An Alternative to Breaking News, Report
DESPARDES — Renowned classical singer Shruti Sadolikar Katkar offered her tributes to subcontinent’s greatest classical singer Begum Akhtar sahiba at her tomb — rendering one of her classics that say
Woman forcibly quarantined inside school in Jaipur gang-raped by 3 youths An Indian woman was allegedly gang-raped in a school in the desert state of Rajasthan where she had been
Continue readingIndian Woman Gang-Raped After Being Quarantined Alone
There have been 131 deaths and 4,689 infections in the last 47 days; The government has announced a US$ 11.60-billion relief/stimulus package UNB — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on
Continue readingB’desh Calls For Collective Responsibility, Partnership to Fight Covid-19
Modi’s government was exploiting coronavirus in a tactic reminiscent of one used by the Nazis during the Holocaust, says renowned human rights and political activist DESPARDES (Updated) — Novelist and
Continue reading“The Situation [for Muslims in India] is Approaching Genocidal”
The acuteness of their plight today is a result of the fact that India ignored them during normal times DESPARDES — The Coronavirus pandemic is exposing once again India’s deep
Continue readingCoronavirus Exposes India’s Apathy Toward Its 100m Migrant Workers
IRSHAD SALIM — A Chilean startup has built a machine that can take moisture out of the sky (raw material is free!) and turn it into super-clean drinking water at
Continue readingChilean Solution to Safe Drinking Water Shortage
Pollution due to industrial effluents has become an area of growing environmental concern Water sampling data suggests the canals, lakes, ponds, rivers and surface waters of Bangladesh host alarmingly high
Continue readingBangladesh’s Water Teeming With Drugs, Chemicals, Study Says
Many in the disputed region fear Yasin Malik, a pro-freedom leader who is in incarceration, could be executed. DESPARDES — Indian troops have reportedly killed 93 Kashmiris including 3 women
DESPARDES — After violent riots in New Delhi in February, many Muslims lost their homes. This happened after Modi-led government suddenly stripped nearly 2M people of their citizenship. And now
Continue readingMUSLIMS Are NOT EQUAL, Says a Top Leader of India’s Ruling BJP Party
The global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been adding challenges to the peace process and Khalilzad has said it created a need for urgency. DESPARDES — Afghanistan’s government has announced a
Continue readingAfghanistan Govt Announces Team For Peace Talks With Taliban
DESPARDES — Some children eating grass in India were photographed on the the third day of 21-day countrywide lockdown amid global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Local administrative officials intervened with ration
Continue readingHungry Kids Seen Eating Grass in Modi’s Constituency
SoDATA – Twice as much as it had contracted four decades back – in 1980 India’s economy contracted 5.2%, the world’s second biggest consumer population-based country is heading for a
Continue reading‘India Headed for 10Pct Contraction’ in GDP in 2020