Month February 2018
Several Republicans once again side with Monsanto and put American’s health on the line. Alexandra Jacobo / NationofChange / Image Credit: The Intercept NationofChange is a nonprofit organization, and this website is funded by readers like you. Please support our work. Donate or give monthly. Republican… Continue Reading →
Ahmedabad: Protesters blocked roads and held rallies in several parts of Gujarat Sunday, including capital Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, and Patan in Mehsana district against the failure of the authorities concerned to prevent suicide of Dalit activist Bhanubhai Vanakar on Friday,… Continue Reading →
There was a huge discontent amongst the voters regarding this lacklustre performance of the Election Commission. Newsclick Image by Sumit In a dismal performance of the election commission at Tripura Assembly in an unprecedented manner, over 15 % of the… Continue Reading →
by- Pinjra Tod This update comes somewhat late, but it took us time to recover from the exhaustion of the last 2 weeks and to absorb the beautiful experience that was the public meeting on the afternoon of 15th February,… Continue Reading →
by BAIDIK BHATTACHARYA We live in strange times. A judge in the country’s Supreme Court believes anyone challenging the government’s decision to impose Aadhar-based surveillance regime is following an “NGO line.” Another judge wonders in the court whether “one nation… Continue Reading →
Statement on behalf of the All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) and co-petitioners Several health groups expressed their strong disappointment with the order of the Supreme Court (SC) of February 12, 2018, which refused to review or recall an… Continue Reading →
#GenderAnd: The law against manual scavenging can be successfully implemented if the State accepts that the practise of manual scavenging exists. Ashif Shaikh The media has finally started to report on manual scavengers suffocating to death in sewage holes, but… Continue Reading →
Jyoti Shelar “The children of farmers who killed themselves cope with acute mental trauma, but they say very little. Even worse, no one asks.” Kartik Kachre, whose father Prakash Kachre committed suicide, is seen with other children in Shantivan in… Continue Reading →
Source: Economic Times | The Hindu | Image Courtesy: geospatialworld The National Green Tribunal criticised the Government agencies for wasting public money in the name of cleaning the Ganges. The Tribunal told the Center, “Not a single drop of river Ganga has been cleaned… Continue Reading →
RIYAZ WANI| At 3.30 pm on January 10, Asifa Bano, an eight year old Bakerwal girl left her home at Rassana in Kathua to graze horses in the nearby forest but didn’t return. A day later, her family registered a… Continue Reading →