Home ministry recommends CBI probe into NGO Oxfam India

The Union home ministry on Thursday recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the affairs of the Indian arm of the global NGO Oxfam for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution......

UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

CBI books activist Harsh Mander, NGO for forex violations

The CBI has registered a case of alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act against human rights activist Harsh Mander and his NGO, and searched his premises on Friday,......

India's richest 1% own more than 40% of total wealth: Oxfam

The richest one per cent in India now own more than 40 per cent of the country's total wealth, while the bottom half of the population together share just 3 per cent of wealth, a new study showed......

How the wealth of India's richest can make a difference

An additional one per cent tax on the richest 10 per cent can provide the country with nearly 17.7 lakh extra oxygen cylinders, while a similar wealth tax on the 98 richest billionaire families......

Top CEOs got an average hike of 9% in 2022, workers' wages fell 3%: Oxfam

The average salary hike of top-paid chief executive officers (CEOs) in four countries, India, the USA, the UK and South Africa, was 9 per cent, but the workers in these countries saw their salary......

'This government prefers only ease of doing business, they are not interested in ease of living'

'We are worried for the workers because in the private sector, jobs are not secure, there is no decent work condition and there is no social security.''That's why we are opposing the economic......

'Virus has shown us the inequalities of society'

'Inequality has been growing in the world. The virus has only amplified it.' IMAGE: The Assam police distributes food among the needy in Guwahati, Friday, July 3, 2020, during the lockdown.......

What did Parasite do that Indian movies fail to do?

'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.'Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon. IMAGE: Director Bong Joon-ho with his Oscar for Best International Feature......

Why we must watch Meel Patthar

'We are a young nation. But I wanted to explore the conflict between the young and the old.''The cynicism of people who have lived it versus the optimism and naiveté of the young.' IMAGE: A......

Sports Shorts: Ankita crashes out of US Open Qualifying event

IMAGE: Ankita Raina failed to keep her momentum. Photograph: Ankita Raina/Twitter India's top women's singles player Ankita Raina crashed out of the women's singles US Open qualifying event......