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If the UN cannot stop wars, it should fold up

Addressing a session of G7 in Hiroshima  Prime Minister Narendra  Modi said "The United Nations (UN) and Security  Council will remain  just 'talk shops' if they do not  reflect the realities of  present world".  He wondered why the UN was unable to stop wars when that was the prime reason why the UN was set up. The UN  has outlived its utility . Millions of dollars are literally squandered every year in confabulations. It has become a 'centre for organised tourism" for the delegates  of  the innumerable  bodies within the  UN. Enough is enough. These jamborees must end.  If the UN cannot stop wars, it should fold up and reinvent itself. The  new body  should be fully democratic without any country enjoying a veto power. Military intervention may be resorted to  after a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly of nations.


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Will the govt allow speedy justice for young wrestlers?

GREGORY E D'SOUZA, Siolim
Published May 22, 2023, 7:52 PM IST
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The protest by our best wrestlers in the country has been going on for months now, The BJP government which promised transparency and good governance to come to power is now doing just the opposite.  These wrestlers should have been practicing in the stadium to keep themselves fit but are out on the streets fighting for justice. The government is protecting the president of the Wrestling Federation of India. This is shameful act of protecting the villains nor is the…

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