Home > Archives (2006 on) > 2020
2020
-
Is there any win-win solution for resolving the man-wildlife conflict? | Tarun Kumar Basu
31 July 2020, by Tarun Kumar Basu"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi
Now we have started understanding between the lines of the above quotation. Some heart-rending incidents happened in (...) -
The Russian whistleblower risking it all to expose the scale of an Arctic oil spill catastrophe | Mary Ilyushina, CNN
31 July 2020We were a few kilometers from the Siberian city of Norilsk, where six weeks ago a huge fuel tank at a power plant ruptured, spilling thousands of tons of diesel into the river.
The owner of the plant, the Nornickel metals giant, says the spill was quickly contained, and the damage limited. Ryabinin has sacrificed his job and his family’s future in Norilsk in an attempt to lift the lid on what environmentalists have called the worst ecological catastrophe in the polar Arctic. -
What’s up at NATO? | Xanthe Hall
31 July 2020by Xanthe Hall
July 16, 2020
You could be excused for having missed the fact that NATO is in the process of updating its nuclear strategy, including substantial and significant steps. These include technologically more ambitious weapons that can (...) -
Chart: What Countries Spend on Health Care vs. Military | Eva Finch, July 13, 2020
31 July 2020What does the world spend more money on: war or health? Eva Finch, July 13, 2020 PixlParade.com
-
Women unite in maverick attempt to unseat Lukashenko in Belarus | Andrew Roth
31 July 2020Three women are spearheading a maverick opposition campaign for next month’s presidential election in Belarus, transforming the country’s politics as they attempt to unseat Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled for 25 years.
-
It Rains Muck of Corruption Everywhere | Khurshid Alam
31 July 2020I’ve heard that it rains fish at some places Gold at some other places. It rained muck of corruption At our places this monsoon.
Some roads in Delhi caved in The mud filled the underbridges in Mumbai. Some newly laid roads have been washed away (...) -
Table of Contents Mainstream - Lockdown Edition no.18 | July 25, 2020
24 July 2020Table of Contents - Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 32, New Delhi, July 25, 2020
Letter to the Readers Mainstream, Covid-19 Lockdown Edition no.18 -July 25 ; The Editor
When the State Fears a Poet ; Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla
June 25 1975/July 25 (...) -
LETTER TO THE READERS - Mainstream’s COVID 19 Lockdown Edition No.18 -July 25
24 July 2020The deteriorating state of democracy under the Modi Regime: The weakening of institutions of our republic began a while ago but in the post-2014 period it has become sharply pronounced. In the past few years activists, writers, lawyers (...) -
When the State Fears a Poet | Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla
24 July 2020, by Varsha Gandikota-NellutlaCelebrated Indian poet, human rights activist, and political prisoner Varavara Rao, now eighty and in frail health, is in mortal danger of succumbing to COVID-19 if he is not released from prison, where he has been on and off since 2018 on trumped-up conspiracy charges.
-
June 25 1975/July 25 2020: Reflections on a Prison in Delhi | Uma Chakravarti
24 July 2020, by Uma ChakravartiThese days news reports of arbitrary arrests, jails and jail conditions are a reminder of the sudden and dramatic imposition of the Emergency in 1975, when there was no recourse to legal remedy of any kind — no vakil, no daleel and no appeal — (...)
0 | ... | 410 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 450 | 460 | 470 | 480 | 490 | ... | 940