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Day February 4, 2017

Chhattisgarh police to get training on human rights- REALLY ?

Police in Bastar will receive training on human rights, and the annual assessment of their work will include their performance on the issue, the Chhattisgarh government told the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday. After several allegations of “police… Continue Reading →

Tata Steel forced to pay out thousands of pounds over pollution #TataKills

Tata Steel, Scunthorpe 2nd February 2017 Deputy Editor, Yorkshire Clare Burnett Tata Steel has been forced to pay £73,000 to an environmental organisation over a pollution incident near its Scunthorpe site. In May 2015, after a call from the TSUK… Continue Reading →

BHIM App- Big Data, Bigger Lies #Aadhaar

Anand Teltumbde   The claim that the government will use big data analytics to trace those who illegitimately deposited old currency notes, is just another instance of using lies to score political points. Notwithstanding this hollow posturing, the way this… Continue Reading →

WSS Statement – Undue Police Processes in Gadchiroli District #Vaw

  Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS)   The impunity with which police forces have been operating in south Gadchiroli has become a matter of grave concern. The mountain of Surjagad which has been leased to Lloyd’s Chemicals… Continue Reading →

Most Australians oppose government’s $1bn Adani loan for coal railway line

More than half of Liberal voters also oppose plan to loan Indian company $1bn to build a rail line between proposed Carmichael coalmine and Abbot Point MikeySlezak A protest in Melbourne against the proposed Carmichael coalmine, which scientists say should… Continue Reading →

Why Bombay HC granting bail to Hindu Rashtra Sena men in Mohsin Shaikh murder case is worrisome

The court’s logic for favouring bail in religious hate crimes will help heighten the existing communal bias of state agencies. ARUN FERREIRA AND VERNON GONSALVES Proceedings in Justice Mridula Bhatkar’s courtroom at Bombay High Court are conducted briskly, even brusquely…. Continue Reading →

For female journalists, Mary Tyler Moore showed us the life we wanted #RIP

Remembering Mary Tyler Moore   Actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at 80. She’ll be remembered for an iconic television career and inspiring young women through “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” (Nicki DeMarco/The Washington Post) By Margaret Sullivan There was… Continue Reading →

Bastar: Hoping for peace and justice

The real hope lies with those men and women of Bastar who are speaking out courageously against injustices, and other denizens of this country who stand by them . Isha KhandelwalShalini Gera Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint The Adivasi-populated districts of Bastar in… Continue Reading →

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