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Aug 17, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sagar Dhara |Pranjal Pandey |Ankit Kumar |Vidyarthy Chatterjee
Changing relationships with the Maldives have come as India’s Independence Day gift in the face of perceived Chinese dominance in the island nation following a rupture on the eve of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep in the beginning of this year. The irks in bilateral ties had placed Modi’s Neighborhood First Policy in jeopardy. However, India’s relations with the Maldives have moved through quick highs and lows in recent years.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sagar Dhara |Pranjal Pandey |Ankit Kumar |Bharat Dogra
On 5 August Sheikh Hasinaof Bangladesh resigned from the post of prime minister and went to India. The next day the parliament was dissolved. On 8 August the interim government headed by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus (aged 84) was formed.Requested to reurn from Paris Olympics,even before it closed, he did so on Aug 8.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sagar Dhara |Pranjal Pandey |Ankit Kumar |Bharat Dogra
The ongoing youth protests in Bangladesh against a government’s decision to implement a 30 % seat reservation in government jobs for war veteran children extending to grandchildren is outrightly rejected by aspiring youth, and they poured onto the roads with much ferocity.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vikas Meshram |Bharat Dogra |Vidyadhar Date |Sagar Dhara
The data indicating a reduction in India’s groundwater levels by 450 cubic kilometers is alarming. This decline over the past two decades could lead to severe water shortages for agriculture and livelihood in the future. A study conducted by the Vikram Sarabhai Chair of Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar states that this reduction in groundwater is 37 times the total water storage capacity of the Indira Sagar Dam, India’s largest reservoir.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Gary Belan |Sagar Dhara |Mohd Khan |Marwan Asmar
A Bittersweet Rediscovery of the Rarest Kangaroo AliveIn the dense, emerald heart of the Wondiwoi Mountains, in West Papua the trees echo with the haunting refrains of the vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise. Underfoot, the ground is soggy and dense with mossy herbaceous fragrances and the scuttling of an eastern long-beaked echidna as she burrows into her subterranean domain. In 2018, an extraordinary moment was captured forever on camera in 2018.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Vidyadhar Date |Sagar Dhara |Countercurrents Collective
One of the most discussed development initiatives of recent times in India relates to the Jal Jeevan Mission’s efforts to take water to all rural homes in India. Getting water at home by merely tweaking a tap has been a dream for millions of rural households, particularly so for women who share most of the burden for arranging a family’s water supply.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sagar Dhara |Pranjal Pandey |Ankit Kumar |Bharat Dogra
June 11, 2024To: Shri Narendra ModiPrime Minister of IndiaNew Delhi, IndiaDear Prime Minister,We write to you as members of the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan), a collective committed to fostering cooperation, peace, and dialogue across our region. Our shared histories, cultures, and aspirations drive us to advocate for better relations among our nations under the SAARC umbrella. First and foremost, we congratulate you and the NDA 3.0 on your recent electoral victory.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Gary Belan |Sagar Dhara |Mohd Khan |Sandeep Banerjee
Leaving river protections to states doesn’t make sense when rivers cross state lines. It’s impossible to underscore the importance of healthy rivers: 60 percent of the drinking water supply in the United States comes from rivers. And while your tap water may be clean, unfortunately, tens of millions of Americans don’t have the same assurance, and this problem is only escalating, particularly with so-called “forever chemicals” like PFAS .
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Sonali Kolhatkar |Tom Engelhardt |Sagar Dhara
Aggravation and intensification of heat waves has been reported from several countries. This has resulted in increasing problems for many millions of people including increasing livelihood and health problems. Increased mortality has also been reported. Well-informed people have stated that these estimates of increased mortality may be serious under-estimates, particularly in poorer societies.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sonali Kolhatkar |Tom Engelhardt |Sagar Dhara |Robert Hunziker
Using a little-known provision of trade agreements, oil and gas corporations are able to pit their profits against democracies and our climate. It’s time to end the practice. There is an obscure mechanism by which fossil fuel companies maintain their global domination even as their products are destroying our futures. Most rank-and-file climate activists haven’t heard of it and most news media rarely discuss it in great detail.
