based data centers to serve global customers. The move is aimed at positioning India as a global hub for artificial intelligence...
However, their existing data center projects in the country are running into roadblocks.
Google and Microsoft are both facing pushback... Farmers have said they are being pressured to give up land"
Google and Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar projects under construction in India are facing backlash from farmers, while the government offers huge tax relief to foreign companies setting up data centers.
"Ambedkar Jayanti is organised around the memory of a modern thinker who stood for equality, justice, education and dignity. The celebration honours Ambedkar not as a religious figure, but as the architect of the Constitution and as a leader who fought against caste oppression. In that sense, Ambedkar Jayanti has created a different language of public celebration"
https://m.thewire.in/article/caste/the-importance-of-publicly-celebrating-ambedkar-jayanti
"India is the third-largest e-waste generator globally, producing almost 2 million tons of e-waste in 2024 — a 73% increase over five years. While people like me are part of the problem, the major culprits are actually halfway across the world.
Almost 70% of the e-waste generated in India comes from abroad. The U.S. is the number one origin country for e-waste shipments going to developing countries"
