The only difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is this: Old money is supporting Harris while Trump has the backing of new czars such as Elon Musk Jey Sushil Thinking about America makes me ponder the first word of the country’s official name: “United”. Various American states that were not united at one point… Read More The Irony That Is American Democracy
Anti-immigration parties are pushing policies that are hostile or indifferent towards science. David Matthews A surge in far-right parties entering governments across Europe is raising concerns for science. The parties, whose focus is typically immigration, care little about research, say policy experts. In the Netherlands — where the Party for Freedom (PVV), led by the… Read More Far-right governments seek to cut billions of euros from research in Europe
NB: An important thinker, Fr Pannikar combined compassion with thoughtfulness; and sought dialogue as a means of addressing the worlds problems. I empathise with him, and am sorry to note (for my part) the absence of divine compassion for the innocents of Gaza; not to mention the millions of innocents who suffered and died in… Read More Eruption of Truth: An Interview with Raimon Panikkar (1918-2010)
Shobhit Mahajan Hindustan Times, October 29, 2024 A week before the prospective groom’s family were to visit my uncle’s house, the preparations had started. The outside and the drawing room were quickly whitewashed, the furniture cleaned and polished, the flower pots in the garden got a fresh coat of geru (red ochre powder) and the… Read More NAAC Lessons on How not to assess a Varsity.
The Big Picture: How Israel Won the West examines how Israel has come to occupy such a privileged and protected place in the Western world. It traces the journey of the Jewish people from biblical stories of origin through centuries of persecution and the advent of Zionism, all the way to the creation of Israel… Read More How Israel Won the West: The Big Picture
Despite Swachh Bharat Mission’s giant promises, 1,600 tonnes of unsegregated waste continues to poison groundwater in villages near Mangarbani forest. Deepanshu Mohan and Shubhangi Derhgawen The air around the Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram is thick with the stench of decay. “We earn our living here, but at what cost to our health?” asks Joginder, a… Read More A sacred forest dies in Gurugram as Bandhwari landfill’s toxic waste breaches Aravalli sanctuary
Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, a report has found. Owing to luxury yachts, private jets and investments in polluting industries, the consumption of the world’s wealthiest people is also making… Read More Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam
They drilled into a volcano in Iceland. What they found could help power the world Laura Paddison, Max Burnell, Lewis Whyld, Mark Oliver, Carlotta Dotto, Marco Chacon and Lou Robinson, CNN Iceland is used to volcanoes. It experiences roughly one eruption every five years, though most are in uninhabited areas. Some are even described as… Read More A New Volcanic Era (Audio Visual)
NB: The USA is celebrating its democracy; whilst at the same time enabling ethnic cleansing – not by forced migration but by mass murder. ‘The Entire Population of North Gaza Is at Risk of Dying’: UN Relief Official. This is a horrifying spectacle that the world is watching helplessly. It signifies the total collapse of… Read More The West’s Support For Genocide Is Destroying The World As We Know It / 335,500 Gaza Dead Estimate: Voting For Kid-Killing Kamala Means Complicity in Genocide
Shweta Thakur Nanda Moromi Hazowary of Kamrup district in Assam had clear aspirations – a stable life and a desire to give her son a better education. It is not a stroke of luck, but an invasive weed – water hyacinth – that is turning her hopes into reality. The 32-year-old’s family was dependent on… Read More How the invasive water hyacinth is helping build livelihoods – with an ecological bonus
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