So many of these 'rare events' are getting more frequent. Yet it continues to be business as usual on the #Gujarat coast which is dotted with industries & ports & the natural cover from mangroves destroyed. Hope everybody we know from ANTICIPATE TAPESTRY Project stays safe.

Dear President Biden Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Kamala Harris… Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act prohibits security assistance or arms sales to any country that restricts U.S. humanitarian assistance. Section 502B of the same law prohibits security aid to any government engaged in a

Finally a 'pause' in fighting so that 1000s of kids in #Gaza can get the polio vaccine. But frankly the international community should be ashamed. Why was #Israel allowed to weaponise water, food & sanitation which enabled this horrific polio outbreak? bbc.com/news/articles/…

Yesterday PM Modi laid the foundation stone for India’s largest deep water port: the Vadhavan Port Project, but the ceremony was not held in Vadhavan, where the port is actually proposed. It was held in Palghar, around 30 km away from Vadhavan. Why you may ask? Stay with me 🧵

"As a massive wave of Russian air strikes hit Ukraine, targeting critical infrastructure and causing widespread damage and casualties," Ukrainian hospital staff "struggle to care for" patients "with little to no access to electricity." news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Spare us the crocodile tears. If you are deeply concerned pls stop the arms & sanction #Israel now

'#German #colonialism is the metallic counter on which Melber throws down his human coinage to test the claims of trueness by those who suffer from amnesia and those who continue to live in denialism.' Henning Melber Hurst Publishers Philip Murphy namibian.com.na/the-long-shado…

‘If India were acknowledged to already have been a powerful, cosmopolitan & profoundly sophisticated civilisation, then what justification would there be for Victorian Britain’s civilising mission? The hidden story of how ancient #India shaped the west’ theguardian.com/world/article/…

Put many development scholars in one room, and controversial discussions are inevitable. What is development? What is Development Studies? The answers depend on the taken perspectives: 🔎The Future of Development Studies – Further Discussions Needed developmentresearch.eu/?p=1951

Join us at WEDC 2024! We'll be discussing #ClimateChange and #Sanitation, exploring intersections and blind spots in rapidly urbanising towns of #Africa and #Asia. 📅9 September ⏰14:30 UK time Find out more and register👇 ids.ac.uk/events/climate… Shilpi Srivastava Institute of Development Studies

‘AI summaries often missed emphasis, nuance & context; included incorrect information or missed relevant information; & sometimes focused on auxiliary points or introduced irrelevant information’. #AI worse than humans at summarising information crikey.com.au/2024/09/03/ai-…

Bill Gates seems to have conveniently forgotten that under Abiy Ahmed’s watch there’s been famine, war-induced starvation & genocide in #Tigray, northern Ethiopia. Anything but progress in health, agriculture & financial inclusion

This is Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt, Today marks 2193 days since Sanjiv Bhatt has been languishing in Jail for a crime he did not commit. September 5, 2018—a day forever seared in our memory as the day Sanjiv Bhatt was unjustly torn from us. Today marks 6 years of his wrongful

No limits to violence against women & femicide. Even if you are an Olympics star. Ugandan Olympic marathon runner dies from injuries after being set on fire theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Je résume : coup d’état.

.President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris got anything more than thoughts and prayers? A ceasefire and a complete arms embargo maybe?? Our interfaith delegation was supposed to go to Beita, but our organizers changed the schedule for our safety. My heart breaks for this 26 year old Turkish American who

Macron and BBC joint hypocrisy. Left won French parliamentary election; has right to form a gov't. Macron refuses left's choice, picks another who must depend on extreme right to govern. The West's deep commitment to what it likes to call "democracy." bbc.com/news/articles/…

What an exceptionally thoughtful, committed & intelligent woman & activist. A huge loss for her family& struggles for justice. How can Israel keep getting away with this? American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’ theguardian.com/world/article/…

"Leakage" was considered a majority world problem. Countless policy briefs & peer reviewed papers argued that if all these "corrupt" #postcolonial countries had more #private sector participation, then #water supply would become more "efficient". theguardian.com/business/artic…

Modi visited Ukraine and Russia recently to ostensibly stop the horrific war and help bring about peace but is still to visit #Manipur in North East India which has been burning for over a year.