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Will UNSC resolution bring Gaza peace?

Ceasefires are a uniquely complicated tool in armed conflict. This is because they exist at the intersection of war, law and politics. Political scientist Cindy Wittke has suggested that attempts to define what a ceasefire is and what it entails will ultimately reveal a “lack of fit” with international law.

Despair and hope in rural hamlets

The outer calm of many remote villages and hamlets can be deceptive. So much may be happening, good and bad, hopeful and tragic, beneath the surface calm, if only one cares to observe a bit more beyond the ‘all is well’ routine talk.

Economic Resilience

India recent economic indicators paint a mixed picture, marked by a noteworthy reduction in the current account deficit (CAD) alongside persistent challenges in the trade balance.

Gold Rush

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked a frenzy of excitement among businesses worldwide, leading to a significant increase in market value for companies operating within the AI ecosystem.

A Disaster Averted?

To add value to foodstuffs, corporates engaged in farming go in for food processing in a large way, which is at the expense of public health, because consumption of calorie-dense processed food, often leads to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. Statistics show that spending on health has gone up gone from 5 per cent to 16 per cent of national income in the USA in the last 70 years, the period in which the country switched over to industrial farming

No contact after work hours

“We have introduced these new labour laws to avoid the blurring of the boundary between the time we spend serving others and family time,” wrote Ana Catarina Mendes, the parliamentary leader of the Portuguese Socialist Party.

Omicron: Things to do, and not do

Vaccination might be a choice currently, however, choices come with consequences. Even if vaccines only reduce transmission modestly, over and above the infections they prevent, a breakthrough case in a vaccinated individual poses less risk of transmission to others than infection in an unvaccinated and previously uninfected individual.

The Kolkata contest

We are happy with this list. Even if we don’t win, we will give a good fight because deserving candidates have been fielded,” said Mr Banerjee. The signal of a “good fight” will be difficult to digest for party loyalists for it suggests a degree of resignation after the rout in the Assembly election.

Lessons of Omicron

“We cannot end this pandemic unless we solve the vaccine crisis,” said the WHO chief, even as he criticised wealthier nations for rushing to administer booster jabs to healthier people, stating that while vaccines are “in every country’s best interest” the emergence of the new variant ~ a highly-mutated coronavirus ~ and other such variants will continue to cause concern until the entire world’s population is equally vaccinated.