Month February 2017
RAJEEV KHANNA| (Arya Kumar Sharma) The capping of coronary stent prices by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has put centrestage the issue of fleecing by private doctors, hospitals and healthcare professionals. And amid the ongoing debate, a senior doctor… Continue Reading →
RAJEEV KHANNA| (Arya Sharma/Catch News) The woes of Punjab’s farmers seem to be unending. This time it is the potato farmers standing at the crossroads facing the devastation of their crop. The ripple effect of demonetisation brought about by the… Continue Reading →
DURGA M SENGUPTA| That tug at the hemline, the careful tucking away of bra straps, a slip of cloth worn to hide cleavage, dupattas to cover up when in need, jackets for bare arms, leggings for bare legs… Women are… Continue Reading →
He may be president now but Hollywood is not in the mood to pay obeisance. Vinayak Chakravorty La La Land, sunshine star of the Best Film race at the Oscars this year, was rudely yanked off its 15 seconds of… Continue Reading →
Serious concerns were raised regarding the UID/Aadhaar project and other digital platforms undermining citizen’s rights, in a workshop organised at the Sambhaavnaa Institute. Their particular concern was that the UID/Aadhaar is destroying people’s right to obtain justice, equality, liberty, and… Continue Reading →
ABVP, SFS supporters clash on PU campus Police round up 8 students, 4 each from both parties; footage to be given to disciplinary panel What the chief security officer says The PU chief security officer said the footage of the… Continue Reading →
The disgraceful pastime of Chhattisgarh cops — By Kay Benedict | IN Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, the police first brand young tribal women as Naxalite sympathisers and use this ruse to raid their homes and villages. (Women recruits in Maoist camps are… Continue Reading →
Behind a 2002 riot case compromise, a village empty of Muslims, with the accused now its sarpanch by Satish Jha | Hasinaben and Sakina Fakir, the only two Muslims left in Paliyad village, say they are still fighting the case…. Continue Reading →
From Cambodia to California, industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die, local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And booming urbanisation means the demand for this increasingly valuable resource is unlikely to let up Vince Beiser A boat… Continue Reading →
Lorraine Chow President Donald Trump has signed another executive order aimed at eliminating regulations that he claims are damaging to the U.S. economy, but some worry that the measure will roll back critical environmental protections. The order, called “Enforcing the… Continue Reading →