Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the “billionaire Raj” is now more unequal than the British Raj under colonial occupation, when around 50% of income went to the richest 10% of the population.
Inequality declined immediately post-independence until the early 1980s but shot up at the turn of the century and has widened sharply during Modi’s decade in power.
The inequality gap could actually be worse than the figures suggest; researchers at the World Inequality Database describe the quality of data in India as “notaby poor” and has deteriorated further in recent years.
Tens of millions of residents in India’s capital Delhi are choking in a blanketing toxic smog, as worsening pollution has triggered curbs on trucking and shuttered construction sites and schools
Two undersea fibre-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea,including one linking Finland and Germany, have been severed, sparking alarm of sabotage by bad actors.
Australian scientists think they may have devised a way to deter great white sharks from attacking surfers and other sea surface recreationists by using light.
European Union leaders are trying to work out whether they can keep the Ukrainian war effort going if President-elect Donald Trump decides to shut off support from the U.S.
