Natural Resources, Crony Capitalism and Failure of Governance https://youtu.be/7eNiMLMUFas?t=786  Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (Senior Journalist & litical Commentator, New Delhi)    Apr 9, 2015  ISSUES IN GOVERNANCE  ,
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BJP cites TISS study to claim ‘illegal migration’ is reshaping Mumbai – but scholars say it’s flawed  https://scroll.in/article/1075656/bjp-cites-tiss-study-to-claim-illegal-migration-is-reshaping-mumbai-but-scholars-say-its-flawed“ Several projections for 2051 estimate that Hindus could fall below 54 percent, with the Muslim population rising to approximately 30 percent”.

In fact, the executive summary makes a different claim, stating that by that year, “the rise in Muslim population will be approximately 30%”.

Trump has a choice: Obliterate Palestine or end the war   https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/trump-two-choices-obliterate-palestine-end-war David Hearst 7 November 2024  Under Trump and his son-in-law adviser, Jared Kushner, Washington became a policy playground for the settler movement, with which the former US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, was unashamedly aligned.

The Zionist dream of a liberal, secular, democratic Jewish state had been the main vehicle of Israeli expansion, with its salami slices making ever-deeper inroads into historic Palestine. By killing it, the liberal fig leaf dropped from the Zionist project, and the religious Zionist forces who were once regarded as fringe and even as terrorists, such as far-right politician Itamar Ben Gvir and the Kahanists, became mainstream.  This fundamentally altered the whole project to establish Israel as the dominant state between the river and sea.