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Big Shortfall In Agricultural Production May Create Food Shortage In Ukraine
By Amitabha Sen The war ravaged Ukraine is expected to close the current marketing year (July-June) with shortfall both in agricultural production and in exports as well, going by the reports both of the Ukraine Agriculture Ministry report and the USDA’s Kyiv staff report. According to the latest statistical...
Harry Belafonte Was A Music Legend Who Fought For Civil Rights Till His Last
By Eileen Jones It’s a strange thing to discover that Harry Belafonte got to be a big star faster than his old friend and early rival Sydney Poitier for good roles. Poitier became so famous and remained such a respected actor that his screen eminence rose over time, whereas...
Internal War In Sudan Between Two Military Groups Has Backing Of Foreign Agencies
By Ameena Al-Rashid The conflict that began on April 8 this year between Sudan’s military and the country’s main paramilitary force is a proxy war against the Sudanese people, backed by regional and international powers, who have enabled the warring factions to acquire wealth and weapons. It is a...
Syria All Set To Get Back Into The Arab Fold After Remaining Outcasts
By Manish Rai Recently in the last few months there have been a lot of diplomatic initiatives taken up by the Gulf states to improve relations with Damascus. Most important of these was Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. This...
Midwife Khushi Of Coxbazar Refugee Camp In Bangladesh Is A Young Woman On A Mission
By Harihar Swarup At 23, Khushi has helped deliver around 5,000 babies. She has gained recognition as a midwife thanks to her experience working in health centers at refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. But Khushi is a woman on a mission; she wants to be a lawyer....
Party Hopping Is A Normal Feature In Karnataka Before Or After Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Will the turncoats spoil the chances of the ruling BJP returning to power in Karnataka’s May 10 Assembly polls? The Party-hopping has peaked before the elections. How far these turncoats would damage the BJP is unknown. Despite its insisting that this migration would not affect its...
Nitish-Mamata Meet Is A Giant Leap In Opposition Bid For Maximum Unity Against BJP
By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding some political experts and BJP sympathisers expressing serious scepticism on the feasibility of the opposition unity, Monday’s meeting of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar and Tejashvi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar sends a clear message that this is...
Greece National Elections On May 21 To Witness Stiff Contest Between Right And Left
By Satyaki Chakraborty Greece is going for national election on May 21 this year as the Prime Minister of the Centre Right New Democracy Party Kyriakos Mitsotakis met the President and proposed the dissolution of the Parliament. The President accepted and fixed May 21 as the date for elections....
Islamic Pakistan’s Supreme Court Has Scrapped Sedition Law, When Will India?
By Sushil Kutty Section 124A is pretty stark in its messaging: “Whoever, words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the Government established by law in...
Role Of State Governors Emerging As A Major Campaign Plank For Opposition In 2024 Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra Ruling dispensations in states where the writ of non-BJP parties run have often been at loggerheads with the governor. If a recent tweet of Tamil Nadu chief minister, MK Stalin about a call from his West Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee about the undemocratic functioning of governors...
