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Day December 6, 2014

#Goodnews- Tata Memorial stops overpriced Novartis drugs

Overcharged patients refunded | Ban to stay till issue resolved Ashish K Tiwari   Mumbai: Tata Memorial Hospital, India’s leading cancer speciality hospital, has put on hold sale of all Novartis branded anti-cancer (oncology) drugs at its two pharmacies in Mumbai…. Continue Reading →

Myths made reality, bizarre claims made for ancient India’s achievements

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, December 04, 2014 First Published: 21:11 IST(4/12/2014) | Last Updated: 02:40 IST(5/12/2014) India conducted a nuclear test centuries ago; cow urine can cure diabetes and ancient India was adept at genetics and plastic surgery. These… Continue Reading →

Babri Masjid demolition : Institutional failure

Saturday, 6 December 2014 – 9:01am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA In his recently released book “Destruction of the Babri Masjid: A National Dishonour”, author and legal luminary AG Noorani traces the conspiracy and discusses how the… Continue Reading →

SC examining Sec 66A of Indian Information Technology Act, 2000

Explained: Article 66 A The vagueness about what is “offensive”. The word has a very wide connotation, and is open to distinctive, varied interpretations. Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi | Posted: Decembe The Supreme Court is examining the constitutional validity of… Continue Reading →

Ebola, human rights, and poverty – making the links 

ALICIA ELY YAMIN The Ebola crisis shows the necessity of a human rights approach to public health that focuses on discrimination and accountability, and the crisis itself has been driven by deep inequities in access to basic rights and a… Continue Reading →

Raote, the new Sena minister who claimed to have spilled blood

By Jyoti Punwani, Mumbai Mirror | Dec 6, 2014 Diwakar Raote Diwakar Raote, who was sworn in as a minister on Friday, is a chip of the old Sena block. Way back in September 1988, when he was chairman of the all-powerful Standing… Continue Reading →

Demolition of the Babri Masjid- Farooq Versus The State #MUSTWATCH

    ‘Farooq Versus The State’ (2013) deals with the controversial case of Farooq Mhapkar, one of the key persons who was wrongly accused in the Hari Masjid case, one of the most serious episodes of the Mumbai riots of… Continue Reading →

December 6, 1992: the backlash on the day after

December 6, 1992: the backlash on the day after In her controversial novel ‘Lajja’ (Shame), Taslima Nasrin recounts the hostile response in Bangladesh to the demolition of the mosque. Taslima Nasrin   Suronjon was in bed. “Dada, do something, please,”… Continue Reading →

The Murder most Foul. The Rape and Murder of Kauserbi

. Mukul Sinha August 2, 2013 She thought she had the entire Taj Mahal in her hands; a dream that most of us share with our loved ones. But this dream of Kauserbi turned into ashes, a most tragic end to… Continue Reading →

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