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Day January 29, 2015

Modi Government Sabotaging India’s Nuclear Liability Act

Prabir Purkayastha, January 29, 2015 During the Obama’s visit, it was announced that the US and India have at last found a way around India’s Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act, 2010. Instead of the US nuclear suppliers having the… Continue Reading →

French police question 8-year-old who ‘backed’ Charlie Hebdo attackers 

AP In this January 14, 2015 photo, a man reads the latest issue of “Charlie Hebdo” outside a newsstand in Nice, southeastern France. AP In this January 14, 2015 photo, a woman buys a copy of “Charlie Hebdo” newspaper at… Continue Reading →

Five things Indians would not have noticed about Modi before Obama’s visit

He may be our prime minister, but he’s just an ordinary love struck Indian at heart. RUPA GULAB Megalomaniac. Bully. Motor mouth.  Dictator. Bigot. These are a few of the words around 69 per cent of India’s citizens freely throw… Continue Reading →

PUDR urges SC to suo moto intervene in the Shankarbigha and other massacres

  Justice Delayed, And Denied Yet Again By People’s Union for Democratic Rights 28 January, 2015 Countercurrents.org PUDR urges Supreme Court to suo moto intervene in the Shankarbigha and other massacres People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR ) strongly condemns… Continue Reading →

Obama challenges India on women’s rights and religious tolerance

President speaks out in Delhi on importance of empowering women in India in wake of recent high-profile sexual attacks Barack Obama challenged India’s record on religious tolerance and women’s rights on Tuesday in a parting speech to students in Delhi that… Continue Reading →

In a first, police nod for gay pride march in woman’s name

TNN | Jan 29, 2015, 03.33 AM IST MUMBAI: In a landmark of sorts for queer rights in India, all the police permissions for an LGBT Pride March set for January 31 will be in the name of a woman. This is… Continue Reading →

Shiv Sena wants ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ deleted from preamble to Constitution  #WTFnews

Updated: Jan 28, 2015 04:38 PM , B This screenshot shows the preamble to the Constitution of India as displayed in PDF format in the Union Law Ministry website. A war of words broke out between parties when an ad… Continue Reading →

Press Release – Govt responses to e-petition against the mischievous Republic-day advertisement

PRESS STATEMENT | IndiaResists.com For urgent publication On behalf of IndiaResists.com, we thank citizens for supporting our petition against the government’s mischievous advertisement this 26th January, which omitted ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. We are dismayed… Continue Reading →

How Obama told Modi to get his act together

  The US president reminded PM that development is meaningless unless India continues to remain an inclusive and tolerant place. MD HUSSAIN RAHMANI @rahmaninama US President Barack Obama gave a stellar performance on his last day in India. In a… Continue Reading →

The saddest thing in the world is not poverty; it’s loss of dignity

Development is more than just achieving outcomes – it implies a different way of seeing the world and fellow human beings  A Pakistani homeless man rests by a road in Karachi. In a world of poverty and injustice, who are… Continue Reading →

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