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Nearly 100 Film Works Submitted for CNFF-25

Guwahati: As the 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival 2025 (CNFF-25) is set for 25 & 26 October next at Jyoti Chitraban film studio premises in Kahilipara, nearly 100 film works have reached the organizing committee this 15 August from various…

Blaming Nature, Excusing Greed: The Hypocrisy of Environmental Destruction”

Nature is under relentless assault worldwide. Underground nuclear experiments, deforestation, mountain blasting for minerals, and even artificial cloud bursting disrupt natural ecosystems. Behind these destructive activities lies not the pursuit of human betterment but sheer greed and profit. This unchecked…

In Search of Bipin Joshi: Mother and Sister Travel to Israel with Hope of Global Help

For nearly two years, Padma Joshi has been living with the same unanswered question—“When will my son come home?” Every day feels the same: she enters his room, stares at his neatly stacked books and folded clothes, and then sits…

Ice Against the Tide: Freezing Coral Larvae Can Save Our Reefs For Future Generations

Philippines. The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) aims to preserve the country’s warm, colorful coral reefs by freezing its larvae in a cryobank very soon. This is a significant step in saving our vanishing coral reefs, and…

Tarzan, the monkeys, and the almost certain runoff: Chile in dispute

In Chile, the right wing is not a single mass. It is a jungle with hierarchies. At the very top sits Tarzan, the export elite that moves copper, pulp, wine, and forests. In the middle leap the monkeys, those of Renovación Nacional (RN): shopkeepers, hardware…

Who is Cornelius Castoriadis? (Ideas, Humor, and Life)

Cornelius Castoriadis: 130,000 Weeks After Ancient Greece Τhe French intellectual–philosopher, psychoanalyst, and social critic of Greek origin. An intellectual, both of international standing and ‘somewhat marginal’. This article is dedicated to Mr. David Andersson, the French-American editor of Pressenza New…

What’s in Store for Africa: Russia’s Policy Strategies for Africa

For African countries, more and more diverse economic opportunities have opened up primarily due to the changing geopolitical dynamics around the world today. These changes are obviously influencing Africa’s development landscape. While it has some negative connotations, it is simultaneously…

US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation

Donald Trump came into office promising to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Now, six months later, his high stakes meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska may have put the United States and Russia on a new path…

Research reveals global increase in wildfires due to climate change despite human interventions

Researchers have made a direct link between climate change and the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires around the world, while also linking it to thousands more smoke-related deaths over the last several decades. In two separate papers, research teams…

Pursuing Fake Peace: Alaska Summit shows just how intellectually peace-poor the Western world has become

Perhaps the most amazing thing is that media, commentators and many others seem to believe that peace might appear from such a bread and circus show… By Jan Oberg Here is CNN’s take-away from the “Pursuing Peace” Summit in Anchorage yesterday. “Peacemaking”…

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