Visitors: 639 Rene Wadlow In memory of Sergio Vieira de Mello (1948-2003) [themify_quote]The United Nations General Assembly has designated 19 August as “World Humanitarian Day” but celebrated this Monday 21 August to pay tribute to aid workers in humanitarian service in difficult and often dangerous conditions. 19 August was designated in memory of the […]
Visitors: 54521 August 2017, Tokelau The Ulu o Tokelau, Hon Siopili Perez, in response to recent public statements by commentators including two Apia-based senior officials under suspension pending an investigation, reminds interested parties about the relationship between New Zealand (NZ) and Tokelau and how, through that relationship, Tokelau is developing its own self-governance model. “Tokelau […]
Vivek Umrao GlendenningThe Founder & Editor, Ground Report IndiaThe Vice-Chancellor, The Gokul Social UniversityCo-Founder, The Gokul Social University The inception and dispersal of the new liquor policy in Bihar state In the year 2005, the alliance of Janta Dal United (JDU) and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) formed the state government in Bihar. Nitish Kumar of JDU and […]
Visitors: 569Tuvalu 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 Minister […]
Visitors: 371Guru 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 education […]
Visitors: 404Etiologically 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 mechanism […]
Visitors: 662Gary 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 the […]
Visitors: 55115 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, the […]
Visitors: 723 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 […]
Visitors: 717Save 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. He […]
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 […]
Visitors: 689 [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 caused […]
Visitors: 5452017 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 travel, […]
Visitors: 524Rene 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 still […]
Visitors: 343“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 chaired […]
Visitors: 493Suva, 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 from […]
Visitors: 639 [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 […]