Israeli politics has been taking a turn to far-Right with greater assertion of religious (ultra)nationalism – an agenda that challenges cultural-social pluralism.
Reports about a meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel & Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman come amid talks of a historic treaty taking shape in West Asia.
Report in Axios said Netanyahu's travel was confirmed via online flight radar sites that showed a private jet departing from Tel Aviv Sunday evening & flying directly to Neom.
The Abraham Accord, which says the UAE and Bahrain will establish embassies and work with Israel across a range of sectors, does not mention the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Israel’s will monitor mobile phones of patients to track movements & will send text messages to people who came in contact with them to go into quarantine.
Weak governance, corruption and poverty continue to define tribal life in India. The introduction of industrial and mining projects has benefited contractors, politicians and officials more than Adivasis.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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