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BY NILANJAN BANIK Joseph Campbell, author of “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” and scholar on comparative religions, once recounted a Japanese story. A samurai hunted down his master’s killer and was about to decapitate him when the assassin spat in the samurai’s face. The enraged samurai immediately returned his sword to the sheath and
Vigilantism against migrants and anti-immigration activism in South Africa has often resulted in, or triggered, xenophobic attacks and xenophobic violence.
What will be the impact of a polycrisis on the Indian stock market and economy? There is a fear of a growing risk that other countries will be drawn into the Hamas-Israel conflict. If Iran, Egypt and Syria were to join this religious war, the price of crude oil may spin out of control. The price of crude jumped 6% ever since the start of the crisis. It is likely to cross the symbolic danger mark of $100 a barrel.
Social grants are primary income for roughly 25% of households and the second most crucial source of income for almost 50% of the population.
The report calls into question key aspects of India's digital ID program, including its heavily centralised nature, the reliability of its biometric identification systems and its vulnerability to data breaches.