"Inside a US ally’s secret war on its American critics. A foreign government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it's succeeding."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not yet confirmed his own attendance. “The level of participation will depend on timing, logistics, and parallel commitments,” Modi said.
Seriously, let's say the #ww3 the US/EU/NATO/ISRAEL/UKRAINE have been provoking to start eventually starts and you are stuck in a country that you feel is in the wrong side of the war-front?
What do you do?
Engage in guerrilla warfare against the people around you who blindly conform to their state? Become vocal and suicidal as a peace activist? Run away to a strange country on the other side of the war front?
Election season is underway in scorching temperatures but in spite of repeated extreme climate scenes, voters still don't demand climate accountability
This is an interesting chart and show how abysmally low the healthcare spending in #India is. Compare it with an equally populous state like #China and one can clearly see how the political systems and ideology impacts the #healthcare spending.
From an article in #TheHindu
Central to this verdict was the Court’s decision to lift a ban on overhead power lines spanning 99,000 square kilometres in parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan. The ban aimed to protect these endangered birds but was deemed counterproductive to India’s transition to clean energy, particularly wind and solar power, which is crucial for global climate action and fulfilling the energy needs of Indian citizens
#India's rise in trade with #Russia should not be seen as a "temporary phenomenon" as more economic opportunities are emerging, India's foreign minister said.
New #Delhi is seeking to make progress on an investment treaty with Russia as well as signing a free trade agreement with the #Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union. The two nations are also holding talks on jointly producing military equipment.
I feel like sometimes random people just change your life in so many ways, like the girl who gave me a film camera in 2003 when I visited Kolkata, India for the first time. i haven't spoken to her in 20 years, but she gave me the gift of having my memories in still film photographs for the rest of my life
"A defining feature of life in India today is the suffocating atmosphere of menace and threat to critics of the government. Shah is the face and embodiment of this fear, which lurks everywhere, from the newsrooms to the courtrooms, and which inspires a sense of alarm that is bigger than the sum of the facts and anecdotes that can be amassed to illustrate it"
Chilling long read on the rise of Amit Shah, Modi's right-hand man.
Buckle Up For More Dust Storms Thanks To Land Degradation, Climate Change
The extraordinary dust and thunderstorms have come just when concerns have been mounting about the rapid rate of desertification in several Indian states
Nagaland: Climate-related disasters up 200 per cent across state
Climate-related disasters in Nagaland have seen a 200% increase from 2018 to 2021, according to the Nagaland Disaster Statistics 2023. The report highlights the grave implications of climate change on agriculture and calls for resilient farming practices
In a nation where many revere cows, the animals' waste has become an energy resource.
BBC News reports: "Indian cattle produce around three-million tonnes of cow dung a day. ... The government wants more of that dung, and other agriculture waste, to be made into methane."
India and Iran on Monday signed a 10-year contract to develop and equip the strategic Chabahar port in Iran as India seeks to grow trade in west and central Asia. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Iran#India
Modi confirms India's participation in Ukraine's Global Peace Summit (kyivindependent.com)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not yet confirmed his own attendance. “The level of participation will depend on timing, logistics, and parallel commitments,” Modi said.