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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | S G Vombatkere |Binoy Kampmark |Thomas Klikauer |Leslie Alan Horvitz
ToShri Narendra D ModiPrime MinisterDear Shri Modiji,The Finance Minister (FM), in her recent Budget Speech, stated that “Development of at least 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047 is essential for our energy transition efforts.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Prem Singh |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Suresh Khairnar |S G Vombatkere
The search for any ideological content in the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled to be held on 5 February 2025 would be like shuffling in a haystack for a needle. But this ideological void does not appear to create any serious worry to people in the country’s capital and the centre of power.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Danaka Katovich |Lawrence Wittner |William D. Hartung |S G Vombatkere
I interviewed three anti-nuke activists to understand the Doomsday Clock and how our society thinks about the very real threat of nuclear war. “Dear young people who have never experienced war, ‘Wars begin covertly. If you sense it coming, it may be too late.’” -Takato Michishita, survivor of the bombing of Nagasaki. On a rainy Saturday afternoon in the Catskill Mountains where New Yorkers went for the summer to escape the city heat, Alice Slater’s mother took her to go see a movie in town.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Lawrence Wittner |Danaka Katovich |William D. Hartung |S G Vombatkere
Will the world ever be free of the menace of nuclear annihilation? There was a promising start along these lines during the late twentieth century, when―pressed by a popular upsurge against nuclear weapons―the nations of the world adopted a succession of nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements. Starting with the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963, these agreements helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | William D. Hartung |S G Vombatkere |Bharat Dogra |Binoy Kampmark
A primary responsibility of the government is, of course, to keep us safe. Given that obligation, you might think that the Washington establishment would be hard at work trying to prevent the ultimate catastrophe — a nuclear war. But you would be wrong.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | S G Vombatkere |Bharat Dogra |Binoy Kampmark |Leah Yananton
TAKOMA PARK, MD, January 14, 2025– The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in working for a nuclear-free world. The Award laureates are chosen by an international jury of their peers and are offered in three categories: Resistance, Education and Solution.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
mainstreamweekly.net | S G Vombatkere
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned”— Richard Feynman, American Theoretical Physicist & Nobel LaureatePeople around Arshinakeri (Koppal Dt, Karnataka) are concerned about government’s proposal to construct a nuclear power plant (NPP) in their vicinity. [1] Government has recently started preliminary land survey of the area, to identify 1,200-acres for a NPP.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |S G Vombatkere |William Astore |Nilofar Suhrawardy
Viswamitra sage : (Addressing Beas and Satluj rivers)—You move like chariots to the sea, through the power of Indira. You are full of water and wish to unite with each other. The rivers : we, who are full of water, move along the path the gods have made for us.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Taghreed Ali |Chris Hedges |Hani Al-Damour |S G Vombatkere
After more than 14 months of the war of extermination on Gaza, the Israeli army continues to target Palestinian medical teams through killing, arrests, torture and disappearances. The latest is the martyrdom of 31-year-old Thabat Ibrahim Muhammad Salim, a volunteer doctor at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, on 5 January, 2025.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | S G Vombatkere |Bharat Dogra |Binoy Kampmark |Leah Yananton
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned”~ Richard Feynman, American Theoretical Physicist & Nobel LaureatePeople around Arshinakeri (Koppal Dt, Karnataka) are concerned about government’s proposal to construct a nuclear power plant (NPP) in their vicinity. [Ref.1] Government has recently started preliminary land survey of the area, to identify 1,200-acres for a NPP.
