Author: Akanksha Badu

A white male in Jacksonville, Florida killed three black people at a Dollar General Store before killing himself which the law enforcement agency of the region described as a racially motivated crime. The man had Nazi symbols engraved on his guns and had posted several manifestos online expressing his hatred for the Black people. History of Racism in USA The history of Racism has origins in the religious text of Bible where Noah curses his son Ham’s grandson, Canaan who is of black origin and says that his black descendants will be “servants unto servants”. With the coming of the…

Officials have released a list of 388 people missing in Maui. The Maui region in Hawaii was struck with wildfires on the 8th August, the deadliest wildfire in US since 1918. Officials have claimed that bodies have been charred to ashes which has made it difficult to collate data on missing people and provide a clearer picture of the human lives lost. The Reasons Behind the Wildfire While the exact cause of the wildfires has not been determined yet, the reasons currently provided are multifaceted. The Maui region had entered its dry season and was warned by the National Weather…

The Rajasthan Platform based Gig Workers(Registration and Welfare) Act, 2024 is a first of its kind legislation that aims to create a social security fund and welfare board for platform workers in the state. Who are Gig Workers?Broadly, the gig workers can be defined as people working in the gig economy which is a freelance,

The heatwave in Europe which has been ongoing since the month of July has turned deadly with forest fires burning across Greece, Spain and Portugal. Southern Europe has been the most affected region and scientists and experts have blamed climate change for magnanimity of the heatwave. What is Causing the Heatwave? Scientists have attributed a number of factors to the rising temperatures of Europe. Climate change, coupled with these factors has exacerbated the condition in the region. The starting point for the current condition was the arrival of the anticyclone, Cerberus. Anti-cyclones are high pressure systems which create stable and…

The 15th BRICS Summit is meeting today at Sandton, the financial capital of Johannesburg, in South Africa for a 3 day conference from 22nd August- 24th August to discuss their cooperation and contribution towards the political and economic arenas of the developing world and the emerging global order. History BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The term “BRIC” was first used by Jim O’Neill , a Goldman Sachs economist in his publication, “Building Better Global Economic BRICs” in the year 2001. This paper highlighted the investment potential of these BRIC countries and argued that…