Author: CCV

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This photo sums up Trump’s assault on women’s rights

 Trump reimposes global gag rule Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, in The Guardian uk, Tuesday 24 January 2017  After a weekend of inspiring protest, we had to watch the world’s most powerful man sign away the reproductive rights of women in developing...

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America First? A dark shadow for the world

                    By K C Singh,  Published  Deccan Chronicle,Jan 23, 2017. Mr Trump’s partiality towards Vladimir Putin may create convergence about fighting ISIS but not necessarily India’s terror problem. (Note: We, the nations of the world, are at a very critical...

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Indian-American Nikki Haley Confirmed US envoy to UN

PTI Published in Asian Age, Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017 With this, Haley, 45, becomes the first Indian-American to serve in a presidential administration at a Cabinet level position.   (Note: Nikki Haley, 45, is the South Carolina Governor who thus...

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Inequality growing steadily? The majority at the margins

             By Jayati Ghosh,  in Indian Express,  January 21, 2017   Protests by the people against inequality are producing governments that move exactly in the opposite direction              (Note: Both independence and interdependence are rooted in the very nature...

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Modi still Has it? There’s support still for Modi

Rajib Bhattacharjee, in  the Statesman, Kolkata, January 22, 2017                     (Note: Most governments are faulted for inaction for fear their action may rock the boat and prevent their smooth sail in office. Modi is just the opposite, he is...

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Fr Cedric Prakash’s wish for Gifts for the New Year

(Note:  CCV's Isaac Gomes elaborates on the wonderful article on Gifts for the New Year 2017, written by Fr Cedric Prakash.  Isaac writes how the Gifts of Truth, Justice and Liberty are very relevant, particularly in the turmoil and corruption-filled world...

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Trump’s full speech Inaugural address to nation

(CNN)  As prepared for delivery                         (Editorial Note: “Where is the Capital of United States of America?” I remember asking this question, to kids and friends, pretending I knew a great deal. That was when I was studying journalism...

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Gandhi grandson slams Modi on Khadi calendar row

In SouthLive (http://en.southlive.in/india, January 14, 2017 ‘Charkha in hands and Nathuram in heart, no sin in calling a joker a joker;’ Gandhi’s great-grandson slams Modi over Khadi calendar row – Thushar Gandhi and Gandhi calendar (Note: Aren’t we living in very,...

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Xi Jinping urges world to ‘say no to protectionism’

AP, DAVOS (SWITZERLAND): JANUARY 17/16, in The Hindu   (Note: It is in Davos, Switzerland that 3000 business delegates from around the world are assembled in a serious discussion on world’s economic issues and Chinese President Xi Jinping is hogging the...

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Eight men own half the world’s wealth: Oxfam

Published in Asian Age, Jan 16, 2017 The wealth of the world's poorest 3.6 billion people equals the combined net worth of 6 US businessmen, 1 from Spain and 1 from Mexico.   (Note: The combined wealth of the world's poorest 3.6...

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Pope did next  to nothing? To halt sex abuse, says writer

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome, in the Guardian UK, 16 January 2017  Pope Francis doing ‘close to nothing’ to stop clerical sexual abuse, alleges writer Emiliano Fittipaldi Fittipaldi claims the Vatican refuses to provide Italian courts with information on allegedly abusive priests...