It is sad that recently prominent social activist of India Medha Patkar had to once again go on a fast to demand justice, compensation and satisfactory rehabilitation of those adversely…
Deekshabhumi is a site where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism on October 14, 1956 along with his five lakh followers. However, this place of historical and spiritual significance is now…
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, the necessity for robust Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) strategies rapidly came to the forefront. These initiatives, led by the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is unhappy. Not so much with the Palestinians, whom he sees as terroristic, dispensable and a threat to Israeli security. Not with the Persians, who,…
In the first week of June 2024, the Palestine office of the World Health Organization (WHO) released figures about the atrocious attacks on health care facilities and workers in Gaza…
"The President is pleased to appoint Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Member, Lok Sabha as Speaker Protem under Article 95(1) of the Constitution to perform the duties of Speaker till election of…
Last May, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 11 July to be observed annually as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. Several…
Neo-colonialism and increasing Inequality in the Global South- Focus on India “The Billionaire Raj is now more unequal than the British colonial Raj,” read a tweet by the World Inequality…
Nearly sixty villagers are sitting on an open floor covered by a roof for shade but otherwise open on all sides. Women and men are present in equal numbers but…
Islam is one of the great religions of the world, whose followers are found in every country and continent. Muslims constitute 1.5 billion people in the world today. As an…
A few weeks ago, Joe Biden along with Emmanuel Macron and a cameo-performing Rishi Sunak commemorated the Eightieth Anniversary of D-Day. In his speech, Biden said, The war in Europe…
Deadly heat waves are affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world. For the past week, much of the Eastern United States has seen temperatures far higher than average…
Hardwar to Garhmukteshwar After the Himalayas, Ganga descend to Rishikesh followed by Hardwar which is an extremely important pilgrim town of Uttarakhand state. It is called city of Lord Shiva…
On June 26th this year, the world will celebrate the 37th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Since 1987, United Nations member states have been observing this day…
Note: This piece of fiction (and believe me, it is complete fiction, with nary a grain of truth) was written with the assistance of an AI bot, which fashioned the…
Biblical flooding, scorching heat, collapsing grid system, animals crumbling, waters rising, crops wilting, economy on the brink, and millions displaced. Welcome to the future of climate change… Pakistan. If one…
It's now June of 2024. Nearly 40,000 human beings, mostly women and children are dead, maybe 90,000 injured, many with limbs amputated, and another 10,000 lie buried beneath the ruble…
The global discourse on climate change and energy transition emphasizes the West's commitment to an environmentally friendly world. However, coordinated policies from developed nations are often disproportionately burdening the Global…
During the full-term government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee flying NDA/BJP colours, one could overhear from the corridors of Parliament House and big media houses murmurs intoning that "it's not…
Walk through any art museum and you’re likely to see a mix of the classical and contemporary, impressionist and surrealist, refined and raw, beautiful, eerie, and provocative. Looking at art…
This week, the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express met with a disaster when a goods train crashed into it near Rangapani station in West Bengal. The violent collision led to the derailment…
Record and deadly temperatures near or above 100 ˚F (37.7 ˚C) are continuing for a third day across the Midwest and Northeast as an unusually large and persistent atmospheric heat…
An official United Nations inquiry into violations of international law by Israel in Palestine submitted its findings yesterday, accusing Israeli leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the…
Over two decades ago, Professor Pralay Kanungo outlined the ways in which Hindutva politics and its organisational strategies adapt to the diverse cultural, social, religious, and political conditions in Odisha.…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often criticized for failing to produce a vision for the ‘next day’, meaning the day following the end of the Gaza war. Some of…
In what is seen as a slap in the face for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli army spokesman speaks out and out of turn! “You can’t eliminate Hamas,” he blurts…
Orientation Left and right brain divisions and dependencies Why is the brain so clearly and deeply divided? Why are the two cerebral hemispheres asymmetrical? Is the division of labor in the brain…
The Sahrawi freedom movement Polisario continues the armed struggle against Morocco, which uses Israeli spyware and lures the West with trade opportunities to turn a blind eye to the occupation…
Drug addiction is a worldwide problem. It is devastating the youth of the countries at a speed that is unimaginable. Kashmir, over the years, has also seen a huge surge…
New Delhi, June 19, 2024: Close to 3,700 signatories including Tushar Gandhi, Tanika Sarkar, Henri Tiphagne, Major Gen (retd) Sudhir Vombatkere, Teesta Setalvad, Kavita Srivastava, Shabnam Hashmi and several others…
