Greed and ideology set the table for a catastrophe. India’s right-wing government has been deploying all the modern tools of repression against a historic farmers’ protest. Much is at stake. For the people of India, their ...
For the past three months, Indian farmers and agricultural workers have been in the middle of a difficult struggle against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tens of thousands of them have gathered around ...
Twitter’s actions are quite a departure from 2019 when it delayed a network upgrade in Iran at the behest of the US government for fear that it could interfere with anti-government demonstrations. (By: Alan Macleod, ...
A striking aspect of the 24 percent decline in India’s GDP in the first quarter of 2020-21 compared to the previous year’s first quarter is the decline by 10.3 percent in public administration, defense, and other public services. This ...
K.K. Shailaja is the health minister in the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala, the state in the southwest of India that has a population of 35 million people. On January 25, 2020, she convened ...
“Who will help the Muslims of India?” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) As anti-Muslim violence continued to roil the Indian city of Delhi Wednesday, observers from inside the country and around the world warned that ...
“We’re not treated very well by India, but I happen to like Prime Minister Modi a lot. And he told me we’ll have 7 million people between the airport and the event. And the stadium, ...
“I was continually hit on the head with iron rods. … They were about to lynch us.” With her head bandaged and her arm in a sling, university student Aishe Ghosh went before the cameras ...
A new report shows that during Modi’s tenure there have been about 200 documented cases of attacks on journalists who tell the truth about the Modi government. Every day and in every part of India, hundreds ...
Security forces shutting down internet access and detaining demonstrators as dissidents swept up and at least three people killed. (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) The crackdown by Indian authorities against those protesting the country’s new ...
Protests against India’s new Citizenship Act are now ongoing in every part of India, with a cross-section of society outraged by the religious implications of this law. On December 13, the United Nations high commissioner ...
Four people have already been killed by police in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, seen by many as a step towards establishing India as a Hindu majority country. (By Peoples Dispatch) Across India, tens ...
When Evo Morales and the Movement for Socialism took power in 2006, the government immediately sought to undo decades of theft by transnational mining firms. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup ...
The second Modi regime sworn in this year has demonstrated in just three months what we can expect – a relentless assault on the foundations of Indian democracy. There were some notable differences between the ...
With the US “locked and loaded” on Iran, the Amazon on fire and India and Pakistan feuding over Kashmir, the upcoming UN General Assembly will be a check-in for where countries stand on several important ...
“The government is a liar. He was not hit by a stone but they killed him.” “Shortly after a recent parliamentary vote in India to remove the special autonomy status of Jammu and Kashmir, Human ...
It serves Indian interests at this point not to identify too closely with the Russian regional and global policies, which are increasingly in a confrontational mode vis-a-vis the U.S. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit ...
Millions of Kashmiris continue to suffer under the military lock-down imposed by the Indian government. The situation is particularly critical for patients, women and school-going children. (By Umer Beigh, Peoples Dispatch) The curfew-like restrictions in ...
Once again relatively little was achieved at the annual G-7 summit – a forum that appears outdated and anachronistic. The G7 meetings seem—as each of them passes—to be a waste of time. The 45th G7 ...
“I feel the U.S. has tremendous wealth… I’m not going to lose that wealth on dreams, on windmills – which, frankly, aren’t working too well… I think I know more about the environment than most.” ...
The longstanding dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir has reached a new fever-pitch in recent weeks. In May of this year, Indian Narendra Modi won his reelection bid for prime minister, and now his ...
As each day passes, Kashmir resembles the West Bank. On August 5, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament. The bill divides the Indian State into ...
“We know firsthand that the additional tariffs will have a significant, negative, and long-term impact on American businesses, farmers, families, and the U.S. economy. An escalated trade war is not in the country’s best interest, ...
The incoming results mark the end of the worlds largest democratic process and paint a troubling picture for those who are concerned with the state of human rights. “I don’t want to color the decision ...
As India heads to the polls in a month-long voting period, national security, the economy and women’s rights take center stage. With 900 million eligible voters, India’s election will be the biggest democratic election in ...
India’s election began last week and will determine which party or coalition is able to establish a majority and form a government. The election is also seen as a referendum on controversial strongman Prime Minister ...
Owais Ahmad Mir, a seventh-grade student was shot by security forces in Kupwara district. Last week, Indian authorities had partially banned civilian movement on the crucial National Highway which connects Kashmir to the rest of ...
With the extreme debt, depression and suicide rates facing the Indian farming community, current Prime Minister Modi’s polling numbers may be slipping heading into the May election. “Our kids are educated, they’re filling out forms, ...
After a suicide bomb prompted an exchange of military engagements between India and Pakistan, tensions are at a dangerous low in the South Asian region. Russia is offering to help mediate dialogue between India and Pakistan ...
Saudi prince Mohammad bin Salman inked multiple billion dollar deals on his Asia tour with India, Pakistan and China. While the West may still be somewhat wary of its relationship with Saudi Arabia and Saudi ...
Scores of Telugu-speaking students, 8 recruiters among those arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (NewsClick) At least 200 Indian students and eight student recruiters of Indian origin have been arrested and several others ...
“‘Virginity testing’ has no scientific or clinical basis. There is no examination that can prove a girl or woman has had sex.” “WHO, UN Human Rights and UN Women have today issued a statement calling ...
Image Credit: Hyderabad: Army chief General Bipin Rawat presents the Chief of Air Staff Sword of Honour to Flying Officer Sukhmandeep Singh for standing first in overall merit in Pilot Course at Combined Graduation Parade at ...
Apu the longtime Kwik-E-Mart owner on The Simpsons is closing up shop. A popular character will be written out of the long-running animated series “The Simpsons” after some viewers complained of it being a racially ...
And the Oscar of best policy goes to… Sikkim, India for going all organic. The Sikkim region of India has won a coveted UN award for achieving the world’s first 100 percent organic agricultural state. According ...
Domestic Traders To Oppose, Plan To Move Competition Commission (NewsClick.In) New Delhi: In bad news for domestic retail trade, the world’s largest online retailer Amazon has partnered with Indian private equity firm Samara Capital — ...
Polo, a pesticide manufactured in Switzerland has been blamed for the deaths and hospitalization of farmers in India. Polo contains the active agent diafenthiuron, a pesticide that was banned in the European Union in 2002. ...
In a landmark ruling on Thursday, India’s supreme court struck down an 1861 law that made homosexual sex punishable by up ten years in prison. In the decision, judges ruled that the law was being used ...
Last week, cricket legend Imran Khan won Pakistan’s election with his PTI (Movement for Justice) party. Based on the official result, PTI won 115 seats out of 272 seats in the National Assembly. The ruling ...
It’s a characteristic of funerals all over the world to be emotional as people bury their loved ones. Some will wail loudly, others may faint and others will be dumbstruck staring in disbelief at the ...
The duopoly of Amazon and Walmart in Indian retail market spells doom for lakhs of retailers who supply our everyday needs. (NewsClick.In, by Prabir Purkayastha) Walmart’s 14 billion dollar acquisition of Flipkart has sent the Indian ...
For the second time in two years, India imposed cuts on the royalties local seed companies pay to the agriculture giant, Monsanto. Monsanto controls 90 percent of the local Indian market for cotton seeds and ...
Maldives Crisis: The Maldives is a beautiful island country full of luxury resorts but it is also a country in the midst of a political crisis and has the potential to become a military battleground ...
Mostly due to the increase in automation but also partly due to a rising sense of nationalism around the globe, the India IT sector is on the decline, big time. 2017 was a tough and ...
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