With Hong Kong witnessing a 23rd successive week of violent agitation, both the govt and protesters have stepped up online efforts to win the battle for public opinion.
Assembled in a week by a ragtag group of students and office workers, Liberate Hong Kong is a rudimentary first-person simulation of the anti-China movement that has gripped Hong Kong.
As protests go, those across the world are resulting in street rallies, violent clashes with police, damage to public property, etc. But there's one significant difference.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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