Could the Duterte Regime be COVID-19’s Next Victim?
Like Trump in the U.S. and Bolsonaro in Brazil, the Philippine strongman’s utter failure to contain COVID-19 may kneecap his authoritarian ambitions.
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Like Trump in the U.S. and Bolsonaro in Brazil, the Philippine strongman’s utter failure to contain COVID-19 may kneecap his authoritarian ambitions.
The WHO, with its warts and all, still stands for global cooperation and fostering public health policies, and is the only instrument we have for global cooperation. It is hated by the right-wing precisely for these reasons.
The problem is not Trump, but a political system, dominated by corporate power and the mandarins of the two major political parties, in which we don’t count. If we do not stand up, we will enter a new dark age.
A real income decline for vast numbers of working people in India had begun well before the pandemic – yet the Modi government is making no attempt to put purchasing power in the hands of people.
On how MNREGA and RTE, which have the potential of being tools of social empowerment, are being diluted due to inept interpretations by the executive.
Seventy years after becoming a republic and abolishing discrimination based on caste, gender, race and so on, there is very little change on the ground.
“An institution as important as the Supreme Court of a country must be open to public discussion without the fear of retribution or action of criminal contempt,” a statement released by 131 signatories said.
The 3 agricultural ordinances will destroy our small farmers and arhtiyas, lead to speculation in foodgrain prices, and endanger the country’s food security.
As the tenure of the current CAG of India comes to an end in August, just how impactful has the national auditor been in recent times?
As India went into a lockdown to prevent the spread of the Covid 19, we witnessed a different kind of opening-up of our Protected Areas.
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