GAZA casualties, live statistics Odeh Bisharat Sometimes I wonder why we don’t see demonstrations in American against Russians because of Russia’s aggression on Ukraine, or why we don’t see demonstrations against Chinese because of China’s designs on Taiwan. The first thing that comes to me, and this of course is a partial answer, is that… Read More Israel Has Become a Burden to the Jewish People
Corporate business financing of politics in India goes back decades. The court ruling on the electoral bonds scheme is not going to end this business-politics nexus. We can only hope that the nexus can be nudged in the direction of greater transparency so that voters can make more informed choices. JAGDEEP S. CHHOKARThe recent judgement of the… Read More Corporate Business and the Financing of Political Parties
Avi Scharf India is the largest foreign customer of Israeli defense giant Israel Aerospace Industries, the company revealed in its 2023 annual report based on a Haaretz analysis of company statements from recent years. According to the annual report, sales to India came in at $953 million last year, about a quarter of the company’s… Read More Top Israeli Arms Maker Unwittingly Reveals Its Largest Foreign Customer: India
NB: The Iranian regime is a tyrannical theocracy, which permits no criticism, no deviation from so-called divinely sanctioned modes of behaviour. To punish people with flogging and imprisonment for speaking truth about corruption is itself a criminal act. It should never be forgotten that the regime’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa for the execution… Read More Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
Thanks to soil bioengineering in a village in north India, a submerged road was accessible in less than one week, according to officials by Charu Bahri On 14 August 2023, heavy rainfall in north India triggered flash floods and landslides, devastating the region. Kishori Lal, the sarpanch (head) of the Kothi Gehri village in the Himalayan… Read More ‘We can’t defeat nature but we can be climate-resilient’: how plant roots can help stop landslides
Simon Tisdall The latest twists and turns in negotiations to end the war in Gaza appear labyrinthine and confusing. But it’s really not that complicated. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, must compromise on the outstanding details of the proposed ceasefire deal and Hamas’s weekend counter-offer – and immediately halt Israel’s criminal bombing of Gaza and reckless military incursions… Read More There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise
How the BJP is snatching away voters’ free choice By Sagarika Ghose While India votes in the General Elections of 2024, residents of two cities will be denied a free and fair vote. These are cities that supposedly showcase the “India dream”—Surat in Gujarat and Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Both are bustling business-oriented towns, places… Read More India’s general elections: Surat, Indore and Gandhinagar
I feel about Christians the way everybody feels about Christians. I love what Gandhi said, that he loved Christ, but it was Christians he had a problem with, and that’s totally how I feel about it. Katherine Rowland Your book launched last month and the next day you celebrated your 70th birthday. Does that number carry… Read More Anne Lamott on love, sobriety and reaching 70: ‘All I’ve learned, I’ve learned because the abyss swallowed me’
Can an iron structure stand tall for 1,600 years without rusting, despite being exposed to the elements? By Poonam Binayak, CNN It seems implausible, considering the supposed lack of technology at the time of its construction. Yet, inside New Delhi’s UNESCO-listed Qutb Minar complex – a collection of historic monuments and buildings built in the early 13th century… Read More This mysterious iron pillar in India has been exposed to the elements for over 1,600 years. So why hasn’t it ever rusted?
What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics Seth Stern The White House rightly said it was “concerning” when Israel’s parliament laid the groundwork to shut down Al Jazeera within its borders in April. On Sunday, Israel made its move. The Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy”. If the… Read More Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why
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