Visitors: 148 September 29, 2011, Gangtok, Sikkim The Prime Minister visited Gangtok and made an aerial survey of the quake affected areas of the state of Sikkim. Dr. Manmohan Singh flew over the affected areas of Mangan, Chungthang, Lachen and Lachung and visited the injured at the Government Hosiptal in Gangtok. He was briefed of […]
Visitors: 215 29 September 2011 Two separate attacks on civilians in Balochistan highlight the failure of Pakistan to tackle escalating insecurity in the region, said Amnesty International. Yesterday, Baloch politician Abdul Salam was assassinated in the city of Khuzdar by unknown assailants. Abdul Salam was a human rights defender who worked on behalf of hundreds […]
Visitors: 224 29 September 2011 Two separate attacks on civilians in Balochistan highlight the failure of Pakistan to tackle escalating insecurity in the region, said Amnesty International. Yesterday, Baloch politician Abdul Salam was assassinated in the city of Khuzdar by unknown assailants. Abdul Salam was a human rights defender who worked on behalf of hundreds […]
Visitors: 438 I was surprised when the Congress party gave me a Padma Shri – I am the only foreign journalist to ever get it. For, in my forty years of political reporting in India, I have always been a vocal critic of the Nehru dynasty. Someone even called me recently: “a vitriolic British journalist, […]
Visitors: 143 I was surprised when the Congress party gave me a Padma Shri – I am the only foreign journalist to ever get it. For, in my forty years of political reporting in India, I have always been a vocal critic of the Nehru dynasty. Someone even called me recently: “a vitriolic British journalist, […]
Visitors: 191 26 September 2011 Saudi Arabia must take immediate steps to end all discrimination against women in the kingdom, Amnesty International said today following moves to give women the right to vote. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that women will have the right to vote and run in municipal elections, the […]
Visitors: 209 26 September 2011 Saudi Arabia must take immediate steps to end all discrimination against women in the kingdom, Amnesty International said today following moves to give women the right to vote. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that women will have the right to vote and run in municipal elections, the […]
Visitors: 196 28 September 2011 The 11-year sentence handed down to leading human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is another blatant attempt by the Iranian government to crush human rights organizations, Amnesty International said today. Narges Mohammadi, the Executive chairperson of Iran’s Centre for Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), was sentenced yesterday after her conviction for “propaganda […]
Visitors: 235 28 September 2011 The 11-year sentence handed down to leading human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is another blatant attempt by the Iranian government to crush human rights organizations, Amnesty International said today. Narges Mohammadi, the Executive chairperson of Iran’s Centre for Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), was sentenced yesterday after her conviction for “propaganda […]
Visitors: 191 Brussels, 26 September 2011 The European Commission today launched a public consultation on strengthening EU measures to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases, a group of industrial gases which are extremely powerful contributors to global warming. A Commission review,1 which was also adopted today, concludes that the EU’s existing Regulation on fluorinated gases (‘F-gases’) […]
Visitors: 163 September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States have made terrorism an international issue. In spite of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and expenditure of trillions of dollars in international efforts to curb terrorism, world does not appear to be safer than before. However, in the process, dignity and civil rights of […]
Visitors: 174 September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States have made terrorism an international issue. In spite of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and expenditure of trillions of dollars in international efforts to curb terrorism, world does not appear to be safer than before. However, in the process, dignity and civil rights of […]
Visitors: 150 Umesh Rashmi Rohtagi graduated in Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1968 in India, recieved masters degree from University of Michigan in 1982 in USA. 24161 Nilan Drive Novi MI 48375, USA Phone : (248) 471-5786 In India we give more importance to People, Party and not to Issues. Even in minutes of meeting […]
Visitors: 174 Umesh Rashmi Rohtagi graduated in Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1968 in India, recieved masters degree from University of Michigan in 1982 in USA. 24161 Nilan Drive Novi MI 48375, USA Phone : (248) 471-5786 In India we give more importance to People, Party and not to Issues. Even in minutes of meeting […]
Visitors: 243 ‘There can be no freedom without peace, nor peace without freedom’ Today is International Day of Peace, officially recognised by the United Nations and identified as a global day of ceasefire. Peace-building is at the heart of PEN International’s work celebrating literature and promoting freedom of expression. Connecting a global community of writers, […]
Visitors: 279 ‘There can be no freedom without peace, nor peace without freedom’ Today is International Day of Peace, officially recognised by the United Nations and identified as a global day of ceasefire. Peace-building is at the heart of PEN International’s work celebrating literature and promoting freedom of expression. Connecting a global community of writers, […]
Visitors: 239 Brussels, 20 September 2011 Today, EU Commissioner Piebalgs was appointed as a member of the High-level Group on Sustainable Energy for all, together with leaders from business, government, international organisation and civil society. He attended the launch of the UN High Level Group in New York, in presence of UN Secretary General Ban […]
Visitors: 210 Brussels, 20 September 2011 Today, EU Commissioner Piebalgs was appointed as a member of the High-level Group on Sustainable Energy for all, together with leaders from business, government, international organisation and civil society. He attended the launch of the UN High Level Group in New York, in presence of UN Secretary General Ban […]
Visitors: 178 Prof Ram Puniyani (Rtd) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Life is full of strange paradoxes. Narendra Modi undertook fast for three days for Sadbhavna (Harmony), to mark complete peace, unity and harmony (Sept 2011). This came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court verdict which has asked the trial court to examine all […]
Visitors: 169 Prof Ram Puniyani (Rtd) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Life is full of strange paradoxes. Narendra Modi undertook fast for three days for Sadbhavna (Harmony), to mark complete peace, unity and harmony (Sept 2011). This came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court verdict which has asked the trial court to examine all […]
Visitors: 279 Acharya Neeraj is sharing his experiences of 3000 Kms long foot march from Gomukh to Gangasagar to save the holy river Ganga. He completed foot march in about 5 months (150 days). He has been working on water, environment and village economy for around one decade. Video by: Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ International […]
Visitors: 191 New case of dementia arises every seven seconds in the world . And India will have one of the largest numbers of elders with this mind crippling illness. World Alzheimer’s Day was launched 17 years ago on 21st September 1994, to unite people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias around the world. […]
Visitors: 223 Background 1.0. The Need for a National River Policy Flowing rivers are the lifelines of millions of humans and no humans alike. Vast number of people meet their drinking, domestic and non domestic and agricultural needs of water from the water flowing in the rivers. The fisherman and other dependent groups earn their […]
Visitors: 328 N. S. VENKATARAMAN Chemical Engineer by profession Director of Nandini Consultancy Centre Pvt. Ltd The Founder Trustee of Nandini Voice For The Deprived Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has done well to appeal to the agitators in Koodankulam to give up their protest and have faith in the assurances of the scientists and technologists […]
Visitors: 180 Comprising of the 8 states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal, North East is India’s one of the most culturally vibrant and ethnically diverse region with over 205 ethnic tribes and about 175 linguistic groups. Each state in the region has its own history, cultural resources and socio-political strengths […]