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The Working Poor | The Price of the American Dream | ENDEVR Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGzzWBbg40U Since the economic crisis of 2009, over nine million jobs have been created in America. Officially, the recession is over. But American workers have come out of the crisis more vulnerable and even poorer than ever. 46.7 million Americans live in poverty with around 15% of the US population living below the poverty line. But they aren’t unemployed – most of them have at least two jobs. They’re ‘the working poor’. Meet the people behind America’s economic recovery.

The Broken American Dream | Hard Earned | ENDEVR Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3dj2v0m1bQ  Hilton juggles two full-time jobs, and returns home at night to the one-car garage he calls home in the heart of Silicon Valley. Jose and Elizabeth try to qualify for a mortgage, Emilia reveals a troubling part of her past, and DJ and Takita try to start over in a new neighbourhood.

• The Fading Dream of Retirement | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLlyQb-tp0&t=0s

Hard Earned is a documentary series that puts aside economic debates and follows five families around the country to find out what it takes to get by on $8, $10 or $15 an hour. The series turns an intimate lens on this group of 21st century American dreamers as they fight against all odds to thrive when it takes everything they have to simply survive. Characters represent geographically and ethnically diverse multigenerational Americans.

"Centre Has Been Shortchanging States by Sharing Much Less that 42% of Taxes as Mandated" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnqijYzitPs  Jayato Ghosh The Wire empowerement vs entitlement. Right based  vs gifts from PM? no pick up in private investment?

The key takeaways with Faye D’Souza | Jayati Ghosh | Mritiunjoy Mohanty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtWg2iIUVc Faye D'Souza

An Exclusive Session With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS8Og78iI5M Thrust on captial expenditure?

Government Stabilizes Economy, Finds 'Sweet Spot' On Road To Recovery? | Rajdeep Sardesai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDWUpbz5xcc India Today Business Today the government believes that the economy is in a 'sweet spot', poised for recovery. The transcript also includes a comparison of the Indian economy with other economies worldwide. Based on the IMF Global Macroeconomic Outlook, India outpaces large economies in sheer growth, contributing to 16% of global growth in the current fiscal year

A district judge in Varanasi on Wednesday (January 31) – his last working day before retirement – allowed Hindus to worship inside a sealed basement of the the Mughal-era Gyanvapi Masjid in a decision that could have far-reaching consequences in the Gyanvapi Masjid-Kashi Vishwanath Temple legal matter that is being heard in courts at all three levels of the judiciary. https://thewire.in/religion/judge-hands-over-gyanvapi-basement-to-hindus 

Now, Hindu priests and Hindu devotees visiting the Kashi Vishwanath Temple would also get access to visit and perform puja inside the tehkhana of the mosque.

by Omar Rashid

01/02/2024