Omar Raad Chowdhury

Dec 3, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Omar Raad Chowdhury |Farooque Chowdhury |Jessica Corbett

To,Dr. P. Krishnaiah, I.A.S. (Retd.) Chairman, APPCBSub: Misinformation and lack of transparency in toxic release incidents and accidents in general – Incident at Tagoor laboratories in particularDear Dr Krishanaiah Garu,Fatal accidents are happening regularly in Telugu states, and AP is leading in fatalities. We have been following the accidents since the uncontrolled release of styrene in May 2020.

Oct 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Sumit Gupta |Tabrez Alam |Omar Raad Chowdhury |Shantanu Dutta

In a landmark recommendation, the Supreme Court of India has asked Parliament to consider banning child betrothals, a practice that involves engaging children to be married at a future date. While less visible than child marriage, child betrothals create an equally dangerous pathway to forced marriages, violating children’s rights to education, autonomy, and well-being.

Sep 21, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Omar Raad Chowdhury |Farooque Chowdhury |Robert Campion

An explosion occurred, in the early afternoon on 21 August, at the Escientia Advanced Sciences, a pharma firm’s plant, in the Achutapuram Special Economic Zone, Anakapalle, near the port city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (AP). At least 17 people died and 41 were injured. Around 380 employees work in two shifts at the plant. The accident took place during lunchtime around 2:15 pm, averting a major disaster.

Jan 21, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Mohammad Momin Khawaja |Carlos L Garrido |Binoy Kampmark |Omar Raad Chowdhury

What We Think of Technology? When we think of technology, we often think of things which manifest as inventions and happen to make our lives easier and better. Some of these inventions are things that we have been accustomed to use so often that we cannot go without. A computer, an MRI machine, a mobile phone, the internet, a car, a watch, or even a television are all inventions that we correlate with being technology. The word technology though, may cover much more than that.

Jan 10, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Carlos L Garrido |Binoy Kampmark |Omar Raad Chowdhury |Richard D. Wolff

As the technological revolution (and especially the recent developments in artificial intelligence) progresses, the discussions surrounding its dystopic potential are abundant. However, there is a desert of analysis as to how these developments have influenced capitalist exploitation, specifically in the data-selling industries worth hundreds of billions of dollars.