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India appears to be running away from the complexities of the current world situation. That is why the salience of the virtual summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation [SCO] under India’s chairmanship on Tuesday becomes highly disturbing. Where is India’s SCO policy heading?
‘The Grand Old Man of India’ was not only one of the founder members of the Indian National Congress but also one whose vision shaped the organisation.
The idea of Athens as mother of democracy was pushed by modern scholars of ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient Greek and Roman writers on India themselves found several similarities with political structures in the subcontinent.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has rightly said, “This is a moment for the country to seriously address the deep issues of racism and discrimination in law enforcement.”
AI won’t blow up the world. But the increasingly uncritical embrace of it, in a variety of narrow contexts, means the gradual erosion of some of humans’ most important skills.
From housing to hospitals and water networks to wind farms, asset management firms with names like Blackstone, Brookfield and Macquarie are gobbling up the basic stuff we all depend on to exist.
Debt payments are consuming more of government spending in poor countries when they were already struggling to provide education and health services. On average, the poorest countries spend just 3% of GDP on their most vulnerable citizens – compared with an average of 26% for other economies.
Kovalik writes, “It is my belief, which I have come to over many years, and after travelling to places like Syria, Iran and Lebanon, that the U.S. and its allies are a force for chaos and destruction in the world.” It is in this context that “the conflict in Ukraine must be judged …”
The World Bank says nearly 80% (560 million) of the 700 million people who were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 due to COVID policies were from India. Globally, extreme poverty levels increased by 9.3 per cent in 2020.
The IMF’s insistence that Sri Lanka reduce its domestic debt will only end up reducing the value of citizens’ savings tied up in retirement funds. Also: “Thousands Protest Sri Lankan Government’s Attacks on Welfare Subsidies”.
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