Prabhat Patnaik (2024-03-23). Once more on poverty figures of India. mronline.org Poverty in short had increased significantly between 2011-12 and 2017-18. After 2017-18 we have had a pandemic, and a lockdown induced by it, from which the economy is just recovering, though unemployment today is higher than before the pandemic.

tvbrics (2024-03-23). CIS sectoral co-operation bodies continue to interact with BRICS, SCO and EAEU. tvbrics.com Commonwealth states intend to jointly implement targeted programmes…

channelnewsasia (2024-03-23). Singapore is capable of hosting the Commonwealth Games, observers say. But does it need to? channelnewsasia.com CNA looks at the relevance — and the possible political repercussions — of staging the multi-sport event.

Editor (2024-03-23). Inequalities and concentration of wealth in USA have wide implications. mronline.org A study by the Urban Institute (UI) in 2018, before the pandemic struck, found that nearly 40 per cent of non-elderly adults and their families struggled to afford at least one basic need for health care, housing, utilities or food in 2017.

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). Amid Israeli Genocide – Gaza's Faith Unbroken (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Faith is a central component in the lives of Palestinians. Gaza, now undergoing an Israeli genocide, is in greater need of its faith than ever before.

inthesetimes.com (2024-03-23). Defunding UNRWA Was Never About HamasThe refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.

sfgate.com (2024-03-23). The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a NEW resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China, who vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday. The council is expected to vote on the resolution Monday morning.

truthout.org (2024-03-23). US Has Redefined "Human Shields" to Enable Israel's Slaughter of Gaza Civilians President Biden and members of Congress have cynically reinterpreted "human shields" to flout international law.

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). 'She Never Returned Home' – Palestinians Children Remember Their Mothers, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes In fact, for many children, there will be no mothers to celebrate anymore as well over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the beginning of the war. Moreover, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on X on Thursday that the Israeli war on Gaza has been killing an average of 37 mothers daily since October 7.

Israel-Gaza War Update: Latest Figures and Statistics

WSWS (2024-03-22). US$152 million "pre-wedding" bash of Asia' richest man shows contempt of billionaires toward workers and rural poor. wsws.org This immense accumulation of wealth in the hands of a handful of billionaires should be ended and those resources should be used to resolve the miserable living conditions of hundreds of millions of Indian workers and poor.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-03-22). Capitalism's Noose and Commoditisation of Science. orinocotribune.com By Prabhat Patnaik — Mar 16, 2024 | Scientific advance, including the use of AI, in the context of capitalism today will inevitably generate massive unemployment. | There is a paradox at the core of the efflorescence of science that has occurred over the last millennium. In essence, this efflorescence has the potential to increase human freedom immensely. It increases the capacity of man within the man-nature dialectic; scientific practice aims to go beyond the "given" not just in a once-for-all sense, but as a perpetual movement through incessant self-questioning, so that this practice is potentially a coll…

GABIK (2024-03-22). SA marks World Water Day. sanews.gov.za SA marks World Water Day | Today South Africa joins the globe in marking World Water Day which is celebrated annually on 22 March. | South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chairperson, Professor Bongani Ncube has underscored the need to improve access to productive water across South Africa's disadvantaged communities. | "I'm talking about water for productivity, water for agriculture, [and] water that will take people out of poverty," Professor Ncube said. | The SARChI was established in 2006 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). | The main goal…

SAM (2024-03-22). Coming Soon to a Mansion Near You: A Tax on Over-the-Top Greed Grabs. inequality.org

MEE correspondent (2024-03-22). Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran | Meanwhile, unions argue proposed minimum wage increase would push workers deeper into poverty, and the closure of the pro-reformist Aftab daily highlights pressure on critical media
| Fri, 03/22/2024 – 09: 50 | Afg…

Hussein Askary (2024-03-22). "Iraq's oil wealth is in the hands of Washington, while Iraqi go hungry," Interview with Hussein Askary. globalresearch.ca

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Biggest rise in 'absolute poverty' for 30 years seen in UK. presstv.ir The United Kingdom has seen the biggest rise in "absolute poverty" in 30 years.

youtube.com (2024-03-22). LIVE: Outside Moscow concert hall after shooting by several gunmenRussia's Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall.
  The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years.
  Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing and wounding dozens and starting a massive blaze

PositiveUniverse.com Comment (2024-03-22). The duplicitous American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
  It was a trick resolution question. It did NOT call for a ceasefire and simply stated that a ceasefire is an 'imperative' (important), further enabling the march by Israel for an upcoming Rafah invasion and massive slaughter of Palestinians.