Visitors: 242 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: 152 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: 140 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: 134 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: 300 (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: 145 The pressure is on to have India accept and promote Genetically Modified Organisms or GM plants and foods. The recurring theme of various reports, across the world in this regard is inconclusive on the long term benefits of GMO. One thing is clear, these new inter-species gene-spliced products would need large amounts of […]
Visitors: 203 The ruthless killing of the CRPF jawans by the Maoists in Jharkand have caused great sorrow in the country. While the Union Home Minister says that the Maoists will be wiped out in three years and media is clamouring for strong action to defeat the Maoists, there is also widespread apprehension amongst the […]
Visitors: 184 I. Freedom of Expression or Owners’ Orders? The Western world thinks that media in Ukraine are relatively free, and that Ukraine is the most democratic country in the CIS space in the information and media sphere. But in reality there is a big difference between the way democratic rules and standards are applied […]
Visitors: 221 Jeffrey Smith has written two books about the significant danger genetically modified (GM) foods pose to your health, and the health of the entire planet. In addition to his books he has also created two videos:Hidden Dangers in Kids Meals, and Your Milk on Drugs, Just Say No. Genetically Modified Foods = Toxins […]
Visitors: 201 European and western writers have often made a heinous effort to tarnish the image of Islam by expressing something contemptible & negative views & reviews about Islam, particularly in context of women education and their rights in society. They opine that Islam suppresses the rights of women not allowing women to be progressive […]
Visitors: 203 # 1. Most recent: Murderous attack on Environmentalists Sumaira Abdulali & Naseer Jalal, and TOI Journalists. Maharashtra, March 16. On March 16, the sand-mining mafia which is choking Bankot Creek – a rich mangrove habitat for migratory birds, crocodiles and marine life in Maharashtra’s Raigad district — attacked environmental activists Sumaira Abdulali and […]
Visitors: 447 Maharashtra, India WRIT PETITION ON PADMA AWARDS DISCRIMINATION FOR URGENT SUO MOTU CONSIDERATIONMoved under articles 226, 12, 13 and 14 and also under article 51A of the Constitution of India and appropriate rules framed thereunder. Dr. Leo Rebello, The Petitioner-in-Person Residing at: 28/552 Samata Nagar, Kandivali East, Mumbai 400101.VersusThe Union of India, through the […]
Visitors: 155 Almost every developing country in the world except a few countries like Myanmar and North Korea claim that theirs is a democratic governance. Obviously, democracy as a concept is viewed as the most desirable form of governance and people of every country would like to jump into this band wagon. However, in actual […]
Visitors: 120 I’m not a trained economist. But I sort of understand it from a grassroots, human rights pov. I hope you have time to read my little column. Feedback and circulation welcome. For more articles on this very important subject, look up www.outlookindia.com ._____opinion (Outlook India, March 15, 2010)The Khaas Aadmi Budget: It’s time […]
Visitors: 208 Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ International Journalist, the Chartered Institute of Journalists, London Member, Wikimedia /Wikipedia Australia Member, International PEN Member, International PEN Sydney Centre Indian Administration Services should be renamed as the Indian Public Facilitation Services or Indian Public Services. (It was called as Indian Civil Services, ICS, and after Independence it was […]
Visitors: 210 London International PEN announced today the launch of a year-long campaign in celebration of the Writers in Prison Committee’s 50th anniversary. The campaign-Because Writers Speak Their Minds-marks 50 years of defending freedom of expression around the world.“International PEN was created out of the scars of World War I to bring societies back together […]
Visitors: 192 London International PEN announced today the launch of a year-long campaign in celebration of the Writers in Prison Committee’s 50th anniversary. The campaign-Because Writers Speak Their Minds-marks 50 years of defending freedom of expression around the world.“International PEN was created out of the scars of World War I to bring societies back together […]
Visitors: 176 India Precisely at six o’clock in the evening, on January 30, 1948, All India Radio announced: “Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi at twenty minutes past five this afternoon. His assassin was a Hindu.”The Mahatma was shot in the gardens of Birla Mandir, in the presence of about one thousand of his […]
Visitors: 195 Mexico Valentín Valdés Espinosa, co-founder of and journalist for the daily newspaper Zócalo de Saltillo, reportedly left the newspaper offices with two colleagues late on the night of 7 January 2010. In the centre of Saltillo, their car was intercepted by a group of men who forced Valdés and another, unnamed Zócalo reporter […]
Visitors: 182 Mexico Valentín Valdés Espinosa, co-founder of and journalist for the daily newspaper Zócalo de Saltillo, reportedly left the newspaper offices with two colleagues late on the night of 7 January 2010. In the centre of Saltillo, their car was intercepted by a group of men who forced Valdés and another, unnamed Zócalo reporter […]
Visitors: 456 (Neeraj Bhushan is writing ‘PTI Diary’ these days, taking up the role of a whistleblower attempting to expose a corrupt system eating up India’s premier English News Agency – Press Trust of India, commonly known as PTI. Postings in the online diary are done every Sunday evening, when Neeraj turns into a wonderful […]
Visitors: 151 (Neeraj Bhushan is writing ‘PTI Diary’ these days, taking up the role of a whistleblower attempting to expose a corrupt system eating up India’s premier English News Agency – Press Trust of India, commonly known as PTI. Postings in the online diary are done every Sunday evening, when Neeraj turns into a wonderful […]
Visitors: 217 Mexico José Alberto Velázquez López, editor and owner of the daily newspaper Expresiones de Tulum, based in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, and a contributor to a local television station, was shot dead in Cancún on 22 December 2009. Velázquez was driving home after a Christmas party for the newspaper staff when he was […]
Visitors: 327 Mexico José Alberto Velázquez López, editor and owner of the daily newspaper Expresiones de Tulum, based in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, and a contributor to a local television station, was shot dead in Cancún on 22 December 2009. Velázquez was driving home after a Christmas party for the newspaper staff when he was […]
Visitors: 285 China Sydney PEN is shocked and dismayed by the sentencing of dissident Chinese writer and academic Liu Xiaobo to 11 years imprisonment on charges of “subverting state power”. The trial was held on December 23, 2009 in Beijing, following Liu’s detention late last year. The trial concluded without providing a verdict until Friday, […]