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Day December 22, 2017

Open Letter to Tamil Nadu CM from 85 year old Dr. P.S. Krishnan, IAS (retd) on Dalit Atrocities

Urgent Action to be Taken by the Chief Minister to Effectively Prevent and Severely Punish Atrocities Against SCs and STs including Partners in Dalit and non-Dalit Marriages of Choice   Dear Hon’ble Chief Minister,   I am an 85-year old… Continue Reading →

Australia- W&J Traditional Owners win interim injunction against Govt and Adani in Federal Court #Goodnews

Court order against Qld Government preventing native title extinguishment Injunction hearing set for 30 January 2018, trial in March Brisbane,  Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) representatives, seeking to prevent the extinguishment of their native title by the Queensland Government for Adani,… Continue Reading →

Koodankulam Nuclear Reactors are Dysfunctional, but the Government Remains in Denial

DECEMBER 18, 2017 Nityanand Jayaraman The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plants (KKNPP) are perhaps the World’s Most Expensive Pieces of Useless Machinery. Built at a cost of Rs. 17,020 crore, KKNPP Unit 1 was synchronised with the grid on 22 October,… Continue Reading →

India – Manufacturer of EVMs says its products can be hacked

JKR Staff  – After establishing the possible nexus between the beneficiaries of Gujarat Gas Scam and the manufacturer of microchips used in EVMs, Janta Ka Reporter investigated into the so-called unbreakable security features of EVMs. At least that’s what the technical paper provided on… Continue Reading →

Nuking Narmada: uprooting lives and compounding climate crisis impacts

Kumar Sundaram A protest at the district headquarters in Mandla, held on 12 December 2017 The building of the proposed Chutka nuclear plant in the tribal-dominated Mandla district in central India will mean the local population will be displaced – for… Continue Reading →

India – Ministry of Women and Child development cautions public against filling up fake forms

The Women and Child Development Ministry has once again cautioned general public against filling up fake forms in name of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. In a statement, the Ministry said, since the beginning of the year, it has been receiving… Continue Reading →

AP-IIT student ends life as father waits at gate to meet him

STAFF REPORTER NUZVID (KRISHNA) , DECEMBER 22, 2017 01:35 IST A file photo of the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Nuzvid. He secured first class marks in the recent semester, says institution A third-year engineering student of the Rajiv… Continue Reading →

India – Poor social indicators must make Gujarat rethink its growth model

Shockingly, the state’s infant mortality rate is worse than Jharkhand; it also has the fourth lowest teacher student ratio in the country    Handbook of Statistics on Indian States by the Reserve Bank of India reveals the dark underbelly of… Continue Reading →

Pune: Domestic helps protest against compulsory linking of Aadhaar, PAN

A press release issued after the protest stated that it was withdrawn after the Labour Commissionerate assured action against the ‘erring officials’ By: Express News Service |HUNDREDS OF domestic helps from different parts of the city held a protest outside the office… Continue Reading →

Why Gulzar wrote a Partition novel for our times

It would take centuries to tear us apart in ways that we don’t grow together. CHINKI SINHA “She doesn’t understand one may cut the mountain into two, but people? It’s a hard task, Bhai to cut one people into two…. Continue Reading →

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