Visitors: 235I’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 people […]
Visitors: 318West Bengal, India Name of the Victims:- 1. Mr. Samir Mondal, son of Mr. Sanatan Mondal, aged about- 32 years, Caste-Scheduled Caste, faith-Hindu, occupation-Farmer2. Mr. Kanai Dolui s/o Mr. Manmath Dalui and3. Mr. Nikhil Sarkar s/o Mr. Nimai Sarkar, all three residing at village-Chhotomollakhali School Para, Post Office– Chhotomollakhali, Police Station– Sunderban Coastal, District […]
Visitors: 239Tamilnadu, India 30 visually impaired women from different economic background, age group and educational level from all over Tamil Nadu participated in the round table discussion. The discussion was organised by Nandini Voice For The Deprived. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DISCUSSIONS Highlights of the views expressed by the visually impaired women on different problems and […]
Visitors: 262Uttar Pradesh, India CPI(ML)-New Democracy condemns Mayawati Govt’s pro-feudal malevolent police violence against landless and poor peasantry. ‘Special’ targets of Mayawati’s police: Women and minor girls. On 4th March 2010 the CPI(ML) New Democracy held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar from 12 noon onwards against the brutal police –PAC assault ordered by Mayawati Govt […]
Visitors: 251West Bengal, India Name of the victims:- (1) Ms. Sahida Bibi wife of Mr. Nesar Gazi aged about-35 years, by faith-Muslim, occupation-rag picker; (2) Master Abdul Alim Gazi son of Mr. Nesar Gazi, aged about-15 years, both residing at 4A Basanti Colony, Police Station-Ultadanga, District-Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Name of the perpetrators:- (1) Three […]
Visitors: 424Maharashtra Dr Arun Gadre, of Pune, Maharashtra is the winner of this year’s Maanav Adhikaar Paaritaushik (Human Dignity Award) of Rupees One Lakh in memory of Professor M. M. Guptara. The citation reads: “Dr Gadre worked for some 20 years in a rural part of Maharashtra as a gynecologist: instead of working in a […]
Visitors: 330 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: 355GRI February-2010-Edition Download PDF File By Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 327Our modern world is not only crazier than we think, but crazier than we can possibly imagine. This can be proved by the following examples: The Court in Minnesota orders a parent to poison her 13-year-old boy with chemotherapy as it believes chemo is the only treatment for cancer that works (parental and child […]
Visitors: 299As I write this page, the Union minister for environment and forests is deliberating whether Bt brinjal can be grown and eaten in India. So, at the outset, let me make my own bias clear. I am not an anti-GM person; I have no ideological problems with the use of genetically modified technology to […]
Visitors: 468Port Vila, Vanuatu – February 24Central banks of the Pacific are becoming active in building more inclusive financial systems. Representatives of five Pacific central banks met today to discuss how to extend financial services to the unbanked, including how to oversee new technologies such as mobile phone banking while protecting clients. It is estimated […]
Visitors: 409New York The Iranian government should immediately stop harassing and arbitrarily detaining members of the Baha’i community, Human Rights Watch said today. (Dozens Detained Without Charge; Leaders Face Charges Carrying Death Penalty) The detention of 13 Baha’is on February 10 and 11 follows the arrest of 13 others in early January. The government alleges […]
Visitors: 246Several developing countries in Asia and Africa proudly proclaim themselves to be democratic countries. To prove to the world about their democratic credentials, they hold elections with much fanfare. There are countries in Asia and Africa where the ruling group end up getting almost 100% votes, making the democracy itself to be a mockery. […]
Visitors: 335Maharashtra The law called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) gives us the right to get an FIR registered when we witness a serious offence being committed. Such offences include encroachment of public spaces etc. which are happening unchecked all around us. Registering FIR — First Information Report — sets in motion the police and legal […]
Visitors: 395Fiji Dr Christopher Noonan will soon commence as Chief Trade Adviser (CTA) for Forum Island Countries (FICs) to support their participation in the regional PACER Plus negotiations. PACER Plus refers to a proposed comprehensive free trade and economic development agreement that will be negotiated between Australia and New Zealand, and Forum Island Countries. Dr […]
Visitors: 387SRI LANKA, Human rights defender Pattani Razeek has been missing since he was apparently abducted on 11 February in the town of Polonnaruwa, in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province. He may be the victim of an enforced disappearance, and could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. It is not clear what the […]
Visitors: 459In less than 24 hours after traps were laid in Samoa a male mongoose was caught, however the island nation is not relaxing the effort yet as this may not be the only one. Samoa has no known established population of the mongoose, but the animals are common in Hawaii and Fiji, having been […]
Visitors: 252New Delhi “Absolutely every decision pertaining to the selection of Central Information Commissioners (CICs) is made by the Selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister,” said Mr Shantanu Consul, Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Govt of India. In a meeting with eight RTI activists from six states here on Friday, 12th February, […]
Visitors: 389When Sri Lanka recently went for Presidential election, many people around the world thought that the country’s democratic system has matured and Sri Lanka will be able to overcome its problems before long. While the election debate was acrimonious when several personal allegations were made, the observers did not mind it , terming such […]
Visitors: 260Uttar Pradesh Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) got information from its associated Human Rights Defender Aftab Alam being threaten by the village head of Bhatti, as he highlighted the issue malnutrition, tuberculosis and hunger death in the Lohta locality of Dhannipur(Bhatti), weaver dominated area of Kashi Vidyapith Block of Varanasi district in […]
Visitors: 377Uttar Pradesh There are an average 85 departments by administration in non-metro backward districts in the Uttar Pradesh State. According to Right to Information Act 2005, a complete list of Public Information Officers and First Appeal Authorities for each department must have published within 120 days of enaction of the RTI Act 2005. An […]
Visitors: 262Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan, Narmada Bachao Andolan and National Alliance of People’s Movements welcome the judgment delivered by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Ajit Prakash Shah on February 12, 2010 on the eve of his retirement. This decision will go a long way in the struggle of the poor dwellers […]
Visitors: 255PROJECT VIJAY “Victory of India by Joint Action of Youth” is a youth oriented social organization registered under Society Act (2008-3311-2009) and has felicitated “KARAMVEER CHAKRA AWARD” have come to know a biggest financial embezzlement scandal by Dr. R. Tuli, Director, NBRI who is being relieved from CSIR/ NBRI on 07.02.2010 a date fixed […]
Visitors: 278I recall the day two months before, when I had the opportunity to attend a seminar at the outskirt of Delhi. The hot topics, to be bothered and discussed in the gathering was: “Pollution of River Ganga & its Control and Preservation” (i.e. Ganga ka Pradushan … Ganga Bachao”). And so, so early reached […]
Visitors: 238In the aftermath of sixty first republic day the people of India are not sure when will cease the skyrocketing prices of food grains and basic and bare necessities for life; lot of them are not sure about having two meals a day; they are uncertain about their future and that of their families. […]