Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 across Gaza, says civil defence agency

GAZA casualties, live statistics A wave of Israeli airstrikes on encampments for displaced Palestinians has killed at least 40 people across Gaza, as Hamas officials said consultations on response to Israel truce offer “almost complete”. Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said two Israeli missiles hit several tents in the al-Mawasi area of the southern city… Read More Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 across Gaza, says civil defence agency

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‘Alarming’: DU asks professor to submit text of proposed lecture at US university for leave approval

According to Apoorvanand Jha, a professor at DU, the university had informed him that his leave application could not be approved without consultation with the Union Ministry of Education. NEW DELHI: Delhi University (DU) professor Apoorvanand Jha said that the university administration has asked him to submit the text of his proposed lecture at an… Read More ‘Alarming’: DU asks professor to submit text of proposed lecture at US university for leave approval

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Janet Farrell Brodie: Secrecy & Censorship in the Wake of the Atomic Bombings

First posted August 07, 2015 The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago, is one of the most studied events in modern history. And yet significant aspects of that bombing are still not well known. I recently published a social history of US censorship in the aftermath of the bombings, which this piece is based… Read More Janet Farrell Brodie: Secrecy & Censorship in the Wake of the Atomic Bombings

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Dunkirk Veteran Weeps At Film Premiere: ‘It Was Just Like I Was There Again’

First posted July 24, 2017 Walking out of a Calgary, Canada, movie theater on Friday, where he’d just watched the premiere of Christopher Nolan’s highly acclaimed “Dunkirk,” 97-year-old war veteran Ken Sturdy was seen wiping tears from his eyes. “I never thought I’d see that again,” an emotional Sturdy, dressed in a jacket adorned with war… Read More Dunkirk Veteran Weeps At Film Premiere: ‘It Was Just Like I Was There Again’

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Trump Faces Palestine

Aviva Chomsky In the colonial view of the world — and, in its own strange fashion, Donald Trump’s view couldn’t be more colonial — White European colonizers were embattled beacons of civilization, rationality, and progress, confronting dangerous barbaric hordes beyond (and even, sometimes, within) their own frontiers. Colonial violence then was a necessary form of… Read More Trump Faces Palestine

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The Empty Classroom Crisis: Why Are Students Staying Away?

Student absenteeism is no longer limited to low-quality higher education institutions (HEIs). It has spread across all universities and colleges, including the most prestigious. Furqan Qamar Escaping lectures has become the norm rather than the exception in higher education. Most students now prefer to skip classes at the slightest pretext. Even strict measures–such as disallowing… Read More The Empty Classroom Crisis: Why Are Students Staying Away?

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Collapsing Empire: Collateral Murder and the Delusion of US Air Power

By Kit Klarenberg / Global Delinquents Ever since March 15th, Washington has barraged Sanaa from the sky, killing and injuring countless innocent civilians while destroying vital infrastructure. For example, on April 2nd, US jets targeted a reservoir in western Yemen, cutting off access to water for over 50,000 people. Three days later, Donald Trump gloatingly posted a horrific video on social media of a… Read More Collapsing Empire: Collateral Murder and the Delusion of US Air Power

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Sant Shri Balak Nath, Mahant, Gorakhnath Math, Bhuntar, visited Khudai Khidmatgar / नाथ सम्प्रदाय के संत श्री बालक नाथ १०८  महंत गोरखनाथ मठ, भुंतर हिमांचल प्रदेश पधारे

For Khudai Khidmatgar, the work of communal harmony is not a program based thing, that can be kept aside or forgotten for long after organizing a seminar .For us It is a continuous process, in which training, dialogue, travel, discussion, etc. keep happening as a continuous process. On 13th April Shri Balak Nath 108 Sant… Read More Sant Shri Balak Nath, Mahant, Gorakhnath Math, Bhuntar, visited Khudai Khidmatgar / नाथ सम्प्रदाय के संत श्री बालक नाथ १०८  महंत गोरखनाथ मठ, भुंतर हिमांचल प्रदेश पधारे

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Governors who bring disrepute to the office must be shown the door

The record of the Narendra Modi government has been to brazen out criticism and even reward those governors who go beyond their job description Bharat Bhushan The Supreme Court judgement in the case of Governor of Tamil Nadu R N Ravi will have an impact beyond the state in defining the role of governors. The desire of… Read More Governors who bring disrepute to the office must be shown the door

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Edward White: The Short, Daring Life of Lilya Litvyak; the world’s first female fighter ace

Lilya Litvyak became the world’s first female fighter ace, and is better known as the White Rose of Stalingrad On June 22, 1941, the Third Reich launched its ill-fated invasion of Russia. It was pestilential in scale; more than three million Axis soldiers swarmed Russia’s borders in a matter of hours, overwhelming Soviet defenses. Hitler… Read More Edward White: The Short, Daring Life of Lilya Litvyak; the world’s first female fighter ace

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