Tho votes were still being counted Tues afternoon & the Modi-led #BJP could still form the govt, it was projected to fall short of its showing in 2014, when #Modi swept to #power on a wave of national #anger over #corruption, or 2019, when buoyed by #nationalist sentiment over a border clash w/ #Pakistan. Such a result would be rare for the politician who has never failed to secure a majority in a 23+yr political career & cultivates an image as a #populist#strongman & a serial winner. #India
@appassionato@palestine Of course, #Indonesia is always targeted by the #CIA but notice how every large #Muslim nation was compromised immediately before the fake Hamas "attack" that took months to debunk, especially after the #NYTimes restated their lies by using an unknown with no journalistic qualification to create the lies on their front page.
The US took complete control of Pakistan, and had Imran Khan jailed for revealing the truth, using #Pakistan to enforce US law against him.
"#Climate-induced disasters, in the shape of devastating floods and excessive rains, have increased the burden of #malaria manifold, registering an alarming spike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province [#Pakistan] in the preceding year of 2023.
Data compiled by the Public Health Department puts that in startlingly concrete terms: KP's malaria burden more than tripled in one year, a jump from 150,000 cases in 2022 to 500,000 in 2023, Dr Roghani disclosed."
Men ride on a motorbike as they cover their heads with a wet cloth to cool off and to avoid sunlight, during a hot summer day, as the heatwave continues in Jacobabad, Pakistan May 26. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Aamir Khan, 24, an auto-rickshaw driver covers his face with a scarf to avoid warm air during a hot summer day, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the temperature rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit), as the heatwave continues in Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Temperatures are forecast to approach 50°C in a large part of #Pakistan and #India this week. This is the ambient temperature, not “heat index” (which is a garbage measurement).
It will actually be a pretty dry heat for most, not that that helps when temperatures are this extreme - it especially doesn’t help those without AC or access to clean water.
A mother uses her fingers to give water drops to her child during a hot summer day as a heatwave continues, in Jacobabad, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
"Doctors treated hundreds of victims of #heatstroke at hospitals across #Pakistan on Thursday after an intense #heatwave sent temperatures above normal levels due to climate change, officials said.
This month, temperatures are likely to soar to 55 C (131 F), weather forecasters said."
A woman, leaning out of a train window, receives water on her head to cool off during a hot and humid day at the Hyderabad Railway Station in #Hyderabad, Pakistan. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput
Today in Labor History May 20, 1971: The Chuknagar massacre occurred when Pakistani forces slaughtered thousands of Bengali Hindus. It was one of the largest massacres of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Many people drowned in the river as they fled the gunfire. As a result, an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people died.
Today in Labor History May 19, 1950: 31 dockworkers died and 350 were injured when four barges carrying 420 tons of ammunition blew up at South Amboy, New Jersey. The blast destroyed nearby businesses and homes and caused $10 million in property damage. The men were loading anti-tank and anti-personnel mines destined for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Three years later, they unearthed sixty-two live mines scattered throughout the waterfront area. Kilgore Manufacturing Company was later charged with 9,000 counts of munitions violations. The indictment documents weighed thirty pounds. The Coast Guard was also cited with negligence in supervising the loading.
[#Pakistan's] Supreme Court has issued a landmark directive to the government, ordering the establishment of a climate change authority within 14 days. "
"The country has witnessed days of #ExtremeWeather, killing scores of people and destroying property and farmland. Experts say #Pakistan is experiencing heavier #rains than normal in April because of #ClimateChange.
In the mountainous northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been hit particularly hard by the deluges, authorities issued a flood alert because of the melting of #glaciers in several districts."
I'm finally digging into Kipling's "Kim" via the audiobook narrated by Simon Vance. It's a delight, as long as you keep firmly in mind that it's a product of its cultural time.
It's billed in Everand as a "coming of age tale," but given that teenaged Kim has a scarily accurate understanding of the way the "adult" world works from the outset of the story, I don't think it's a bildungsroman at all. It's more like a hyperrealistic pilgrimage novel.
Yesterday I learned that infamous double agent "Kim" Philby apparently got his nickname from the novel, which made me think immediately of another novel that contains a bildungsroman AND like "Kim" is a #Spy story: Le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Okay so this piece contains a map of fatalities from: drought, wildfire, storm, landslide and flood.
What happened to "heat"?
Last year #heatwaves killed nearly 62,000 in #Europe.
Erasing heat deaths in #Africa is - shall we be charitable - irresponsible at best.
"Many vulnerable people in South Asia are already struggling to protect themselves from unbearably high temperatures – which are set to worsen
The humid tropics are all careening towards the 35°C threshold. The city of Jacobabad [#Pakistan] has already breached 35°C #WetBulb temperatures many times. More areas of the country are likely to be exposed to such life-threatening conditions more often due to #ClimateChange. "