Gupta brothers arrested in Dubai over alleged corruption in South Africa

Two wealthy Indian-born business brothers who were allegedly at the centre of a massive web of state corruption in South Africa have been arrested in Dubai, Pretoria announced on Monday. The arrests came as an investigation was concluded into massive plundering of state institutions during former president Jacob Zuma’s era. South Africa’s justice ministry “confirms that… Read More Gupta brothers arrested in Dubai over alleged corruption in South Africa

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What the Veneration of Gandhi’s Killer Says About India. By Yasmeen Serhan

Imagine an America in the not-so-distant future. A right-wing populist politician has just been reelected president of the United States, stirring a wave of ethnonationalism not seen since the Trump presidency. Amid the country’s nativist turn, a cult of personality forms around John Wilkes Booth, the actor who fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s… Read More What the Veneration of Gandhi’s Killer Says About India. By Yasmeen Serhan

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WAGING NONVIOLENCE: The mobilization for Yemen is a powerful Model for Today’s Peace Movement

Waging Nonviolence  – From the brutal war in Ukraine to the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, aggression and mass atrocities seem to define today’s world. Yet, even as we navigate this trauma and tragedy, there are glimmers of hope to be found in the lesser-known stories of collective action, as people come together in the… Read More WAGING NONVIOLENCE: The mobilization for Yemen is a powerful Model for Today’s Peace Movement

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Chandan Gowda: Keep party politics out of textbooks!

In use since 2017, the existing set of school textbooks in Karnataka were certainly in need of revision: many of the chapters in sociology were outdated, the discussions in economics, political science, history and geography drab and listless, and typographical and grammatical errors were found in the hundreds in the social science books.  But the… Read More Chandan Gowda: Keep party politics out of textbooks!

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How we can overcome the growing plastic crisis / Tobacco industry severely damages environment: WHO

Plastic has long had the planet in its grip. All too often it is found piled up on beaches and floating as “plastic islands” in the ocean. But it also clogs the stomachs of birds and other animals, and has even made it into the human bloodstream. To date, just 9% of the world’s plastic has… Read More How we can overcome the growing plastic crisis / Tobacco industry severely damages environment: WHO

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KPSS Letter to Chief Justice High Court of J&K on Failure of Authorities to protect Minorities in Kashmir

KASHMIRI PANDIT SANGARASH SAMITISathu Barbar Shah, Srinagar, Kashmir (JLK) – 190001 e-mail: kpss.kashmir@gmail.com Dated: 01.06.2022 Most Urgent / Most Important Hon’ble The Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Srinagar Subject: Article 21 – Right to Life – representation for kind intervention and taking cognizance on the issue related to killing of Religious… Read More KPSS Letter to Chief Justice High Court of J&K on Failure of Authorities to protect Minorities in Kashmir

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Masked cancer drug trains immune system to kill tumors while sparing healthy tissues

Many cancer treatments are notoriously savage on the body. Drugs often attack both healthy cells and tumor cells, causing a plethora of side effects. Immunotherapies that help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells are no different. Though they have prolonged the lives of countless patients, they work in only a subset of patients.… Read More Masked cancer drug trains immune system to kill tumors while sparing healthy tissues

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Express editorial: Troubling questions about law and order in the Kashmir Valley

The killing of yet another Kashmiri Pandit in Budgam district of Kashmir Valley is a disturbing development, and further evidence that the J&K administration has been unable to prevent such targeted killings. Last month, a Kashmiri Pandit was injured when militants shot at him in Kulgam. Before that, another killing shook a small Rajput community… Read More Express editorial: Troubling questions about law and order in the Kashmir Valley

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