Have Public Libraries Become Obsolete? Can they be Saved? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Have Public Libraries Become Obsolete? Can they be Saved? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Have public libraries become obsolete? Almost a fifth of UK libraries have closed over the past decade.
In the last two decades, America’s library visits have seen a 31% slump. In the last five years, 60 libraries have closed in South Africa.
This is a trend across the world.
That’s because public libraries are underfunded.
Many face catastrophic budget cuts.
They are no longer sacred to knowledge thanks to digitisation.
Nostalgia is not enough to save libraries. So how can they be rescued? Palki Sharma tells you.
Why was Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin’s Hospital Stay Kept Secret? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Why was Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin’s Hospital Stay Kept Secret? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin accepted responsibility for failing to disclose a recent hospitalisation, following reports that even top White House officials and President Joe Biden were in the dark that he was ill and unable to carry out his duties. Why is health such a hush-hush affair for world leaders and top officials? Palki Sharma tells you.
