THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST 2026

Much ado about GDP that means little to people

A $4.18 trillion GDP sounds huge, but for 1.48 billion people in our country, it means little when wealth is concentrated at the top. This ‘growth’ is corporate-led, not people-led. Ambani & Adani’s wealth has exploded through policy favours, monopolies, cheap public assets, loans written off”while the middle class pays record taxes, faces inflation, job insecurity, and falling savings. GDP rank doesn’t put food on the table, create quality jobs, or fix education, healthcare, pollution, and inequality. An economy that makes billionaires richer but burdens the middle class is not success, it’s criminal imbalance.



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Maduro capture: Silence of UN deeply troubling

DIOMEDES PEREIRA, Corlim
Published Jan 11, 2026, 7:24 PM IST
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The reported capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the US military raises grave questions about the state of international law and global governance. If a sitting head of state can be abducted by a powerful nation without UN authorization, what meaning does sovereignty hold for smaller countries? The silence and apparent helplessness of the United Nations and the Security Council are deeply troubling. While some nations have expressed concern, no meaningful…

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