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Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall have led to severe devastation and at least 93 fatalities so far in the German regions of Rhineland-Palatinate (50) and North Rhine-Westphalia (43). At least nine people have also been killed in Belgium. The actual death toll could be much higher. According to reports, 1,300 people are currently missing.
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Flooding in Germany and Belgium leaves over 100 dead
by Elisabeth Zimmermann
Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall have led to severe devastation and at least 93 fatalities so far in the German regions of Rhineland-Palatinate (50) and North Rhine-Westphalia (43). At least nine people have also been killed in Belgium. The actual death toll could be much higher. According to reports, 1,300 people are currently missing.
USA’s Imperialist Stranglehold on Cuba
by Yanis Iqbal
Cuba has been witnessing anti-government protests since July 11, 2021. These demonstrations are fuelled by a number of factors. The devastating knock-on effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on a developing nation like Cuba – a tourism-dependent economy – coupled with the criminal sanctions and blockade against the country have caused real hardship to the Cuban people and their economy. Cuban leaders have taken a
transparent approach, speaking honestly to the citizens about these realities. However, the touts of imperialism have behaved in a repulsively hypocritical manner, trying to exploit Cuba’s externally engineered social crisis for the promotion of a political agenda of interventionism.
COVID19 Crisis In Malaysia: Questions And Motives
by Dr Chandra Muzaffar
The significant increase in Covid 19 infections in our country in the last one week has prompted concerned Malaysians to ask the authorities to re-strategize their approach towards the fight against the spread of the virus. A total lockdown, some feel, where most movements are severely curbed is not the solution
Justice minus humanity is injustice
by Dr Madabhushi Sridhar
After NIA’s contentions, the special court has rejected the request for sipper. The judge
did not ask NIA to prove the genuineness of their claim that nothing was confiscated by them..and without asking why you need 20 days to say yes or no to sipper request? Is it because a sipper in the hands of Parkinson patient is threat to national security? The entire judiciary in India and of the world should have hung its head in shame for such a strict order to save sovereignty and integrity of India, the great…
More than 100 activists write to Deccan Herald regarding vilifying and unethical advertisement
Press Release
We are dismayed at the concept of making a game of a person’s death. It is a shame that a newspaper of repute had to resort to making a prize-winning puzzle about a human rights activist, who was incarcerated and abused by a system that is being globally condemned for being draconian. To mock the dead or abuse the living, is
not the sign of a civilized person or publication.
Around 1000 Houses Demolished In Khori Gaon
by National Alliance of People’s Movements
Delhi and Haryana governments cannot shy away from the responsibility of the Khorigaon people. Without a feasible rehabilitation plan, stop the demolition in the midst of monsoon.
On The Philosophy Of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
by Harsh Thakor
Professor Joma Sison’s work on ‘Philosophy of Marxism Leninism Maoism’ which is part of the Joma Sison reader series is a classic in it’s own right. Few writings on ideology of Marxism-Leninism -Maoism have ever been as symmetrical, dialectical, incisive or in the total package exhibited more mastery of Leninist ideology. At the very heart Sison touches on how Marxism-Leninism and Maoism have continuity and at no point is there a
rupture.
