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2021 is a crucial year for Nicaragua, with national elections due in November. With Biden coming to power, will the US administration continue its attempts to sabotage the elections? And can Nicaragua once again defend its sovereignty against US and other foreign interference?
Top scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’ and climate disruption; New study shows Earth now warmer than any time in last 12,000 years; Global ice melt accelerating at record rate; Florida professor predicts Amazon rainforest collapse by 2064.
The entire project has been marked by opacity and lack of public consultation, say activists.
While skirmishes continue on the borders of India, Sameer Arshad Khatlani explores the deeply embedded syncretic elements in the heritage left behind by the founder of Sikhism. Part of his legacy still lives on in Pakistan.
Today in the West, while hypocritical empty crocodile tears are wept over the Nazis’ victims, real history continues to be suppressed, denied and buried beneath mountains of lies.
With some 36 productions—feature films, telefilms, documentaries—Ray has traversed a greater range of subjects than any other Indian film-maker. Many believe the mantle of Tagore has fallen on Ray. Even by a conservative estimate, he is the best film-maker India has produced.
From the way Gandhi defended himself in the 1922 sedition case, if we have a sense of history and a sense of respect for Gandhi, sedition should never have continued as an offence in the statute books after India won independence.
The stories of the epic farmers’ movement have been captured in Trolley Times, a four-page biweekly newsletter that was founded on December 18. Some excerpts.
Budgets over the years have become a tiresome spectacle. With the government adopting measures that erode its own revenues, and with the passing of the FRBM Act limiting its right to borrow, there is not much the budget as an instrument of mobilizing and allocating resources can do.
Mukesh Ambani earned ₹90 cr. an hour during the pandemic when around 24% of people in India were earning under ₹3,000 a month, says the report.
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