09/02/2022
NEW DELHI, Feb 9 2022 (IPS)* – If India ranks among the world’s fastest growing economies it is also where inequity is growing the fastest, thanks to endemic features unique to the country such as the caste system.
A woman holding a child begs at an intersection in New Delhi. Credit: Ranjit Devraj/IPS.
“It is not widely understood but India does not have a working class — instead it has large labouring castes that are trapped in an inherently iniquitous system,” says Manas Ray, professor in cultural studies at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.
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09/02/2022
It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last long—a couple of years, maybe.
A mural in Cuba against the U.S. blockade. | Photo: Reuters
On February 2, 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy called his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, and gave him an urgent task: “I need a lot of [Cuban] cigars.” “How many, Mr. President?” “About a thousand,” Kennedy replied.
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09/02/2022
(UN News)* — Conflict last year had forced more than 700,000 Afghans to leave their homes and added to the 5.5 million people already displaced over past years, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday [8 February 2022].
© UNOCHA/Sayed Habib Bidel | A displaced family carrying their belongings in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
“The ongoing crisis in Afghanistan is intensifying humanitarian needs and increasing displacement risks both inside the country, as well as across borders to countries in the region”, according to a statement issued by Ugochi Daniels, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Deputy Director-General for Operations.
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09/02/2022
8 February 2022 (UN News)* — With more children and young people spending time online, cyberbullying is the top concern for their safety when using the internet, according to a survey carried about by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on two social media platforms.
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© UNICEF/Patricia Willocq | Two children play outside while their parents participate in a workshop about online security and positive parenting practices in Guatemala.
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In the lead up to Safer Internet Day this Tuesday, 8 February, the UN agency
polled its followers on Twitter and LinkedIn to find out what worries them most about children being active online.
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