AlterNet / By Larry Schwartz The subjects are usually society’s most vulnerable and the doctors rarely have to answer for their horrific crimes. August 29, 2014 | Evil scares us. Arguably our best horror stories, the ones that give us… Continue Reading →
Message from bypolls By Praful Bidwai Within weeks of winning the Lok Sabha elections with a surprisingly large margin, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance has suffered major setbacks in Assembly byelections in four states. Of the 18 seats… Continue Reading →
MAINSTREAM, VOL LII NO 36, AUGUST 30, 2014 Troubled Times for the Constitutional Republic Sunday 31 August 2014, by Badri Raina Modiji became the Prime Minister of the Republic by virtue of two circumstances: one, having been declared the prime… Continue Reading →
The Regional Initiative for a South Asian Human Rights Mechanism along with one hundred civil society organisations and individuals from twenty States across India called on the government to work with other South Asian States towards the establishment of an… Continue Reading →
Anubhuti Vishnoi August 29, 2014 | UPDATED 13:24 IST Coal-laden trucks at an open-cast coal mine in Ramgarh, Jharkhand.Half of India’s forests, literally ‘no-go’ areas for industry, will be opened up for coal mining. This is the first major step in the elaborate… Continue Reading →
Within so many ‘negative’ things around us sometimes little positive things at personal level become an inspiration for large number of people. My old and aged friend Sanjay Mitra, a Hindu person, observing Roza in Ramzan is an example of… Continue Reading →
President Mukherjee rejects 97% of mercy pleas as India gives two death sentences each day New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “India: Death Penalty Has No Deterrence”, stated that President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected 97% of… Continue Reading →
[A take on the attempted brainwashing of our young minds and the sexist nature of some religious speeches] Guest Post By Asthma Anjum Khan [Boy, O, boy, don’t tell me, but can we make this “condemning” our Common Collective Ummah… Continue Reading →
big Indian firms: fisher groups : M Suchitra [1] Issue Date: 2014-8-30 Among other things, panel has suggested joint ventures with foreign companies and transfer of technology be taken up for exploiting waters more than 500 m deep Recommendations of an… Continue Reading →
INDIA KILLS HER DAUGHTERS WITH IMPUNITY NUPUR BASU The Citizen Placard carried by protesters in India DOHA(IPS): According to statistics from the United Nations, one in five cases a year of honour killings internationally comes from India. Of the… Continue Reading →
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