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NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the storming of federal buildings in Brasilia by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

In 2020 alone, Brazilian legislators passed 27 Acts reducing environmental regulations, and fines for violating conservation laws dropped up to 72%.

In May 2021, the Hindu American Foundation (‘HAF’) filed a defamation lawsuit against Hindus for Human Rights co-founders Sunita Viswanath and Raju Rajagopal.

The workers alleged the ‘destruction’ of the public health system by the capital region’s conservative regional government.

“Nice coming to Kolkata and actually seeing (people) of different religions living side by side... which I don’t see in a similar way in Gujarat…,” said the Padma Bhushan awardee.

The killing of the young former politician comes as women's rights across Afghanistan are chipped away by the Taliban. Police have not yet been able to name a suspect or a motive.

Conceding that US labour market resilience holds hope for the world economy, fundamentally runs counter to IMF’s own neoliberal push.

The legal changes sought by Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, could help him evade conviction, or even make his trial disappear entirely.

The average age of those who died was 80.3, and 90% of the fatalities were aged 65 or above, it is learnt.

The PWD had on December 29 issued a notice asking slum dwellers in the Dhaula Kuan area to vacate the land within 15 days.

Iran has alleged that Iranian-British national Ali Reza Akbari served as a source for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, known popularly as MI6.

The announcement marks a tectonic shift in the state's political landscape, as Congress was the key rival to the Left Front that ruled Tripura for 25 years before being routed by BJP in 2018.