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Month August 2017

Supreme Court lambasts Government – Do you want to destroy the Taj Mahal ?

Supreme Court criticizes government over application seeking nod to cut over 400 trees to lay down an additional railway track between Mathura and Delhi SC’s scathing remarks came during the hearing of an application seeking its nod to cut over… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court panel to assess 241 cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots

Agencies The Supreme Court Court was informed in March that 199 cases were closed as the trial had gone cold; Additional Solicitor General submits on Wednesday that 42 cases were further closed,charge sheets filed in 12 and probe is pending… Continue Reading →

Activists, Scholars’ Respond to various issues raised by Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO UIDAI

In response to the press conference, the media reported Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO UIDAI, as saying that our findings “arise from a skewed approach” and “misinterpretations”. Further, it was reported that according to him, “to claim that Aadhaar is responsible for denial… Continue Reading →

Gorakhpur Tragedy: Administration paid no heed to local journalist’s regular reports on the issue

By Siddhant Mohan Just a few hours after news of the tragic death of children in Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical college flashed across the screens in India, the official Twitter handle of Uttar Pradesh government declared that deaths were not because… Continue Reading →

Gorakhpur: Pimple drug that can beat acute encephalitis stuck in red tape

Many children could have been saved if Minocycline was part of treatment protocol, say researchers.  By Kanchan Srivastava |  In 2008, scientists at the National Brain Research Centre, Manesar in Haryana demonstrated that Minocycline, an inexpensive antibiotic often prescribed for pimples, can… Continue Reading →

Latest Aadhaar leak exposes security flaws in app developed by NIC

In recent months, websites maintained by NIC have inadvertently published the Aadhaar numbers and financial details of millions of citizens.   Aman Sethi and Samarth Bansal Hindustan Times, New Delhi Woman applying for Aadhaar card.(File Photo) Crucial security flaws in… Continue Reading →

India didn’t act against cow vigilantes, violence against minorities up: US report

There was an increase (during 2016) in violent incidents by cow protection groups against mostly Muslim victims, including killings, mob violence, assaults, and intimidation.” IANS  |  New York 63 attacks on Muslims since 2010, 97% attacks after Modi govt came to… Continue Reading →

#GoodNews: Transwomen on Track to Become Paramedics in West Bengal

In East Midnapore district of West Bengal, transwomen are studying hard to become trained paramedics. Image used for representational purposes. (Photo: Reuters) Sahana Ghosh Twenty-four-year-old Jiya was once forced to dance at gunpoint. Today, the plucky transwoman from West Bengal is… Continue Reading →

India – 34 farmer suicides reported in Maharashtra’s Marathwada within 8 days #HallofShame

580 Marathwada farmers ended life in last 8 months Bhavika Jain Mumbai: Dry Spell Adds To Woes In Hinterland Thirty-four farmers from Marathwada have committed suicide between August 6 and 13 due to crop failure because of the prolonged dry… Continue Reading →

The architecture of censorship

Gautam Bhatia17 AUGUST 2017 00:02 IST Censorship exists in India to the extent it does because it is both easy and efficient to accomplish Independence Day is an occasion to celebrate freedom from a colonial regime that not only cast… Continue Reading →

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