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Sep 21, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Pradeep Baisakh |Robert Campion |CJ Polychroniou |T Vijayendra
New York, 21 September 2024: As world leaders meet at the UN Summit of the Future on 22-23 September to forge a new international consensus, civil society groups and people’s leaders representing some of the world’s most marginalized communities are uniting across from UN headquarters for a Global People’s Assembly to demand meaningful changes that address the root causes of global injustice and solutions that prioritize the needs and rights of those left behind.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Jayakhosh Chidambaran |Pradeep Baisakh |Bharat Dogra |Nina Burleigh
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, the necessity for robust Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) strategies rapidly came to the forefront. These initiatives, led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and supplemented by national health authorities, have proven indispensable [1; 4]. Drawing on lessons from previous health crises such as the Ebola and Zika outbreaks, RCCE strategies emphasize the need for timely, credible, and culturally appropriate communication [2].
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor |Javed Iqbal Wani |Vivek Sakpal |Pradeep Baisakh
Just as the ruling political party of India, Bhartiya Janata Party’s ‘Ab Ki Baar Char Su Par’ slogan has poorly been rejected by the Indian voters in the Parliamentary elections, the same way the Kashmiri voters have created an earthquake in the mainstream politics of Kashmir by defeating two former Chief Ministers who happen to be the heads of their political outfits. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto often said in her speeches that “democracy is the best revenge”.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Javed Iqbal Wani |Vivek Sakpal |Pradeep Baisakh |Mohd Khan
The results of the recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections 2024 have reestablished political equilibrium in India. With more voices of resistance in the Lok Sabha, the full-throttle engine of BJP’s self-centred unilateral decisions will come to a screeching halt. Once again, voices of dissent will make themselves visible. Those Members of Parliament who smirked and clapped at racist, sexist, casteist and communal speeches and statements will reduce substantially.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vivek Sakpal |Pradeep Baisakh |Mohd Khan |Justice Markandey Katju
Every politician and political party in the 2024 General Election were compelled to take the name of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar along with his photo at prominent visual points. While the BJP and its allies rallied more towards Hindutva, Mandir and Communal interests, yet they had to speak about reservations, the constitution and Dr Ambedkar in their campaign speeches. Democracy, Constitution and Reservation ruled the campaign discourse across the political spectrum.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Pradeep Baisakh |Mohd Khan |Justice Markandey Katju |T Navin
The myth that you can continue ruling the country by dividing people on religious ground, intimidating and jailing the opposition leaders, capturing all the public institution and centralizing power, forcing the media to be a ’Godi’ instead of an independent one has been busted in the 2024 general election. The message is clear: do not take people for granted! As against the claim of “Ab ki baar 400 paar”, BJP ended up getting 240, way below the majority of 272. NDA scored 294.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Pradeep Baisakh
It’s the midpoint of Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, but we seem not to have progressed since it was adopted by the United Nations in 2015.
The midterm assessment of the progress made on the sustainable development goals (SDG) was carried out in the 2023 SDG Summit, which took place on September 18-19, 2023, in New York.
The commitments made by world leaders in 2015 to take us on a path of sustainable development are failing.
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Sep 16, 2023 | 
countercurrents.org | Pradeep Baisakh
As politicians and policymakers make speeches at the United Nations during a high-level summit next week to assess the lack of progress on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, people’s leaders representing some of the world’s most marginalised communities will come together just across the UN Headquarters in New York to highlight the governments’ failings and present solutions to the poverty and environmental catastrophes afflicting the planet.
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Jun 24, 2023 | 
outlookindia.com | Pradeep Baisakh
By Pradeep Baisakh
The recent declaration by World Health Organisation that Covid-19 is no more a global health emergency has brought some relief to the people and the governments though the former clearly said that it remains a global threat and suggested not to lower the guard. The learnings from the pandemic are that the world should be better prepared for any future pandemic. Two, in the worst times, the decisions of the rich countries could be astonishingly selfish and irrational.
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May 10, 2023 | 
countercurrents.org | Pradeep Baisakh
Asia currently accounts for more than half of the world’s new and confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, with India, Indonesia and the Philippines being among the hardest-hit. Combined, WHO regions Western Pacific and South-East Asia reported 1,140,000 million new cases and increases of more than 20% in hospital and ICU admissions reported in several countries.
