For the first time, a newsroom outside India has gone to Mumbai's Coastal Road (MCR), an eight-lane, $1.5B seawalled superhighway built on reclaimed land along the Arabian Coast set to open next year, and documented the devastating impacts this “maladaptive” infrastructural intervention has on Indigenous Koli fishermen.
Reporting from Lotus Jetty, with words and images from Kang-Chun Cheng + visuals from @alexip718:
Yesterday, India became the first country to successfully land a spacecraft at the moon’s south pole. Here’s more on the Chandrayaan-3 mission and why everyone is obsessed with the lunar south pole.
NEW DELHI (AP) — His social media accounts suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching high-speed trains and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders as a powerhouse on the global stage and the face of an ascendant India....
Is there any dumber than assigning nationality to historical figures who were not only born centuries before said countries and borders existed, but before the idea of "nationality" and "nation" existed?
Yes. Assigning nationality to mythical figures and mythical kingdoms.
At a weekend rally, Prime Minister Modi claimed the opposition wanted to take Hindus' money and give it to "infiltrators." The opposition Congress Party said he meant Muslims, and lodged an official election complaint.
#ClimateDiary Watching this made me think yet again about #ClimateJustice or rather, the profound iINJUSTICE of climate change: how the poorest - Rikshah drivers, street hawkers, labourers - suffer the most, without any accees to #AirCon, outside all day, yet contribute nothing to #ClimateChange. The impacts are so hnequal, so unfair, in micro as well as macro ways, it makes you want to screem. #Heatwave#Asia#India#Odisha
"According to IMD, many parts of the east coast and the peninsular south will record heat index of 40-50 degrees C, with some places even going up to 60°C, as per heat index forecasts provided by IMD."
Climate Crisis Deepens: Jammu and Kashmir Faces Record 54% Rainfall Deficit This Winter
The implications of this deficit are profound, impacting not only agriculture but also extending to crucial aspects such as ecological balance, water resource management, and the livelihoods of millions who depend on these resources
MMT economist Bill Mitchell on job guarantees, basic income, and how the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is being corrupted by BJP neoliberalism.
Not trusting our political class is no reason to avoid introducing progressive policies – William Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=61624
Today is National Science Day in India. I learnt form a woman scientist colleague of mine who was invited to speak at an event celebrating this day that she was very unceremoniously cut-off at the 6 min mark of her 10 min speech by the master of ceremonies, while a male scientist who spoke before her was allowed to speak for the full duration AND was asked questions by the MC! So disrespectful! 😡
Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric data collection activities in the country, citing complaints about the unauthorized collection of data from minors, inadequate communications regarding their iris-scanning Orb program...
What's currently getting in the way of the #India - UK #trade deal?
Now it seems the Indian Govt. is keen to get national insurance contributions paid by temporary staff in the UK (mainly in the IT sector) transferred back to India... the UK, of course, wants to hold on to the money even though the #workers concerned would never receive an associated pension in the UK.
Oh dear, quiet state #wagetheft has been exposed... and the Indians (unsurprisingly) are not happy
CPR published reports on air pollution, funded protests and legal battles against projects such as coal mines, government source says
The Centre for Policy Research said the Ministry’s decision was incomprehensible and disproportionate, and some of the reasons provided challenged the very basis of the functioning of a research institution.
An obsession of mine is researching how countries handle threats of #food & #water insecurity.
#Germany for example, has secret locations in which it stores legumes, grains & milk powder.
#Finland has 6 mths of grain & fuel & a min. of 3 months of medicine.
In terms of water security, 9 countries in the #MiddleEast will have extreme lvls of water stress by 2040.
But this will also be dire for #Australia, #USA#China & #India.
X has #blocked the account of @KhaledBeydoun on its platform in India.
Software Freedom Law Centre, India (SFLC.in) has been reporting on the blocking of social media accounts and #websites. Please #report any blocking cases you may have seen to us.
Send us an email at mail@sflc.in or mention @sflcin on social media platforms.
Caste Matters : a Brahmin member from the ruling party, BJP, urinated on a tribal youth. (www.youtube.com)
Caste violence and inhumanity continues in Madhya Pradesh, India.
India's Modi faces a no-confidence vote over silence on ethnic violence tearing at remote Manipur (apnews.com)
NEW DELHI (AP) — His social media accounts suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching high-speed trains and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders as a powerhouse on the global stage and the face of an ascendant India....
India's Modi accused of anti-Muslim campaign hate speech (www.dw.com)
At a weekend rally, Prime Minister Modi claimed the opposition wanted to take Hindus' money and give it to "infiltrators." The opposition Congress Party said he meant Muslims, and lodged an official election complaint.
Portugal orders Worldcoin to stop collecting iris biometrics for 90 days (www.biometricupdate.com)
Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric data collection activities in the country, citing complaints about the unauthorized collection of data from minors, inadequate communications regarding their iris-scanning Orb program...