How Nitish Kumar’s Mahadalit experiment failed – both politically and for development
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Scroll.in— Voters from the special Scheduled Castes category do not have access to basic amenities like clean drinking water, irrigation, toilets and roads.
TheBlaze—From Pence to Johnson, America’s evangelicals are failing their political mandate. Yes, Donald Trump is a mess at times. And, from the church’s perspective, there is an undeniable element of Barabbas about him for too many people who are not content with “he’d clearly be a better president than the current dementia patient” and who must instead must elevate him as a 21st-century Charlemagne. But we have a far bigger problem than that as believers and citizens. Its name is Judas. In our era, we have created a new heresy — we have “sanitized” scripture.Witness the bipartisan...
The Guardian—A mug’s game: the politics of Rishi Sunak’s crockery choices. Patriotic teaware was on show from the prime minister this week – the latest round of his mug-based messagingUK politics – latest updatesRishi Sunak appeared on his Instagram feed on Tuesday morning holding a mug emblazoned with the St George’s flag. “Perfect way to start the day,” was the caption: “Happy St George’s Day!”It is not the only time the prime minister has raised a symbolic piece of teaware. On the same day he appeared en route to Warsaw holding a white mug marked only with the...
Cornwall Live—Developer fails to prove its Newquay clifftop housing development is safe to build. The battle rages on over works to build luxury houses on the clifftop above Whipsiderry Beach which were approved more than 15 years ago but never built