Satyapal Malik airs pre-poll fear, says ‘they’ would not allow any normal parliamentary election

Former governor Satyapal Malik has claimed that “they” would not allow a normal parliamentary election in 2024, pointing to how the 2019 polls had been “hijacked after the Pulwama tragedy and the subsequent Balakot surgical strike”. Malik told The Telegraph in an interview: “Ye kuchh bhi kar sakte hain (They can do anything). Something big… Read More Satyapal Malik airs pre-poll fear, says ‘they’ would not allow any normal parliamentary election

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Climate Change: the New Mideast Extremism / Severe Consequences of new Oil, Gas and Coal Production

The deadly effects of ideological extremism in the Middle East for the past few decades have caused governments and journalists to focus on it. The Arabic word is al-taṭarruf. I was interested, however, to see the word put to a different purpose in a Sky News Arabia article , where it is used to refer to extremely high… Read More Climate Change: the New Mideast Extremism / Severe Consequences of new Oil, Gas and Coal Production

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Bernie Sanders says Big Oil must pay for ‘extraordinary damage it has caused’

Jake Johnson Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday reiterated his call for the Biden Justice Department to take legal action against the fossil fuel industry, arguing that oil companies have violated a range of federal laws in their campaigns to mislead the public about climate change. “Like the tobacco industry before them, the fossil fuel companies’ actions represent… Read More Bernie Sanders says Big Oil must pay for ‘extraordinary damage it has caused’

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Citizens, Opposition Leaders Flay Modi Govt for ‘Compromising’ National Security

At a convention in Delhi, the speakers called for a white paper on the Pulwama/Balakot incidents and the spike in communal violence across several states. Major political parties that are part of the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government of compromising national security… Read More Citizens, Opposition Leaders Flay Modi Govt for ‘Compromising’ National Security

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A brief neocolonial history of the five UN Security Council permanent members

John P. Ruehl One of the underlying principles of the UN Charter is the protection of the sovereign rights of states. Yet since 1945, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Soviet Union/Russia, France, UK, U.S., and China) have consistently used military force to undermine this notion. And while acts of seizing territory… Read More A brief neocolonial history of the five UN Security Council permanent members

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