CC News Letter 24 March - The Betrayal Of The Future
Dear Friend, The best minds in the world are worried. They worry about the demise of humanity and along with it most of the species in the world. Dr Andrew Glikson, Earth and Paleo-climate scientist from Australian National University has this dire warning " A species which has invented combustion, electromagnetic radiation and nuclear energy orders of magnitude more powerful than its own physical potential, needs to be perfectly wise and in control lest it is overwhelmed by these powers." India's largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), has closed as many as four million savings accounts of poor customers between April-January in the current fiscal year for not maintaining the minimum balance. Between April and November 2017, the bank had netted a windfall of Rs 1,771.67 crore, more than its second-quarter profit, from customers for non-maintenance of minimum balance, according to the finance ministry data. Police brutally attacked a peaceful march d...