Rachel Bustamante

May 6, 2024 | countercurrents.org | P S Sahni |Aijaz Ahmed |Rachel Bustamante |Bharat Dogra

A delegation from Loktantra Bachao 2024 campaign met Jharkhand’s Chief Election Officer K Ravi Kumar today, to submit a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for violating the Model Code of Conduct as well as the Representation of People Act in recent speeches he made in Jharkhand.

May 6, 2024 | countercurrents.org | P S Sahni |Aijaz Ahmed |Rachel Bustamante |Bharat Dogra

ToShri Rajiv KumarChief Election CommissionerShri Gyanesh KumarElection CommissionerDr Sukhbir Singh SandhuElection CommissionerDear Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, S/Shri Gyanesh Kumar/ Rajiv Kumar,Hope you have seen the news report (https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/May/05/pm-modi-leads-grand-procession-in-ayodhya-amidst-saffron-sea-of-supporters) about Prime Minister Modi leading a procession in Ayodhya.

May 5, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Rachel Bustamante |Pratap Antony |Countercurrents Collective |Ann Davis

As the fourth negotiating session on the United Nations plastics treaty comes to a close, pressing questions loom: Will world leaders finalize a robust agreement by the end of this year that effectively halts plastic pollution at its source?

May 5, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Binoy Kampmark |Rachel Bustamante |Bharat Dogra |Naveen Prasad Alex

In his 2021 annual threat assessment, the director-general of ASIO, the Australian domestic intelligence service, pointed to an active spy ring operating in the country, or what he chose to call a “nest of spies”. The obvious conclusion drawn by information-starved pundits was that the nest was filled with the eggs and fledglings of Chinese intelligence or Russian troublemakers.

May 5, 2024 | commondreams.org | Rachel Bustamante

As the fourth negotiating session on the United Nations plastics treaty comes to a close, pressing questions loom: Will world leaders finalize a robust agreement by the end of this year that effectively halts plastic pollution at its source?