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Greek PM Tsipras resigns, calls snap election

Prime Minister Tsipras has announced early elections in an effort to quell rebellion within his party. Many left-wing lawmakers are disappointed with what they see as Tsipras’ surrender to creditors’ demands. Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted his resignation and…

UK labour leadership contest: Jeremy Corbyn the only candidate to bring hope

On one point I agree with his opponents: Jeremy Corbyn has little chance of winning the 2020 general election. But the same applies to the other three candidates. Either Labour must win back the seats it once held in Scotland…

Nepal: amidst the ruins there is the human being

Manavtabadi Abhiyan is the name of the organisation promoted by the Panauti coordination team engaged in organising a community self study programmes in this public shelter. Here we meet members in the activities. Despite all of the physical and daily life problems…

India: universalist humanists meet at Udgir- Maharashtra

Bi Annual National Meeting Held At Udgir- Maharashtra  mid-August 2015        

India: national essay competition for schools

I need your help!I am delighted to inform you that as a member of World Center for Humanist Studies, I am associated with organizing a National Essay Writing Competition for schools.The objective is to sensitize young minds that to build…

Grexit should be sooner rather than later

The context of the European Union As Humanists we aspire to a future in which all the peoples of the world integrate within a Universal Human Nation. In this sense we differentiate this process of integration that we call planetarisation…

World’s nuclear facilities vulnerable to cyber-attacks

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17, 2015 (IPS) – As hackers continue to rampage through closely-guarded information systems and databases with monotonous regularity, there is a tempting new target for cyber-attacks: the world’s nuclear facilities. By Thalif Deen writing for Inter Press Service…

Greek debt and West-Russia-China-Japan

The game is dirty and has lasted 70 years. It came with the idea of development as imitating, but not catching up, with the West, for all states, including the deluge of states due to decolonization. The formula for big…

New Zealand conference: Mind Body Self

A cornucopia of wisdom from classical philosophy to third eye awakening set minds abuzz in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, last month thanks to Assoc. Prof. Jay Shaw, a “unique treasure” as all concurred, re the inspiration behind the gathering. By…

Defying militant’s diktat: Assam’s way

Guwahati, India It was a regular Independence Day function at Guwahati Press Club on 15 August 2015, where city-based media persons and many patriotic citizens from different walks of life joined in, making their point loud and clear that they…

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