Dear Friend,
The scenario being most talked about what caused the tragedy is what glaciologists like to call a GLOF, or glacial lake outburst flood. It is a reference to flooding caused downstream due to a breach in a glacial lake. If GLOF is the cause of the accident, it is one of the major disasters that happened in the region due to climate change.
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Did Climate Change Cause The Uttarakhand Tragedy?
by Countercurrents Collective
The scenario being most talked about what caused the tragedy is what glaciologists like to call a GLOF, or glacial lake outburst flood. It is a reference to flooding caused downstream due to a breach in a glacial lake. If GLOF is the cause of the accident, it is one of the major disasters that happened in the region due to climate change.
Question Marks on Himalayan Dams After Another Disaster
by Bharat Dogra
Following the terrible disaster in Uttarakhand questions are likely to be raised once again regarding the safety and desirability of the many dams and hydel projects in the Himalayan region. What started as a natural disaster got much aggravated due to the various complications created by hydel projects and their tunnels., The workers and employees of these projects appear to have suffered heavily
with several of them getting trapped in very difficult conditions
Global food prices soar to 6-year high, says FAO
by Countercurrents Collective
World food prices rose in January for the eighth consecutive month, led by cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, reports the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Nazi Ascendance Of Wilhelm Frick And Joseph Goebbels
by Anil Pundlik Gokhale
It is NOT Adolf Hitler alone but two other NAZI Leaders who paved the way for NAZI March to holocaust and of Human repression in span of just Ten Years. The two Culprits are WILHELM Frick in charge of ‘Ministry of Interiors’ -Home Affairs and Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda, who could invoke and evoke facilitation of mushrooming of Archival Anti Semitism.
The World Welcomes Biden But
Hedges Its Bets
by John Feffer
The nightmare is over. The vanquished beast has crawled back to Mar-a-Lago to lick his wounds. The heroes are hard at work repairing the damage. As America returns to the international stage, the world heaves a collective sigh of relief.
‘Freedom is Never Voluntarily Given’: Palestinian Boycott of Israel is Not Racist, It is Anti-Racist
by Dr Ramzy Baroud
Claims made by Democratic New York City mayoral candidate, Andrew Yang, in a recent op-ed in the Jewish weekly, ‘The Forward’, point to the prevailing ignorance that continues to dominate the US discourse on Palestine and Israel. Yang, a former Democratic Presidential candidate, is vying for the Jewish vote in New York City. According to the reductionist assumption that all
Jews must naturally support Israel and Zionism, Yang constructed an argument that is entirely based on a tired and false mantra equating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.
Fundamentalists Can’t Live Together
by Syed Ehtisham
Religious revival and highly charged conflicts in a shrinking world make it difficult for people of competing faiths to live together. Fundamentalists of all creeds exhibit a striking commonality; an inability to think rationally.
Not my India
by Moitrayee Das
Why is it so difficult?
To be bold and fearless
In a world which is cruel and vicious
To speak against injustice
To seek fairness, equality and peace
To be aware of the governments games and tricks
To state the facts as it is.
Responsibility Of The Celebrities
by Swapna Gopinath
India, since
2014, has been witnessing sharp polarization between people who support the government and people who adhere by the values that define this nation. Unfortunately, majority of the celebrities with millions of followers on social media accounts support the government blindly, disregarding the social conditions, the plight of the ordinary citizen and the democratic value system which sustains this nation as a single entity
Struggle of Women Farmers to Protect Their Land
by Bharat Dogra
Rukha lives in Baraicha village in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. A few months back when she went to cultivate her field she was surrounded by several men some of whom beat her badly . She was injured badly and her clothes were partially torn. Soon after after this when I asked her about her ordeals she simply broke down and could not speak for some time. She just pointed to the injuries she had just suffered.
Farming Memories
by Romi Mahajan
If they are terrorists
Then why do they feed us?
If they are disruptors
Then why do they make the world work?
Are You Or Someone You Know At Risk For Diabetes?
by Sally Dugman
Diabetes is a serious ailment regardless of the country in which any person dwells. It can cause diverse and awful predicaments. If left to go unchecked, it can even lead to death as I well know since my paternal grandmother died relatively young from it. So do yourself and loved ones a favor. Get checked for diabetes and have them do so, too. Then make meaningful dietary and lifestyle changes if needed.
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