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: 240 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: 207 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: 210 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: 219 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: 291 “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: 1,066 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: 365 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 […]
Visitors: 381 Bhutan, The Sixteenth Meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Thimphu, Bhutan, on 28-29 April 2010, Recalling the high priority attached by the Leaders of SAARC at successive Summits towards preserving and sustainably managing the rich, fragile and […]
Visitors: 295 On International Labor Day, Governments Should Pledge to Make Comprehensive Reforms New York, The reforms undertaken by Middle Eastern and Asian governments fall far short of the minimum protections needed to tackle abuses against migrant domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said today in a report released in advance of May 1, International Labor […]
Visitors: 380 IIT Kanpur, It was the night of this April 19’2010, Snehal Ajit Indurkar, student of IIT Kanpur cut a slit into her left hand nerve to end her life just because of the fear of termination, if you are stunned please don’t be now because this is like the sun rises every morning […]
Visitors: 254 Dear Sir, Subject: Support for ministry’s principled stand on Acts of Parliament Greetings from the Western Ghats. The recent news media seem to be replete with reports that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is facing criticism that environment clearance to many projects, which will need either diversion of forest lands […]
Visitors: 229 On 24th April National Online Survey Report and a Protest Letter was submitted to MOSJE Shri Mukul Wasnik by Sailesh Mishra at Bangalore at Inauguration function of Nightingale Center for Ageing & Dementia.The Minister assured that he will look into the matter. On 8th Dec 2009 the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment […]
Visitors: 169 While the improvement in medical science has enabled longevity of life for many people, this has also brought about many issues. There are number of instances that both the elderly parents and the children compliment each other in an elegant manner, with total understanding of each other’s needs. However, this is not always […]
Visitors: 391 West Bengal, FEBRUARY 2006MASUM initiated National Project on Preventing Torture in India (NPPTI) undertaken by the People’s Watch, Tamil Nadu, supported by the European Union and the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (FNSt). MASUM was responsible for implementing the project in West Bengal. Project was designed for 2006-2008. Objective was to ratify the UN CAT […]
Visitors: 173 Maharashtra, A group of RTI activists in Mumbai has launched a social audit or public hearing (Jan Sunwaiee) on the quality of service rendered by Maharashtra State Information Commissioners (MSICs), who are appointed under the Act as Second Appellate Authority, to facilitate and implement Citizens’ access to information. Information Commissioners are mandated by […]
Visitors: 177 The dust has not yet settled around Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar, but the cloak of silence that surrounds ministerial girlfriends and cronies seems to be coming apart. The Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad Edition, said: “A spate of babu heads will roll, but largely those in minor services but with major loyalties to mantris […]
Visitors: 328 Uttar Pradesh, AbstractFor having an all round development of the economy the need of the hour is to have sound land use planning that can help to mitigate the negative effects of land use and enhance the efficient use of resources with minimal impact on future generations. Instead of encroaching on fertile land […]
Visitors: 225 Immunity is inbuilt — it may be weak, medium or strong. If weak it can be built. For healthy immunity your blood should be 70% alkaline and 30% acidic. But because of the wrong food that we eat day in and day out this ratio is in inverse proportion. Impure blood then destroys […]
Visitors: 232 West Bengal, It is alleged that Mr. Atiur Rahman was under rigorous custodial torture and subsequently shoot from service arms of BSF personnel on 21st March 2010 night near Saidapur village in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Even after that they never cared to take him to any doctor for medical aid and […]
Visitors: 222 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 […]