On the Biggest Crackdown on the Indian Press by the Indian State – Articles and Statements of Condemnation
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On the Biggest Crackdown on the Indian Press by the Indian State – Articles and Statements of Condemnation

ByAjoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta; Siddharth Varadarajan; Anuradha Bhasin; The Wire Staff; and Newsclick

October 3, 2023 will go down in history for the biggest crackdown on Indian journalism by the Indian state. Also: Journalists Organisations Express Outrage; Journalists, Artists and Academics Worldwide Slam NewsClick Raids; ‘NewsClick: Lessons from the Kashmir Template’; ‘NewsClick Case: If Modi Govt is Really Serious About ‘Terror Financing’, Why Hasn’t It Rung the US, China and FATF?’; NewsClick Case: ‘Never Received Funds From a Foreign Govt’, Says Neville Roy Singham’s Company.

Top and Bottom of the World Hit Record High Temperatures; 41% of World’s Amphibians Threatened with Extinction
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Top and Bottom of the World Hit Record High Temperatures; 41% of World’s Amphibians Threatened with Extinction

ByRobert Hunziker; and Lindsay Renick Mayer & Devin Murphy

Both the top (Switzerland) and the bottom (Antarctica) of the world hit record high temperatures, simultaneously. There’s no known record of this ever happening before. Also: A study published in the scientific journal Nature found that two out of every five amphibians are threatened with extinction.

Reality Meets Truth: The United States in the Middle East
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Reality Meets Truth: The United States in the Middle East

ByM. Reza Behnam

While employing the rhetoric of peace, the United States arms, trains and gears up Israel and Arab Gulf autocrats for war, with Iran as the target. America has helped Israel build one of the strongest militaries in the world. Israel is the world’s only unacknowledged nuclear power.

Kindling the Fire of Agniveers: Germany’s Past India’s Future?
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Kindling the Fire of Agniveers: Germany’s Past India’s Future?

ByRavi Nair

The Agnipath scheme introduced by the Union government for army recruitment on contractual basis is a catastrophe that would inevitably lead to militarisation of India. The fear looms large that after the end of contractual service these youths with arms training would be susceptible to exploitation by paramilitaries.