Visitors: 201 The Nuclear Liability Bill [No. 19 of 2010] is a major step towards operationalising the India-US civil nuclear deal. Its underlying aim is to limit the monetary compensation which the operator of a nuclear power plant would be required to pay in the case of nuclear disaster. The text of the bill shows […]
Visitors: 249 Most of us are using ‘bore well’ or ‘closed well’ water, for flushing toilets, gardening, washing cars and building lobbies. This saves the city lots of good quality drinking water. It is a good thing to do. We do not get any subsidy, nor any benefits for doing this; in fact we have […]
Visitors: 291 The Pakistan Army started one of its largest ever military exercises code named Azm-e-Nau-3 (New Resolve). It is the largest exercise since the Zarb-i-Momin war-games conducted in 1989 with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 soldiers from all arms and services participating. Exercise High Mark 2010 which is concurrently being carried out by the […]
Visitors: 217 The first decade of the millennium faded into eternity with the world witnessing unprecedented violence from the expanding global footprint of ‘jehadi’ terrorism, grave political instability in parts of the globe, economic upheavals caused by a severe recession and, deepening chasms among the world community to in the management of the world’s environment […]
Visitors: 256 To,The Acting ChairmanWest Bengal Human Rights CommissionBhabani BhabanAlipurKolkata – 27 Respected Sir, I would like to draw your kind attention into the fact that the Indo- Bangladesh bordering districts under state of West Bengal turn out to be a killing field for posted Border Security Force personnel. The whole attitude and acts by […]
Visitors: 196 India has now been pushed to overhaul its policy options towards Afghanistan due to the fast changing security matrix. The reassessment is mainly due to three factors: attacks on Indian projects and interests in Afghanistan, increasing military success of anti-government forces and the exit of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the foreseeable […]
Visitors: 196 Maharshtra, RTI Act 2005 is a simple law, which does not require the reading and interpretation of any other law or statute. It is a simple contract between the citizen and the administration, requiring the administration to furnish information within a tight time-frame to the citizen who requests it. The intent of the […]
Visitors: 3,507 The Region is breaking new ground with the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project (PACC) which brings in over US 13 million dollars to help countries adapt to the impacts of climate change. The project is the first of its kind in the region that has 13 Pacific islands countries implementing ‘on the […]
Visitors: 156 Visit some pics of the subject meet organized by Citizens’ Corporator Adolf D’Souza on his initiative at- http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=224344&id=161380395978 Photos by:Praful Vora, Convener – JNM.JNM works towards fundamental political, electoral and governance reforms.Website: www.jagrutnagrik.com
Visitors: 216 To,Justice G. P, MathurThe Acting ChairmanNational Human Rights CommissionFaridkot HouseCopernicus MargNew Delhi-110001 Respected Sir, We are deeply concerned by the fact that the members and activists of one fraternal organization namely Keonjhar Integrated Rural Development and Training Institute (KIRDTI) came under police rage for their legitimate work in the forefront of human rights. […]
Visitors: 280 On 10th May 2010 , ‘1298 Senior Citizen Helpline for Mumbai’ was launched by Chief Guest Ms. Asha Parekh in presence of Guest of Honour Shri D. Shivnandan, Mrs. Priya Dutt, Honorable Member of Parliament and Ms. Sweta Mangal, CEO of Dial 1298 for Ambulance service. India is gradually undergoing a demographic change. […]
Visitors: 192 By: Chetan R, Place: Mumbai What began as a tiff between the state chief information commissioner and a group of 10 Right to Information (RTI) activists could now snowball into a nation-wide protest. The 10 activists had sung the national anthem during a visit to the RTI commissioner’s office in May 2008. ‘Penalise […]
Visitors: 199 We have created a history of sort by promoting Justice Anil Dave to Supreme Court of India. His was the shortest tenure as the CJ of Bombay High Court and I am thinking of recommending this feat to the Limca Book of Records !!! 🙂 Mr. Dave was appointed on the probe panel […]
Visitors: 193 Chhattisgarh, The Nange Paon Satyagrha strongly condemns cowardice act of naxals in which they blew up one CRPF van on 8th May, 2010. The Nange Paon Satyagrah is a social campaign against all those traditions, customs, policies and practices which give rise to inequality, promote injustice and hinder liberty. Nange Paon (barefoot) is […]
Visitors: 237 Broadly speaking, there are more than two billion people worldwide who are currently living in regions afflicted with water scarcity and in India in particular, the water crisis is assuming added dimensions in view of rapid shrinking of Himalayan glaciers, brisk depletion of surface and underground water resources as well as pollution of […]
Visitors: 179 More interesting reports on the dangers of GMO and the profit-centric human-phobic activity of Monsanto. Check out the weed resistance report: http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/weeds-are-now-resisting-monsanto-weed Also enjoy the comments at the end of the report. This must be given the widest possible publicity so that more Governments and farms do not fall prey to the so […]
Visitors: 206 To Shri S.M. KrishnaHonorable MinisterMinistry of External AffairsGovernment of IndiaNew Delhi Dear Sir I want to draw your kind attention on couple of cases where Indian citizens are languishing in Bangladeshi prisons (Rajsahi Prison) after completing their terms and in couple of others the persons were framed into charges but without having the […]
Visitors: 209 ToThe Director GeneralBorder Security ForceBlock No. 10, CGO ComplexLodhi RoadNew Delhi – 3 Dear Sir I like to inform you about an outrageous incident committed by four BSF personnel upon one 45 year old married woman (name withheld). Our organization; MASUM received information that on 24/04/2010 at around 3 am while the victim […]
Visitors: 218 Rev. C.P. Anto, the Founder and Director, Peace channel while addressing the one day training of Peace Channel club leaders on 24th April 2010 at Dimapur, said that Peace Channel Clubs can be the modern Morung, where not only the young boys get trained in developing the skills but also the girls. In […]
Visitors: 290 “GHOSTS, OCCULTS &EXORCISTS”, a book containing narrations on ten real life experiences of Parur S,.Ganesan with apparitions was released to-day by Senior Advocate Mr.S.Venkiteswaran at a function organized by the Rotary Club of Deonar before a large gathering. Given below is a profile of the book. It may be recalled that while reviewing […]
Visitors: 1,064 Amartya Sen, the Nobel Prize winning economist and considered the leading social scientist in the world today, has been advocating for decades that economic growth, rise in GDP and income are only a means not the ends of development. He first clearly laid out these views in his essay: How is India Doing? […]
Visitors: 255 GRI April-2010-Edition Download PDF File By Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 431 (please click for original article in Bulgarian) The Lost Illusions during the Years after 1989 The World in April 2010 What is Coming? I have twice experienced big disillusionment in my life – with “the real socialism” and with the “real” democracy, as I grew up during the socialism, experienced the transition, and […]
Visitors: 236 Dear Friends, Thank you for appreciation and contributions to establish and empower the Ground Report India (GRI) as a ground voice for the common people. The Ground Report India is planning a Special Edition in the month of September 2010 on Water Issues and ground works on Water Issues in India. Please send […]
Visitors: 364 I appeared in the public life through my human rights works, writings and speeches. However, I reached to the larger audience when I had got a chance to appear in CNN-IBN and NDTV-24×7 debates on the issue of Naxalism last year. After these debates, I got immense positive and negative responses from across […]