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“Tearing through the Water Landscape: Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha, India”
Visitors: 252On 2nd May 2011, Indian Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh finally approved the diversion of over 3,000 acres of forest land, of the 4,000 acres demanded, for a steel-power-port complex of the POSCO India project. Earlier, on 31 January 2011, Ramesh had approved the environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances that the project […]
“Tearing through the Water Landscape: Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha, India”
Visitors: 326On 2nd May 2011, Indian Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh finally approved the diversion of over 3,000 acres of forest land, of the 4,000 acres demanded, for a steel-power-port complex of the POSCO India project. Earlier, on 31 January 2011, Ramesh had approved the environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances that the project […]
“Tearing through the Water Landscape: Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha, India”
Visitors: 250On 2nd May 2011, Indian Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh finally approved the diversion of over 3,000 acres of forest land, of the 4,000 acres demanded, for a steel-power-port complex of the POSCO India project. Earlier, on 31 January 2011, Ramesh had approved the environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances that the project […]
One muslim man inhumanly tortured by BSF, fractures in both hands
Visitors: 236Particulars of the victim:- Mr. Abdus Salam Mondal, son of Mr. Aulad Hossain, aged about-45 years, by faith-Muslim, residing at village-Sarandajpur, Police Station-Raninagar, District-Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Particulars of the perpetrators:- (1) The Camp-in-Charge of Kaharpara BSF BOP Company Head Quarter, Police Station-Raninagar; (2) Two BSF Constables of Out-Post no.4 under Kaharpara BSF BOP […]
One muslim man inhumanly tortured by BSF, fractures in both hands
Visitors: 215Particulars of the victim:- Mr. Abdus Salam Mondal, son of Mr. Aulad Hossain, aged about-45 years, by faith-Muslim, residing at village-Sarandajpur, Police Station-Raninagar, District-Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Particulars of the perpetrators:- (1) The Camp-in-Charge of Kaharpara BSF BOP Company Head Quarter, Police Station-Raninagar; (2) Two BSF Constables of Out-Post no.4 under Kaharpara BSF BOP […]
One muslim man inhumanly tortured by BSF, fractures in both hands
Visitors: 248Particulars of the victim:- Mr. Abdus Salam Mondal, son of Mr. Aulad Hossain, aged about-45 years, by faith-Muslim, residing at village-Sarandajpur, Police Station-Raninagar, District-Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Particulars of the perpetrators:- (1) The Camp-in-Charge of Kaharpara BSF BOP Company Head Quarter, Police Station-Raninagar; (2) Two BSF Constables of Out-Post no.4 under Kaharpara BSF BOP […]
Shanti Bhushan's letter to Pranab Mukherjee on Ramdev crackdown and Lokpal Bill
Visitors: 168 To The Chairperson, Joint Drafting Committee on Lolkpal Bill North Block, New Delhi Dear Shri Pranab Mukherjee, In the last meeting, the government made its stand clear on many critical issues of Jan Lolkpal Bill. This is quite at variance with our stand. On each of these issues, both the sides presented their […]
Shanti Bhushan's letter to Pranab Mukherjee on Ramdev crackdown and Lokpal Bill
Visitors: 250 To The Chairperson, Joint Drafting Committee on Lolkpal Bill North Block, New Delhi Dear Shri Pranab Mukherjee, In the last meeting, the government made its stand clear on many critical issues of Jan Lolkpal Bill. This is quite at variance with our stand. On each of these issues, both the sides presented their […]
Shanti Bhushan's letter to Pranab Mukherjee on Ramdev crackdown and Lokpal Bill
Visitors: 197 To The Chairperson, Joint Drafting Committee on Lolkpal Bill North Block, New Delhi Dear Shri Pranab Mukherjee, In the last meeting, the government made its stand clear on many critical issues of Jan Lolkpal Bill. This is quite at variance with our stand. On each of these issues, both the sides presented their […]
IAF women mountaineering expedition team gets a grand homecoming
Visitors: 299The IAF Women Mountaineering Expedition Team was greeted by the IAF with a grand reception, the moment it landed at New Delhi, IGI Airport today. The busy airport saw Air Commodore PR Sinha, Principal Director, Sports, Adventure and Schools along with a 30 member IAF contingent and the IAF Band, receive the team. “Do […]
IAF women mountaineering expedition team gets a grand homecoming
Visitors: 206The IAF Women Mountaineering Expedition Team was greeted by the IAF with a grand reception, the moment it landed at New Delhi, IGI Airport today. The busy airport saw Air Commodore PR Sinha, Principal Director, Sports, Adventure and Schools along with a 30 member IAF contingent and the IAF Band, receive the team. “Do […]
IAF women mountaineering expedition team gets a grand homecoming
Visitors: 223The IAF Women Mountaineering Expedition Team was greeted by the IAF with a grand reception, the moment it landed at New Delhi, IGI Airport today. The busy airport saw Air Commodore PR Sinha, Principal Director, Sports, Adventure and Schools along with a 30 member IAF contingent and the IAF Band, receive the team. “Do […]