Europe’s recent election resulted in some stunning winners and some bitter losers. Despite Europe’s right’s substantial gains, the progressives won two more seats. Meanwhile, Europe’s social-democrats and progressives lost just…
Nagina Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh is in the news because for the first time, Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) President Chandrashekhar Azad has won from this seat. Chandrashekhar…
One of the most discussed development initiatives of recent times in India relates to the Jal Jeevan Mission’s efforts to take water to all rural homes in India. Getting water…
A drastic escalation of tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon over the past week has brought the prospect of an expansion of war across the Middle East…
Al Nuseirat refugee camp is in the middle of the Gaza Strip, where Mediterranean waves brush up against one of our urban centers of life. Even before the Israeli invasion forced many…
Seek complete rehabilitation of all oustees and urge that Sardar Sarovar reservoir level be maintained at 122 mts, until then 19th June, 2024: As the Narmada Satyagraha and indefinite fast…
Thanks to the efforts of a voluntary organization Srijan spread over several years, Tikamgarh district (Madhya Pradesh) has emerged as an important center for the spread of natural farming practices.…
Uttarakhand’s’ forest fire has resulted in loss of not only human lives but also huge forest area. This year has been devastating for Uttarakhand as the number of forest fires…
While April and May are usually the hottest months in many countries in Southeast Asia, hundreds of millions of people are now suffering in South Asia from an exceptionally intense…
In April 2024, extreme heat hit South and Southeast Asia, affecting nations like India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. These heat waves severely impacted some of the world’s…
The Cuban revolution offers key lessons for progressive people in the United States about how to organize society in a way that favors the majority, and not an elite few.…
Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides. As the U.S.-led global order faces challenges, their influence as transnational actors…
National Freedom Won by the People but Lost by the Neo-Colonial Generals and Elite Evil is evil if not stopped, it becomes a habit then a tradition, so is the…
If Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had not the lost the parliamentary seat of Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP), where the Ram Mandir is situated, would the Indian elites, intellectuals, critics…
During last week’s Congressional Baseball Game, dozens of us in the crowd conveyed urgent messages to stop funding Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and to address the escalating climate crisis. We…
In the middle of the General elections BJP President, J.P.Nadda stated that BJP is now more capable and does not need the support of RSS for election work. It is…
On June 14, 2024, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena granted sanction to prosecute author Arundhati Roy and Kashmir-based academic Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain (former Professor of International Law at Central…
As the trends of the recent Indian elections became clear, the Chinese rover that recently landed on the far side of the moon picked up a strange sound from Planet…
The following correspondence I have had with the Election Commission of India (ECI) under the provisions of the RTI Act shows how casual the ECI has been towards dealing with…
We have shown in considerable detail in previous articles published in the Janata Weekly on the economic situation in the country in early 2024 that the Indian economy is in…
Over the past one year Manipur has been witness to Meitei-Kuki conflict like nowhere seen even among Hindu-Muslim communities. Even if you may have totally segregated Hindu and Muslim residential…
Israel is upgrading its nuclear arsenal maintains the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI). With regards its deathly weapons, Israel maintains what its terms “nuclear ambiguity”, neither confirming nor denying the possession of…
It's monsoon. Estha might be returning home again. And Rahel might again play with the fresh cow dung. Will she be punished again? Anyone living outside of this world's biggest…
You could almost sense the smacking of lips, accompanied by the rubbing of hands. The departure of Benny Gantz from the Israeli war cabinet, which had served as a checking…
The Deep State should have been alert five years ago when Candidate Joe Biden announced that he, if elected as president, was determined to make the Saudi rulers “pay the…
Foods with unnaturally high levels of sugar and salt keep Americans snacking their way to obesity. Can’t stop eating that bag of chips until you’re licking the salt nestled in…
There is a kind of inherent bias in men folk against woman. She is socially and linguistically constructed and is negatively, unjustly and unreasonably commented on by the parochial and…
‘Pilgrims of Hope’. Pope Francis officially declared 2025 a Year of Jubilee with a papal bull, titled “Spes Non Confudit” on 9th May, 2024 in Vatican Rome. Hope is the…
As heat waves intensified over a vast part of the country, Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh was repeatedly found to be among the more severely affected parts of the country.…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies On June 13, Hamas responded to persistent needling by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the U.S. proposal for a pause…
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