India spent $30 billion to fix its broken sanitation. It has reportedly ended up with more problems. The Swachh Bharat mission, launched in 2014, was an ambitious effort to stop open defecation. It’s far from reaching that goal. There’s not enough of toilets. That means hundreds of millions of people in the country of 1.3Continue reading “Shitting Outside a Big Problem in India Despite $30 Billion Spent on Clean India”
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Environment Friendly Camel Library For Youth in Pakistan (Video)
Meet Roshan: He’s not giving rides on the beach in Karachi, nor is he giving rides to the young and old in a park in capital Islamabad –for leisure and fun. “Roshan” (enlightened) is the camel, laden with books travels daily from one village to another in Turbat, a remote district in Pakistan’s southern provinceContinue reading “Environment Friendly Camel Library For Youth in Pakistan (Video)”
An Awesome Song By Kanika Kapoor (Video)
Kanika Kapoor mesmerizes her audience with “Murshed Mera” song. Must listen: London-based Kanika was the first Bollywood celebrity to have been tested positive for COVID-19 –in March. The ‘Baby Doll’ singer advised her followers to practice self-isolation amid the massive health scare. “I am feeling ok, like a normal flu and a mild fever, howeverContinue reading “An Awesome Song By Kanika Kapoor (Video)”
Moroccans Protest Against Deal With Israel ‘Imposed From Above’
Protesters on Tuesday gathered in Casablanca to protest their country’s normalization with Israel a day after Moroccan authorities (on Monday) dispersed protesters outside the parliament building in capital Rabat. Activists say decision to curb demonstration aimed at showing solidarity with Palestinians shows that deal with Israel is being imposed from above. The first Israeli commercialContinue reading “Moroccans Protest Against Deal With Israel ‘Imposed From Above’”
BEST OF WhatsApp Shares On 2021
We asked some of our readers to share their thoughts and views on 2021. Some shared. Here are few of them. Will keep adding, updating the post as we receive more. Stay tuned… How do u look at 2021. Please share any graphic or videoclip you think is appropriate to your thoughts, views. Or elseContinue reading “BEST OF WhatsApp Shares On 2021”
‘China Will Become World’s Biggest Economy in 2028’
China will overtake the US to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated. A think tank forecast that the economic fallout in the US from Covid-19 will help China gain an edge in the world economy –contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the pandemic have been cited asContinue reading “‘China Will Become World’s Biggest Economy in 2028’”
2020 Saudi Arabia: A Year of Swinging Fortunes
TARIQ A. AL MAEENA — 2020 is a few days away from going into history and will globally be remembered as the year of the Coronavirus for generations to come. But not everywhere did it begin so ominously, only to change the course of history as it manifested its full form and threat. For theContinue reading “2020 Saudi Arabia: A Year of Swinging Fortunes”
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: What Will the World Look Like in 30 Years?
Planes spray sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere in The Ministry for the Future, as an international taskforce tackles global heating in this chilling yet hopeful vision of how the next few decades might unfold. Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world’s future generations and to protectContinue reading “The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: What Will the World Look Like in 30 Years?”
Trump Can Go to Jail For His Pardons: Expert
One of the nation’s premier constitutional law experts explained why Donald Trump could be criminally prosecuted for his pardons — and how it could compound his legal liabilities. In his view, “it’s the very breadth of the president’s pardon power — its “plenary” character— that enables an ex-president to be prosecuted for using that powerContinue reading “Trump Can Go to Jail For His Pardons: Expert”