Conservation of Forests is Crucial for Sustainable Development: Shri Jairam Ramesh India Celebrates World Environment Day Today
Visitors: 267The Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh has said that conservation of forests is crucial for sustainable development and green economy of the country. He said this while chairing a one day civil society seminar on “Nature & Livelihood: Women’s Perspective” here today on the occasion of celebration of […]
Conservation of Forests is Crucial for Sustainable Development: Shri Jairam Ramesh India Celebrates World Environment Day Today
Visitors: 241The Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh has said that conservation of forests is crucial for sustainable development and green economy of the country. He said this while chairing a one day civil society seminar on “Nature & Livelihood: Women’s Perspective” here today on the occasion of celebration of […]
Conservation of Forests is Crucial for Sustainable Development: Shri Jairam Ramesh India Celebrates World Environment Day Today
Visitors: 221The Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh has said that conservation of forests is crucial for sustainable development and green economy of the country. He said this while chairing a one day civil society seminar on “Nature & Livelihood: Women’s Perspective” here today on the occasion of celebration of […]
The Death of Democracy and Human Rights in India
Visitors: 323Beginning midnight June 4, 2011, the capital of India, Delhi, witnessed the barbaric actions of the government exerted upon hundreds of thousands of peaceful Satyagrahis assembled at that time, sleeping in the Ram Lila ground tents. The brutality of the police towards thousands of innocent resting people, including children and women, revisited the atrocities […]
The Death of Democracy and Human Rights in India
Visitors: 377Beginning midnight June 4, 2011, the capital of India, Delhi, witnessed the barbaric actions of the government exerted upon hundreds of thousands of peaceful Satyagrahis assembled at that time, sleeping in the Ram Lila ground tents. The brutality of the police towards thousands of innocent resting people, including children and women, revisited the atrocities […]
The Death of Democracy and Human Rights in India
Visitors: 382Beginning midnight June 4, 2011, the capital of India, Delhi, witnessed the barbaric actions of the government exerted upon hundreds of thousands of peaceful Satyagrahis assembled at that time, sleeping in the Ram Lila ground tents. The brutality of the police towards thousands of innocent resting people, including children and women, revisited the atrocities […]
India’s green economy for the future will need to meet the challenge of adding 8 – 10 million jobs each year
Visitors: 306New Delhi, 3 June 2011: “India is on the highway to economic growth but a green economy that does not generate 8‐10 million green jobs each year is not sustainable,” said Jairam Ramesh, Honourable Minister of Environment and Forests. “At stake is the sustainable future of 400 million people that will be added to […]
India’s green economy for the future will need to meet the challenge of adding 8 – 10 million jobs each year
Visitors: 255New Delhi, 3 June 2011: “India is on the highway to economic growth but a green economy that does not generate 8‐10 million green jobs each year is not sustainable,” said Jairam Ramesh, Honourable Minister of Environment and Forests. “At stake is the sustainable future of 400 million people that will be added to […]
India’s green economy for the future will need to meet the challenge of adding 8 – 10 million jobs each year
Visitors: 262New Delhi, 3 June 2011: “India is on the highway to economic growth but a green economy that does not generate 8‐10 million green jobs each year is not sustainable,” said Jairam Ramesh, Honourable Minister of Environment and Forests. “At stake is the sustainable future of 400 million people that will be added to […]
Mexico's War on Journalists – op-ed by John Ralston Saul
Visitors: 3363 June 2011 Mexico’s human rights rhetoric is second to none. It has been like this for a decade. The Mexican government has signed or ratified more than 20 human rights treaties and considered more than 1000 recommendations from various human rights organizations. These fine words and political gestures contradict the failure of successive […]
Mexico's War on Journalists – op-ed by John Ralston Saul
Visitors: 3483 June 2011 Mexico’s human rights rhetoric is second to none. It has been like this for a decade. The Mexican government has signed or ratified more than 20 human rights treaties and considered more than 1000 recommendations from various human rights organizations. These fine words and political gestures contradict the failure of successive […]
Mexico's War on Journalists – op-ed by John Ralston Saul
Visitors: 3263 June 2011 Mexico’s human rights rhetoric is second to none. It has been like this for a decade. The Mexican government has signed or ratified more than 20 human rights treaties and considered more than 1000 recommendations from various human rights organizations. These fine words and political gestures contradict the failure of successive […]