Day July 22, 2014
It’s five years, victim of brutal attack Ms. Shamim Modi, an assistant professor with TISS, Mumbai, and a known social and political activist, is still awaiting justice from Mumbai High Court. After CB, CID Mumbai Crime Branch failed to… Continue Reading →
Demonstrations held in condemnation of Israel’s ‘war crimes’ and complicity of international governments – Lauren McCauley, staff writer As the world watches in horror Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza strip—which as of Monday has killed over 550 Palestinians trapped in the… Continue Reading →
In this June 17, 2012 photo, 16-year-old Vinod of Pali village in Bihar, is seen with his 14-year-old bride Pratima. Photo: Ranjeet Kumar About 27 per cent of women aged 20 to 49 years were married before age 15 in… Continue Reading →
TNN | Jul 22, 2014, 06.44 AM IST CHANDIGARH: A network working for the rehabilitation of rape survivor dalit girls and women has accused Haryana government of patronizing the accused from upper castes and using sexual assault of women as tool to… Continue Reading →
Posted by Chinmayi Arun at Jul 18, 2014 I Very little recourse is available against publishers or intermediaries if these private parties censor an author’s content unreasonably. The article was published in the Hoot on July 17, 2014 and also mirrored on the website of… Continue Reading →
TNN | Jul 22, 2014, PATNA: Reprieve seems to be knocking on the doors of Rupashree Dasgupta, the Patna IGIMS’s associate professor who was dismissed on grounds that her appointment was illegal. “Injustice was done to Rupashree. The image of Bihar would… Continue Reading →
Lawrence Milton,TNN | Jul 22, 2014, According to family members, she was made to lie naked on a hospital bed for more than three hours. Manasa demanded an explanation from doctors. RELATED MYSORE: Karnataka State Women’s Commission chairperson Manjula Manasa on Monday… Continue Reading →
Sonu Sindhu Move over, mobile phones. There’s a new technological fix for poverty: biometric identification. Speaking at the World Bank on April 24, Nandan Nilekani, director of India’s universal identification scheme, promised that the project will be “transformational.” It “uses… Continue Reading →
By SEEMA MUSTAFA Mon July 21, 2014 NEW DELHI: Israel’s massacres in Gaza, with the latest in Shejaiya leading to the murder of at least 40 Palestinians with 400 critically wounded, has led sections of the world to compare the military… Continue Reading →
TNN | Jul 19, 2014, NEW DELHI: In the financial year ending March, 2013, the Adani Group allegedly availed a benefit of Rs 234 crore by way of tax exemption that it was not entitled to. Curiously the total assessed income of the… Continue Reading →