A 17-second clip featuring Union home minister Amit Shah is viral on social media where he can be heard saying that when a BJP government is formed, it will end the ‘unconstitutional reservations’ given to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and OBC (SC/ST/OBC). Congress Telangana’s official X handle shared the viral video with a caption in Telugu, which said, “Are there SC, ST, OBC minority brothers and sisters working in the BJP, which is playing religion-based politics? After watching this video, decide whether to vote for the BJP or not…” The tweet has now been deleted. Premium subscribed ..read more

The official X handle of Karnataka chief electoral officer on April 26 announced that action had been initiated against sitting Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya for posting a video on his X handle and soliciting votes on the grounds of religion. A case was lodged at Jayanagar police station in Bengaluru on April 25 against Surya under Section 123(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Police sources told The Hindu that they ​had taken cognizance of a tweet by Surya where he allegedly sought votes citing the Ram Mandir and asked people to vote for Modi for “a better and secure future ..read more

  Reuters (4/23/24) The bodies of over 300 people were discovered in a mass grave at the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis, a Gaza city besieged by Israeli forces. The discovery of these Palestinian bodies, many of which were reportedly bound and stripped, is more evidence of “plausible” genocide committed by Israel during its bombardment of Gaza. Over 34,000 Palestinians have died thus far, with more than two-thirds of the casualties being women and children (Al Jazeera, 4/21/24). Yet this discovery prompted few US news headlines, despite outlets like the Guardian (4/23/24), Haaret ..read more

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  The Washington Post (4/15/24) published a glowing profile of two former public school teachers who had “grown convinced their school was teaching harmful ideas about race and history, including what they believe is the false theory America is systemically racist.” In the latest multi-thousand word feature depicting America’s “education culture war,” the Washington Post’s “They Quit Liberal Public Schools. Now They Teach Kids to Be Anti-‘Woke’” (4/15/24) fawningly profiled Kali and Joshua Fontanilla, the founders of the Exodus Institute, an online Christian K–12 school that aims to “de ..read more

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It is unfortunate that column space should be dedicated to Britain’s shortest termed prime minister and, arguably, one of its most imbecilic and cringingly juvenile.  But given that some people still sympathise with her and her views, it falls to one to tackle her latest work which resembles other types of the gloomy genre warning that action, if not taken now, will result in civilisational catastrophe. From the outset, the premise of Ten Years to Save the West is confused.  She declares the work is not a political memoir so much as “a call to action for fellow conservatives who beli ..read more

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Trump hush money trial continues in New York, defense attorneys go after former Enquirer publisher’s credibility. Student led protests against the Israel Hamas war continue on US campuses. US will send $6 billion in missile defense equipment to Ukraine. Legal scholars cast doubt on Trump presidential immunity arguments in Supreme Court. New study shows Americans losing sleep. Aid workers attempt to distribute aid coming into Gaza. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays ..read more

RNZ Pacific The race to form the next government of Solomon Islands could be a tight one, with no single party emerging from the election with enough seats to govern. Caretaker prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s Our Party did the best, securing 15 out of the 50 seats in the House. The former opposition leader Matthew Wale’s Democratic Party is first runner-up with 11 MPs, which is also equal to the number of independent MPs which have been elected. READ MORE: Other Solomon islands election reports As for the rest of the field, the United Party secured six seats, the People’s First Party won ..read more