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Month August 2017

A Modern-Day Genocide is Unfolding in the Narmada Valley

Nearly 40,000 Families are Still Living in Thriving Narmada Villages :: Rehabilitation Sites are in Shambles. Yet the Madhya Pradesh Govt Prepares to Evict or Drown these Villages based on Falsehoods, Even Before Rehabilitation is Done, Even When Many Deserving… Continue Reading →

Global Day of Action against Vedanta  – August 14th , AGM in London #mustshare

Global day of action against Vedanta’s AGM   Red paint spilled at the entrance to Vedanta’s 2012 AGM   The annual Global Day of Action against Vedanta will take place on Monday 14th August 2017, as their AGM is conducted in London. While… Continue Reading →

Protests across India against arrest of Medha Patkar and others fasting since 27 July on August 9, 2017

Protests in various parts of India against the brutal arrest of Medha Patkar, Pushpa Bahan, Dharmendra Bhai and 7 more people sitting on fast since 27th July. Bhagwati Bahan and Rukmani Bahan continuing fast along with 10 people at Chikhalda… Continue Reading →

NWMI Condemns Online Abuse of Dhanya Rajendran, Demands Safe Online Spaces #StandWithDhanya

  The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the online sexual abuse and trolling of Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of the digital news website, The News Minute. Dhanya Rajendran, a member of NWMI, was abused for her August 4… Continue Reading →

Those Who Boycotted #QuitIndia Preach Nationalism Today

BJP’s nationalism today reflects narrow-mindedness with which RSS perceived India’s struggle for independence. (Photo: The Quint) By Ashutosh India celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement on 8 August. It was this movement that had put India on an irrevocable… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh: CRPF trooper accused of molesting Dantewada schoolgirls arrested #Vaw

A Chhattisgarh police team has been sent to Uttarakhand to arrest the other CRPF trooper allegedly involved in the incident. Ritesh Mishra Hindustan Times, Raipur Two CRPF personnel have been accused of molesting girls after an event at their hostel… Continue Reading →

EXPOSED- Food Ministry, Rural Ministry Have No Evidence to Back Government’s Claims on Savings from #Aadhaar

  New Delhi- Social activists and  researchers  today exposed the claims of the government about savings due to Aadhaar and about the benefits of Aadhaar in welfare programs and schemes.   On February 7, 2017, the Prime Minister in the… Continue Reading →

India blocks access to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine #Censorship

By  Nikhil Pahwa  In what is an inexplicable instance of censorship, India appears to have blocked access to the Internet Archive (also known as the Internet Wayback Machine). The block seems to be new, and is currently propagating. We checked, and on visiting… Continue Reading →

Hiroshima Peace Declaration on 72nd A-bomb anniversary

In this Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, photo, organizers of a peace prayer event light up torches on floats on the Motoyasu River next to the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, on the eve of the 72nd anniversary of… Continue Reading →

Fatal Heights: The Untold Deaths Of India’s Construction Workers

A first-of-its-kind national record of the death of construction workers, compiled by NDTV, sheds light on the dark side of India‘s real estate boom. by Sreenivasan Jain and Sonal Matharu | Workers in India’s construction sector are forced to work under alarmingly… Continue Reading →

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