Day October 20, 2014
RUBY JOHNSON 20 October 2014 The increased violence against young women human rights defenders needs to be matched by funders prepared to respond more directly to the priorities identified by young people. Ruby Johnson says shifting the framework of how… Continue Reading →
Modi has never given a news conference as PM, but he has been active on social media, bypassing traditional media and spurring editors to complain about a lack of two-way communication. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has anointed the… Continue Reading →
By Miriam Zoll Apple and Facebook are covering the cost for female employees to freeze their eggs, in an effort to help balance challenges of childbirth and career-building. But should egg freezing really be deemed the ‘new women’s movement’? Author… Continue Reading →
By ADITI MALHOTRA An Indian judge on Monday sentenced five men to life imprisonment for gang-raping a 30-year-old northeastern woman in a moving vehicle in Delhi’s south in 2010. The men – named in court as Usman, Shamshad, Kamruddin, Shahid… Continue Reading →
by Raveena Aulakh – Toronto Star Indian court trying to unravel mystery of sick and disabled children, miscarriages and fatal cancers around the country’s first uranium mine. Jadugora, India—Duniya Uram wants to go outside. The veranda is only 10 metres… Continue Reading →
IANS| Oct 20, 2014, 12.37 PM IST The first unit stopped operations Sep 26 due to turbine problem. CHENNAI: A major problem in the first atomic power unit’s turbine at Kudankulam has caused uncertainty on its early commissioning, said a… Continue Reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2014 New York, USA: The American Justice Center (AJC), an organization that has filed a lawsuit against the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for genocide and crimes against humanity, has vowed to contest vigorously the… Continue Reading →
The Khadia were evicted from Similipal Tiger Reserve in December 2013, and have been living in miserable conditions under plastic sheets. © Survival International Tribespeople living inside a tiger reserve in India are being “threatened” and “cheated” into leaving their… Continue Reading →
Sai Ram, burned alive because of a stray goat, was just one of 17,000 Dalits to fall victim to caste violence in the state of Bihar Jason Burke in Delhi and Manoj Chaurasia in Patna The Guardian, Sunday 19 October… Continue Reading →