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Day January 20, 2017

From pimples to mental torture; former DH scribe files complaint with NCW #Vaw

Pressure cooker is finally blowing. And it seems it is blowing for a cause now. In what many be seen as first of its kind, a woman scribe who formerly worked with a Bengaluru based national daily, Deccan Herald (DH)… Continue Reading →

PUCL statement on the killing of 3 women in IED Blast in Narayanpur

  The Chhattisgarh PUCL has come to know from police releases that 3 women including a 15 year old girl from Tumnar Village under Narayanpur police station have been killed in an explosion of IED device planted by Maoists. The… Continue Reading →

Indian Novelist writes an Open Letter to PM of Pakistan to release Poet and bloggers

  pl  From Rahman Abbas Mumbai 20/1/2017 To MR. PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN MIAN NAWAZ SHARIF SUBJECT: Appeal to ensure safety and release of missing poet and bloggers. Dear Sir, I’m an Indian Urdu novelist and a person who has… Continue Reading →

Walking the talk: Mesram Raj Gonds live by old customs for the Nagoba jatara

Walking the talk: The Mesram Raj Gonds heading towards Godavari to fetch holy water. – Photo: S. Harpal Singh × : Despite the presence of a network of roads, the Mesram clan of Adivasi Raj Gonds in the Adilabad and… Continue Reading →

BJP MLA Sangeet Som booked for showing ‘riot’ documentary ahead of UP polls

Ishita Bhatia| TNN | HIGHLIGHTS Sangeet Som has been booked for allegedly screening a documentary which had clippings from Muzaffarnagar riots. The 21-minute documentary has been found objectionable and communal in nature. File PTI photograph of BJP MLA Sangeet Som… Continue Reading →

India – When the Right to Impede trumps RTI

RAHUL WADKE   MUMBAI, JANUARY 19:   Government agencies and institutions are increasingly finding ways to decline information sought through the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Over the last six months, RTI queries filed by BusinessLine seeking information from agencies ranging… Continue Reading →

Bihar – Death post sterilisation

A woman from the Maha Dalit community died following a sterilization operation. The authorities claim it to be cardiac arrest.Compensation announced but yet to be deposited. बंध्याकरण ऑपरेशन के बाद महिला की मौत By Prabhat Khabar |    मामला केनगर… Continue Reading →

PU student kidnapped, tortured for tweeting on missing activist Salman Haider #WTFnews

by Haider Ali Sindhu | LAHORE – A student from Punjab University law college was abducted from his hostel room and thrashed despite presence of guards, after he tweeted in favour of missing activist Salman Haider, here on Tuesday . The student,… Continue Reading →

India – Growing up stunted

Kundan Pandey   Stunting, which reflects chronic undernutrition, is very high among tribal children in Madhya Pradesh. They can get nutritive foods from forests, but are denied access At least 155 children with severe acute malnutrition were admitted to the… Continue Reading →

10 highlights from the State of India’s Environment report

How India performed on key environment and development issues in 2016 Wednesday 18 January 2017 Author(s): DTE Staff ‘There is growing dissent against what was considered a successful economic growth model’ “The breakdown of liberal and secular democracy that we… Continue Reading →

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