Guwahati, India (AFP) – India on Monday effectively stripped four million people in Assam of citizenship, sparking fears of mass deportations of Muslims from the northeastern state. A new draft register of citizens includes only those able to prove they were in Assam before 1971, when millions fled Bangladesh’s war of independence into the state, […]
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India
“The Light of a Thousand Suns:” India has 5 of World’s largest Solar Farms, Plans Huger
India intends to have 275 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2027 and is counting on solar to provide two-thirds of it
India stands with Iran against Trump Sanctions
India’s External Affairs Minister delivered a sharp rebuke to US plans for sanctions on trade with Iran on Monday
British Empire’s hidden workings in India and Iran revealed in remarkable new film footage
By Jonathan Westaway | The Conversation | – – In a basement office at the Royal Geographical Society in London’s South Kensington, grainy 16mm film footage flickers silently across the screen, one of over a hundred expeditionary and travel films digitised recently by the society and the British Film Institute. They are now free to […]
Oil & Coal & Crop Burning turn Delhi into ‘Gas Chamber’ of Air Pollution
The Watchers | – – The Indian Medical Association declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, as toxic smog engulfed Indian capital Delhi. In some areas, Air Quality Index (AQI) reached a maximum of 999 and went beyond what instruments could measure. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the smoke-laden air […]
Iran’s Khamenei to Putin: Isolate US by dumping the Dollar
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin visited Tehran on Wednesday for consultations with President Hassan Rouhani and the country’s clerical leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei is quoted by Tahrir [Liberation] as saying that Russia and Iran could cooperate to isolate the United States and […]
Epic Mumbai Flooding: 21 million People told to stay Home
India Today | (Video News Report) | – – “The water levels at many places receded in Mumbai, but the situation remains far from normal. The water levels are dipping across the city including worst affected areas like Dadar circle where the water had reached chest deep height. The weather man has predicted very heavy […]
India joins 20 Muslim Countries in banning ‘Instant Divorce’
TeleSur | – – Women’s rights activists view the ruling as a step toward granting Muslim women greater equality and justice. India’s Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a Muslim practice that reportedly allows men to “instantly divorce” their wives, a move some claim is a landmark victory for Muslim women to get greater equality. The […]
Trump’s Afghanistan Surge will Fail without Diplomacy, Anti-Corruption
By Solaiman Fazel | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the campaign promise to distance himself from Afghanistan, President Trump has now publically taken ownership of America’s Longest War, 2001-Present. Trump’s decision not to completely withdraw the armed forces or subcontract the warfare to Blackwater (a private military company) are clever choices for the wider […]
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