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• Audit of UIDAI reveals what Delhi High Court is yet to reveal | Gopal Krishna

  22 April 2022, by Gopal Krishna

  by Gopal Krishna *
  The audit of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) by Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) of India revealing “flaws in the management of various contracts entered into by UIDAI” reminds one of a case related to a RTI reply that partially revealed the content of MoU/ Contract executed between UIDAI with L1 Identity Solutions Operating Company, currently a subsidiary of French conglomerate Safran Group, Sagem Morpho Security Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Safran Group, (…)

• Reflections on 103rd Commemoration of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre | Shamsul Islam

  22 April 2022, by Shamsul Islam

  Contemporary documents of the brutal massacre and people’s heroic resistance remain hidden in boxes of National Archives
  India has turned into a grazing field for all kinds of religious bigots led by the Hindutva gang. Even PM of the country who took oath to uphold democratic-secular polity is identifying himself as a Hindu nationalist as if he is in office to serve the cause of Hindutva. The RSS/BJP rulers are openly declaring their commitment to turn India into a Hindu state where (…)

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  Elephants face an elephantine problem | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  22 April 2022, by M R Narayan Swamy

  BOOK REVIEW by M.R. Narayan Swamy
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  Trumpet Calls:
  Epic Tales of Extraordinary Elephants
  Nalini Ramachandran
  Hachette India
  Pages: 242; Price: Rs 350
  ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 939102890X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9391028909 __0__
  Elephants have been caught and tamed from as early in history as 6000 BCE. And the practice of training them to fight in wars began in India around 1000 BCE. So many were trained to fight with deadly effect that King (…)

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  Ram Puniyani on Bremen and Shah’s Gujarat, Cradle and Harbinger of Identity Politics: India’s Injurious Frame of Communalism

  22 April 2022

  Book Review by Ram Puniyani
  __0__ Gujarat, Cradle and Harbinger of Identity Politics: India’s Injurious Frame of Communalism
  by Jan Breman and Ghanshyam Shah
  Tulika Books, New Delhi 2022. 388 Pages Price: Rs. 1200 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 819505594X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8195055944 __0__
  India has witnessed communal violence from over a century. The Gujarat carnage stands out as a major blot in the series of acts of violent episodes for more reasons than one. This was a state where even before (…)

• What is going on in Pakistan? And why has the US been dragged into it? | Ayesha Jalal

  22 April 2022

  [The below article was written before the fast-paced developments in Pakistan where the Supreme court ruled in favour of a vote in Parliament that led to the outer of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the subsequent election of Shabaz Sharif as the new Prime Minister]
  by Ayesha Jalal *
  April 6, 2022
  Pakistan, a nuclear nation that is home to some 220 million people, is in a political mess.
  On April 3, 2022, Prime Minister – and former national sporting hero – Imran Khan dissolved (…)

• Against the war, for global solidarity - International of Anarchist Federations

  22 April 2022

  The Committee of Relations of the International of Anarchist Federations (CRIFA) met in Marseille on 19–20 March 2022, and discussed matters on the ongoing war in Ukraine. Although there are different views on some points among member Federations, on which we commit to continue exchange and constructive discussion, important common points emerged from the discussion.
  We condemn the criminal aggression to Ukraine promoted by the Russian government, alongside all militarisms, and we stand in (…)

• Russia-Ukraine war: Israelis are in denial at parallels between their occupation and Putin’s | Gideon Levy

  22 April 2022

  by Gideon Levy *
  14 March 2022
  Both Russia and Israel justify their invasions under the auspices of ’self-defence’, and in both cases, that is untrue
  The shockwaves from the Russia-Ukraine war quickly reached Israel, revealing some embarrassing truths and challenging Israelis to see their country as it actually is - so very different than what they like to imagine.
  It began with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s declaration, or its subsequent military occupation, any different than (…)

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  Bertrand Russell Preparing to speak out against nuclear weapons on Trafalgar Square in 1961

  22 April 2022
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  Audio: What’s going on in Sri Lanka? With Sharika Thiranagama (April 14, 2022)

  22 April 2022
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  Documentary on Global Warming (1989) | Sagari Chhabra

  22 April 2022

  Play
  Global Warming by Sagari Chhabra by Sagari Chhabra https://youtu.be/bRNbF6KSsC8
  Director’s note:
  It gives me great pleasure to share my documentary, ’ Global Warming’ (21 minutes, English commentary, 1989).
  The film was awarded the World Food Day Award by the Food & Agricultural Organisation (United Nations) and the Indian Association for the Advancement of Science in 1989.
  I am deeply grateful to all the scientists who gave their valuable insights when I (…)