Visitors: 150 Neeraj Jain, Lokayat and Socialist Party (India) One of the bright minds of the country, a promising scholar at University of Hyderabad, a student of the thought of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Rohit Vemula has committed suicide on January 17, 2016. While the country is celebrating 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, we stand […]
Visitors: 226 Ram Puniyani Politics is a strange game where no holds are barred for electoral advantages. It also expresses, to some extent, the political ideology of those playing these games in addition to the distortion of events, which are done deliberately. Interpretation of the very same events is diametrically different for different political groups. […]
Visitors: 151 Ram Puniyani Politics is a strange game where no holds are barred for electoral advantages. It also expresses, to some extent, the political ideology of those playing these games in addition to the distortion of events, which are done deliberately. Interpretation of the very same events is diametrically different for different political groups. […]
Visitors: 127 BalaVikasa People Development Training Centre, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh BalaVikasa PDTC is extremely happy to announce a Three day Training program on ‘Motivating Strategies towards Empowering Communities’ from 17-19 February, 2016 and one day seminar on ‘Promoting your organisation through social Media Tools’ on 20th February, 2016 at BalaVikasa PDTC, Warangal, Telangana. Introduction: Motivation is […]
Visitors: 121 BalaVikasa People Development Training Centre, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh BalaVikasa PDTC is extremely happy to announce a Three day Training program on ‘Motivating Strategies towards Empowering Communities’ from 17-19 February, 2016 and one day seminar on ‘Promoting your organisation through social Media Tools’ on 20th February, 2016 at BalaVikasa PDTC, Warangal, Telangana. Introduction: Motivation is […]
Visitors: 146 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has addressed, through a video message, the special event in New York City, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Following is the text of the PM’s address:- President of ECOSOC, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank the President of ECOSOC […]
Visitors: 146 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has addressed, through a video message, the special event in New York City, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Following is the text of the PM’s address:- President of ECOSOC, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank the President of ECOSOC […]
Visitors: 178 A prisoner amnesty in Myanmar today does not go nearly far enough as scores of peaceful activists remain behind bars, Amnesty International said. The jailing today of another activist just hours after the amnesty was announced is a stark reminder of how prevalent repression still is in the country. The government today […]
Visitors: 186 A prisoner amnesty in Myanmar today does not go nearly far enough as scores of peaceful activists remain behind bars, Amnesty International said. The jailing today of another activist just hours after the amnesty was announced is a stark reminder of how prevalent repression still is in the country. The government today […]
Visitors: 409 PEN International On 25 December 2015 poet, activist and winner of the 2009 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression, Irakli Kakabadze, was arrested and injured during a peaceful demonstration protesting the appointment of Judge Levan Murusidze to the Appeals Court of Georgia’s High Council of Justice in Georgia. The appointment of Murusidze […]
Visitors: 203 New York, Anti-government insurgency groups should immediately stop intentionally targeting civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The January 20 suicide attack on a minibus in Kabul transporting journalists affiliated with Tolo TV, Afghanistan’s 24-hour news channel, was an atrocity designed to undermine Afghanistan’s still-fragile media freedom. Both the Taliban and an individual who claims to represent a group […]
Visitors: 175 New York, Anti-government insurgency groups should immediately stop intentionally targeting civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The January 20 suicide attack on a minibus in Kabul transporting journalists affiliated with Tolo TV, Afghanistan’s 24-hour news channel, was an atrocity designed to undermine Afghanistan’s still-fragile media freedom. Both the Taliban and an individual who claims to represent a group […]
Visitors: 124 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for amendments in the Tariff Policy. For the first time a holistic view of the power sector has been taken and comprehensive amendments have been made in the Tariff policy 2006. The […]
Visitors: 159 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for amendments in the Tariff Policy. For the first time a holistic view of the power sector has been taken and comprehensive amendments have been made in the Tariff policy 2006. The […]
Visitors: 160 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in November, 2015 between India, and United Kingdom for Cooperation in Public Administration and Governance Reforms. The form of co-operation under the MoU will be in areas like […]
Visitors: 142 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in November, 2015 between India, and United Kingdom for Cooperation in Public Administration and Governance Reforms. The form of co-operation under the MoU will be in areas like […]
Visitors: 183 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for a Policy on Promotion of City Compost. Under the policy, a provision has been made for Market development assistance of Rs. 1500 per tonne of city compost for scaling up production and consumption of the product. […]
Visitors: 155 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for a Policy on Promotion of City Compost. Under the policy, a provision has been made for Market development assistance of Rs. 1500 per tonne of city compost for scaling up production and consumption of the product. […]
Visitors: 172 Hon’ble Vice President is also visiting Thailand from 3-5 February 2016 on an official visit at the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Royal Kingdom of Thailand. This is the first Vice President level visit from India after a gap of 50 years. The Vice President will be accompanied by a high-level […]
Visitors: 143 Hon’ble Vice-President (VP), Shri M. Hamid Ansari will pay an official visit to Brunei Darussalam from 1-3 February 2016 at the invitation of His Royal Highness (HRH) Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam. This will be the first high level visit from India since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the […]
Visitors: 187 21,000 Officials Stationed Indefinitely in Villages New York, Chinese authorities have indefinitely extended an intensive surveillance program in villages across the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) that was due to end in 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. There are indications that the “village-based cadre teams” (zhucun gongzuodui) scheme, which is unprecedented in China, will […]
Visitors: 155 21,000 Officials Stationed Indefinitely in Villages New York, Chinese authorities have indefinitely extended an intensive surveillance program in villages across the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) that was due to end in 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. There are indications that the “village-based cadre teams” (zhucun gongzuodui) scheme, which is unprecedented in China, will […]
Visitors: 140 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched the Start-up India initiative in New Delhi. The launch by the Prime Minister this evening, was preceded by a day-long workshop on various aspects of entrepreneurship. The Prime Minister visited a virtual exhibition and interacted with Start-up entrepreneurs. 10 outstanding Start-up innovators shared their thoughts […]
Visitors: 157 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched the Start-up India initiative in New Delhi. The launch by the Prime Minister this evening, was preceded by a day-long workshop on various aspects of entrepreneurship. The Prime Minister visited a virtual exhibition and interacted with Start-up entrepreneurs. 10 outstanding Start-up innovators shared their thoughts […]
Visitors: 242 PEN International PEN International has received information that blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has been summoned to return to prison to continue serving his 15-year prison sentence despite his continuing ill-health, or face confiscation of the bail collateral posted for his release. He is expected to return on 18 or 19 January 2016. Ronaghi […]