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Nov 12, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Tom Engelhardt |Aaron Kirshenbaum |Mukhtar Babayev |Nusrat Jan
Honestly, what would George Orwell have written about this planet of ours, four decades after that ominous year 1984 passed from his fiction into history?
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
muslimmirror.com | Nusrat Jan
USCIRF call for India to be designated a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ highlights growing international concerns over rising religious intolerance and discriminationBy Nusrat JanThe U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has issued a scathing indictment of the deteriorating state of religious freedom in India, highlighting a disturbing surge in religious intolerance, hate speech, and violent assaults on religious minorities.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Aaron Kirshenbaum |Melissa Garriga |Mukhtar Babayev |Nusrat Jan
by Aaron Kirshenbaum and Melissa Garriga As we write, New York City is an unsettling 70 degrees in November. Meanwhile, a cohort of war profiteers, their pockets lined by the very industries destroying our climate, are flying to COP, the annual U.N. climate summit hosted by a petrostate, no less. They’re gathering to “discuss climate solutions”—but one of the world’s biggest contributors to the climate crisis will be entirely overlooked: the U.S. military-industrial complex.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mukhtar Babayev |Nusrat Jan |Robert Hunziker |Emmanuel Macron
BAKU – Our world is at a critical juncture. The devastating effects of global warming are increasingly evident, and the crisis is deepening. To mitigate it, we must urgently reduce global greenhouse-gas emissions. Failing to act now will only increase the human and economic toll. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, presents a unique opportunity for effective collective action.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
kashmirvision.in | Nusrat Jan
KV News Text Size Print This Page By: Nusrat Jan The implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) in Delhi epitomizes a nuanced dichotomy between the overarching aspirations of the central government and the intricate realities of the local healthcare milieu. PM-JAY, conceptualized to furnish health insurance coverage to economically marginalized segments of society, ostensibly seeks to augment access to high-quality healthcare throughout India. Nevertheless, its...
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Nusrat Jan |Yanis Iqbal |Akshat Mittal |Countercurrents Collective
The historic political shift in Botswana following Duma Boko’s election as president, ending nearly six decades of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) rule. Duma Boko was inaugurated as Botswana’s new president after securing a decisive victory in the October 2024 general elections.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Praveen Kolluguri |Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd |Nusrat Jan
The author and thinker Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd alleged that “left liberals joining hands with fundamentalist Muslim youth” are curtailing his freedom of expression. He further alleged that “leftists think that the Jews should be thrown out of Israel” an accusation often raised by the Zionist, settler-colonial, apartheid Israel. He raised these allegations in a press statement sent to Countercurrents.org.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Nusrat Jan |Robert Hunziker |Emmanuel Macron |Bushra Afreen
India’s stance on methane at COP29 could present a roadmap for how developing nations can contribute to global climate goals while advancing their own national development priorities The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) is poised to convene in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | zeenat khan |HABIB SIDDIQUI |M Adil Khan |Nusrat Jan
Art and politics do not mix. Not everyone can be artists, but many can be taught to be politicians —- Jasmine Alexander, Actress, Author, Filmmaker and Social Media InfluencerI do not necessarily agree with the first sentence of the above statement. Let us take the case of Bruce Springsteen, for example. All through his career he has performed songs that are viewed as political. He never shied away from expressing his political beliefs. In support of that let me start with a couple of questions here.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Shaj Mohan |Ramzy Baroud |Nusrat Jan |Neeraj Jain
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in what he described as a “crisis of trust”, and appointed Israel Katz instead amid outrage inside the occupation state and increasing involvement in war crimes in Palestine and Lebanon. Israel Katz, currently serving as foreign minister, will assume the role of defence minister, while Gideon Saar will replace Katz as foreign minister. Who is Katz?
