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The official death toll from the terrorist attack outside Kabul international airport on Thursday was increased significantly on Friday to over 160. The number of Afghan victims almost tripled and the US Defense Department confirmed the death of one additional service member, bringing the total of American military fatalities to 13.
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Death toll in Kabul airport terrorist attack rises to 170
by Jordan Shilton
The official death toll from the terrorist attack outside Kabul international airport on Thursday was increased significantly on Friday to over 160. The number of Afghan victims almost tripled and the US Defense Department confirmed the death of one additional service member, bringing the total of American military fatalities to 13.
India reaches out to Russia to break out of regional isolation over Afghanistan
by M K Bhadrakumar
The Indian establishment media hyped up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 24 in a desperate attempt to distract attention from Delhi’s abject isolation over the Afghanistan situation. The desperation to clutch at any straw stems out of the complete breakdown of India’s Afghan policy. The
government’s narrative on Afghanistan stands exposed as deeply flawed.
Humiliating Defeat In Afghanistan
by Dr Chandra Muzaffar
It is such a shame that since the end of the Second World War US elites have done this over and over again —- in Vietnam, in Iraq, in Libya. They tried and failed in Syria. They do not seem to learn. It is only the people’s will— democratically expressed — that can stop the insanity of these elites.
Drought Clobbers the World
by Robert Hunziker
According to SPEI Global Drought Monitor, no continent is spared the ravages of severe drought, except for Antarctica. This is happening at a global temperature of 1.2°C above baseline, not 1.5°C above baseline which climate scientists agree is locked in. This article explores the countrywide impact of 1.2°C above baseline for the most vulnerable as well as
the most privileged. The journey starts in Glasgow.
Part One: A Message to the EU: Address the Spiralling Public Health Crisis by Banning Glyphosate
by Colin Todhunter
The herbicide glyphosate – the most widely used herbicide on the planet – is authorised for use in the EU until December 2022. The EU is currently assessing whether its licence should be renewed. Environmentalist and campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter to the head of the Pesticides Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Jose Tarazona.
Obdurate
by Jim Miles
No, the ones who are “obdurate” are the ones who espouse their “indispensibility”, their “exceptionalism”, their “most moral army in the world”, their consumer capitalism and their fundamentalist Christian-Zionist
evangelicalism. They are the ones who are “Hardened against moral influence or persuasion; impenitent”.
Parables, flying scrolls and fiction: What is evil?
by N Manu Chakravarthy
‘Walking Over Water’ is a cinematic text that has the great courage to take upon itself the danger of being reduced and interpreted as a work that is all about the distinctions between fiction and reality
Law and Order Tumbling Down?
by Hiren Gohain
Some three or four decades back a Supreme Court judge’s remark that the police in our country were ‘the best organized criminal gang’, it was considered rather dramatic and sensational. But today, I am afraid, it sounds almost prophetic.
Canadian municipality proclaims Gauri Lankesh Day
Press Release
The City of Burnaby has declared September 5 as a day to honour a slain Indian journalist. Daring editor Gauri Lankesh was allegedly murdered by right wing extremists in Bengaluru, on the ill-fated date in 2017.
Knocking at our Door – The fourth Industrial Revolution
by Shantanu Dutta
Within the near future, we can expect to see a reduction in the number of full-time staff in manufacturing and agricultural roles as many of these positions are already being phased out due to increased automation. Robots can also more effectively and safely handle tasks within industrial plants and as such their use in manufacturing has already many decades by now. While in an interconnected world , such spillovers across countries are unavoidable ,can we prepare.
Dr. Vayala Vasudevan Pillai – A Man Who Inspired Young Hearts
by Veena M
Tribute to dramatist and teacher Dr. Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
