By Shankar Sharma*  The recent news that NTPC is scouting 30 potential sites across India for a massive nuclear power expansion should be a wake-up call for every citizen. While the state-owned utility frames this as a bold stride toward a 100,000 MW nuclear capacity by 2047, a cold look at India’s nuclear saga over the last few decades suggests this ambition may be more illusory than achievable. More importantly, it carries implications that could fundamentally alter the safety, environment, and economic health of our communities.

By Vikas Meshram  India may be celebrated as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but a closer look at who benefits from that growth tells a starkly different story. The recently released World Inequality Report 2026 lays bare a country sharply divided by wealth, privilege and power. According to the report, nearly 65 percent of India’s total wealth is owned by the richest 10 percent of its population, while the bottom half of the country controls barely 6.4 percent. The top one percent—around 14 million people—holds more than 40 percent, the highest concentration since 1961. Meanwhile, the female labour force participation rate is a dismal 15.7 percent.

By Bharat Dogra  Thanks to the courageous resistance of several leading scientists who continue to speak the truth despite increasing pressures from the powerful GM crop and GM food lobby , the many-sided and in some contexts irreversible environmental and health impacts of GM foods and crops, as well as the highly disruptive effects of this technology on farmers, are widely known today. 

By Jag Jivan    The global health landscape is witnessing a decisive shift toward aggressive regulation of the food industry, a movement highlighted by two significant policy developments shared by Dr. Arun Gupta of the Nutrition Advocacy for Public Interest (NAPi). 

By A Representative   The Centre of Indian Trade Unions ( CITU ) has strongly refuted allegations that the organisation, or one of its senior Odisha leaders, supplied Bangladeshi labourers to mining sites in the Koira mining belt of Sundargarh and Keonjhar districts . The charge, directed at Jahangir Ali , State Vice President of CITU’s Odisha committee and a prominent leader of mine workers, was termed “false, conspiratorial and politically motivated.”

By Daniela Ortiz, Gisela Cernadas   Current developments in Venezuela may appear to be unfathomable—until one recalls the long history of imperialist interference in Latin America and the Caribbean. The events of the first week of January constitute an escalation of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution and resume control on the country with the largest known oil reserves in the world. The emerging world order and the strengthening of international organisations non-aligned with the interests of the United States (US) rush the US to increase the pressure on the Latin American region.

By Nazifa Jannat*   On January 3, 2026, the international community was stunned by the announcement that the United States, under President Donald Trump, had carried out a military operation leading to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The intervention, which included air strikes in and around Caracas, has triggered serious concerns about the legality of the action, the motives behind it, and the implications for global sovereignty. It also raises difficult questions for smaller states, including Bangladesh, about how to safeguard their independence amid rapidly shifting geopolitical power.

By Raqif Makhdoomi*  There was a time when the United States claimed to “attack” countries to ensure democracy. Many believed it, until it became clear that democracy was never the real concern—oil was. In pursuit of oil, the United States has intervened militarily across the globe, yet no one calls it a terrorist nation.

By Harsh Thakor*  Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, senior Soviet military commander whose career spanned the Russian Civil War, the interwar period, and the Second World War, played a significant role in the Soviet Union’s military history during the Second World War, particularly during the Battle of Stalingrad. When he assumed command of the 62nd Army in September 1942, the city was largely destroyed and the Soviet position was precarious. Under his leadership, the army maintained its defence against sustained German assaults, contributing to a turning point in the conflict on the Eastern Front.