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Misunderstandings cause Parliament postponement
Visitors: 351 Tuvalu Cabinet agreed to postpone the second session of the Parliament for this year because of misunderstandings that could not guarantee a smooth Parliament meeting. The session was scheduled for 16 – 22 August 2017 but has now postponed to a later date this year. At a press conference, Thursday 17 August Prime […]
contest on the theme Education and Sustainable Development among school children
Visitors: 245 Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies, Amritsar is organizing 2nd Paper Writing and Presentation Contest on the theme Education for Sustainable Development: Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Challenges in the last week of November, 2017. Contest aimed to create awareness about sustainable nature among the up growing generation. This will help to reorient […]
Scientists describe the mechanism of neurological and behavioural problems caused by internet overuse; suggest diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
Visitors: 276 Etiologically Elusive Disorders Research Network (EEDRN), New Delhi India [themify_hr color=”red”] A unique research network of medical doctors, neurobiologists, and basic scientists (Etiologically Elusive Disorders Research Network-EEDRN) affiliated to premier medical research institutes from India have explained the mechanism of disorders in brain and behaviour arising due to internet overuse. Based on the […]
Duty to Warn: Donald Trump and America’s Moral Crises – Will Scientific and Theological Ignorance, Moral Blindness and Historical Illiteracy Triumph?
Visitors: 446 Gary G. Kohls, MD [themify_hr color=”red”] Q: If Donald Trump, the Commander of Chief of the US Military, is Historically, Theologically and Morally Blind and Also Scientifically Illiterate, Should He be Making Life and Death Decisions for the Planet? [themify_quote] “We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on […]
Role of Parliament in Sustainable Development Crucial
Visitors: 291 15 August, 2017 (Fiji Marriot Resort, Momi Bay) – The key functions of Parliament in the scrutiny of legislation, representation and oversight, underscores its central role in the sustainable development agenda. The key functions of Parliament in the scrutiny of legislation, representation and oversight, underscores its central role in the sustainable development agenda.Therefore, […]
GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST VEDANTA AT THEIR AGM
Visitors: 462 Protests held by communities in Zambia and India. Activist shareholders to again disrupt London AGM today. Vedanta battles international arbitration and UK compensation case over Zambian pollution. Loud and theatrical protests will again be held outside the AGM of British mining company Vedanta Resources'(1) at the Lincoln Centre, Lincoln Inn Fields, London at […]
Candle March and Condolence for Mukesh Pandey, DM of Buxar who committed suicide at Ghaziabad, at Jantar Mantar at 5:30pm on Sunday
Visitors: 518 Save Indian Family Foundation In a sad incident, on Thursday Buxar district magistrate IAS officer Mukesh Pandey committed suicide near Ghaziabad Railway station. He was only 29. In a recorded video, he mentioned his marital problems and the fights between his wife and his parents. This stress must have taken a toll on him. […]
Environmental & Economic Sustainability, Social Harmony and Social Transmutation : an example towards Self-rule/Swaraj
Vivek Umrao GlendenningThe Founder, CEO, and the Editor, Ground Report IndiaThe Vice-Chancellor, The Gokul Social UniversityCo-Founder, The Gokul Social University The Gokul Social University, GSU A non-formal community university founded by Sanjay Sajjan Singh, Sanjeev Narayan Singh and Vivek Umrao in 2007, Gokul Social University, GSU, works for sustainable economy, peace, social harmony, and self-sufficiency. GSU’s main […]
Social Evolution
Visitors: 417 [themify_hr color=”red”] Europe Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Capitalism, Wind of Change Asia and Africa: In Europe, the feudal class rebelled against the excesses of kings and forced them to grant some powers to the aristocracy. Civil rights were celebrated in the Magna Carta. Parliaments were born. Europe entered the Enlightenment phase. Industrial revolution […]
STATEMENT BY MEG TAYLOR DBE : SECRETARY GENERAL – PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT
Visitors: 301 2017 FORUM OFFICIALS COMMITTEE MEETING PRE-FORUM SESSION Suva, Fiji 8 – 9 August 2017 Excellencies and Members delegates of the Forum Officials Committee CROP Agency Heads and Representatives and Observers Introduction Let me extend a very warm welcome back to your Secretariat and allow me to offer my gratitude for your efforts to […]
Liu Xiaobo and Charter 08: Fire under the Ashes
Visitors: 280 Rene Wadlow The media reports on the recent death of Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, of cancer after years of imprisonment, have focused on his life, especially the prison years and the continued surveillance of his wife, the poet Liu Xia. There has been less emphasis on the Charter 08 positions which […]
9th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat
Visitors: 210 “Incidences of untouchability not only persist, but they are also increasing”, argued Padma Shri Prof Sukhadeo Thorat, former chair of ICSSR, while delivering the ninth Dr Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture at the Asiatic Library in Mumbai on Saturday. The Lecture was organized by the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism and […]
Strengthening Regional Policy Development and Implementation
Visitors: 244 Suva, Fiji (August 4, 2017) – A pioneering Pacific regional group which was part of a year-long capacity-building programme for non-state actors (NSAs) on ‘Engaging in Regional Level Policy’ was in Suva this week, at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), for the final Peer Learning and Exchange Workshop. The group comprising 26 participants […]
America the Beautiful from 1974 to 9/11
Visitors: 389 [themify_box] Attention ‘wannabees’ who think they are as good as White Americans. This is an abstract from a chapter from my first book,”A Medical Doctor Examines Life on Three Continents,” [/themify_box]When I arrived in the country in 1974, the United States of America was friendlier to immigrants and diverse ethnicities than any other […]
Duty to Warn: “Just Get Your Damn Shots”
Visitors: 298 Dr Gary G. Kohls, MD [themify_hr color=”red”] The title above is a verbatim quote taken from any number of seriously uninformed TV physicians, paid trolls and paid celebrities as they have gleefully joined the popular CDC, WHO, AAP, AAFP and AMA-sponsored campaigns that have denigrated (and therefore infuriated) the witnesses of the hundreds […]
Vanuatu’s Gender & Human Rights Peer Review Underway
Visitors: 421 31 July 2017, Port Vila, Vanuatu: As part of the Pacific Islands Forum’s commitment to strengthening governance systems across the region and the promotion of gender equality and human rights, a Forum team is in Vanuatu this week for the country’s first gender and human rights peer review. Financing for gender equality is essential […]
One day National Convention of All India Milli Council in New Delhi
Visitors: 433 [themify_hr color=”red”] Over five thousand people from different parts of the country came to attend a one day National Convention organised by All India Milli Council, in New Delhi at the Talkatora Stadium which saw a galaxy of activists, political leaders, academics and other concerned citizens condemning the attempt of the government to […]