India’s wealth inequality has reached extreme levels, with the top 1% owning about 40% of the country’s total wealth and the top 10% controlling nearly 77%, according to the World Inequality Database (2023). This widening gap has renewed calls to consider Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a means to provide economic security and reduce inequality.
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According to the 2024 EAT-Lancet Commission report, the global food system drives around 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and is responsible for breaching five of the six planetary boundaries, underscoring that transforming how we produce and consume food is essential for restoring environmental balance and ensuring sustainable nutrition.
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The ancient mathematician who is credited with designing weapons using mirrors to focus sunlight to set enemy ships on fire is Archimedes. This device is often referred to as Archimedes' heat ray or death ray. According to historical accounts, during the Siege of Syracuse around 213–212 BC, Archimedes purportedly used mirrors, possibly bronze, to concentrate sunlight onto Roman ships, causing them to catch fire. Although this story is a popular legend and there is no contemporary or surviving work of Archimedes that describes the device, the idea has been passed down since ancient times and has been subject to various experiments and recreations to test its plausibility. (KBC, Nov. 7, 2025)
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