Mainstream Weeklyby James M. Dorsey
Dec 2, 2022
Hungary didn’t qualify for the Qatar World Cup, but that hasn’t stopped Prime Minister Victor Orban from exploiting the world’s current focus on soccer to signal his Putinesque definition of central European borders as defined by civilization and ethnicity rather than internationally recognized frontiers.
Mr. Orban drew the ire of Ukraine and Romania for wearing to a local Hungarian soccer match a scarf depicting historical Hungary, which also includes (…)
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Albert Einstein on God, in his letter to Erik Gutkind (1954)
2 December 2022EINSTEIN’S LAST WORD ON GOD:
"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this for me. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstition."
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IDPD expresses concern at death penalty to peaceful protesters by the govt. in Iran | 29 Non 2022
2 December 2022Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) Website: www.idpd.org
Date: 29.11.2022
Press Release
Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) expresses it grave concern on Iranian authorities indicting people with charges punishable with death for participation in peaceful demonstrations. In a statement released Dr S S Soodan – President, Dr.Satyajit Kumar Singh & Dr Arun Mitra – Senior Vice Presidents and Dr Shakeel Ur Rahman – General Secretary said that IDPD supports UN (…) -
Supreme Court restores PIL highlighting regulatory failures causing biopiracy and biodiversity losses | Nov 29, 2022
2 December 2022Environment Support Group
Press Release : Bangalore : 29th November 2022
Supreme Court restores PIL highlighting regulatory failures causing biopiracy and biodiversity losses
PIL raises grave concerns on prevailing weaknesses in Biodiversity Act that is contributing to biodiversity loss and associated traditional rights
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India by its order dated 22nd November 2022 allowed a Special Leave Petition filed by Environment Support Group [SLP(C) 7951/2014]. (…) -
Review: Raghavan on ’New threats to human security in the Anthropocene’ by UNDP
2 December 2022, by G Narasimha RaghavanReviewed by G Narasimha Raghavan __0__
New threats to human security in the Anthropocene:
Demanding greater solidarity
United Nations Development Programme New York: UNDP - 2022, viii+175 pages
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Book Review: Raza on Kenny’s Populism and Patronage
2 December 2022Reviewed by Aamir Raza
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Populism and Patronage: Why Populist win Elections in India, Asia, and Beyond
by Paul D. Kenny
Oxford University Press 2017 Pages 234 Price Rs 545
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Populism has been a recurrent feature of Global politics since last century. Despite having hostile views about liberal democratic institutions, Populist party across the world have gained astonishing electoral success. Although Populism can persist across the ideological spectrum, Populist threats (…) -
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Photo: Plantation workers British Guyana in 1880 | Photographer unknown
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Documentary: How salt and sand could replace lithium batteries
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