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Month February 2018

India- A totally disappointing Union Budget 2018 from the Disability perspective

The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has issued the following statement: The Union Budget 2018-19 comes as a big disappointment to the disabled community in the country. It seems as though the disabled do not figure… Continue Reading →

Punjab bans sale of toxic pesticides; similar action needed by the Centre

 CSE Calls for Central government to follow suit in the interest of public health  The pesticides banned in Punjab include, Phosphamidion, Methomyl, Phorate, Triazophos and Monocrotophos, and are still used in India along with several other class I pesticides. Credit:… Continue Reading →

Exposing Union Budget 2018 Analysis from the perspectives of SC/ST

by-P. S. Krishnan History of neglect and casualness in respect of SCs and STs over the last many years across different Governments continues in the Budget 2018-19. The goal of liberating the SCs and STs from their basic vulnerabilities has… Continue Reading →

Rajasthan, West Bengal Bypoll : Congress and TMC perform clean sweep, BJP routed

Amid the excitement of 2018 Union Budget, bypoll results for five seats in two states were announced on Thursday. The Congress and TMC performed a clean sweep in Rajasthan and West Bengal respectively, while the BJP failed to open its account… Continue Reading →

India – NREGA budget for 2018-19 falls in real terms #Budget2018

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) budget for 2018-19 is Rs 55,000 crores, the same as that of this year’s in money terms. (The initial budget of Rs 48,000 crores for 2017-18 was supplemented with Rs 7,000 crores in January 2018)…. Continue Reading →

Swara Bhasker faced veiled rape threats and slut-shaming over her views on Padmaavat #WTFnews

It’s sad and disgusting Swara Bhasker faced veiled rape threats and slut-shaming over her views on Padmaavat Those trolling her response to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus have proved her right. GRIHA ATUL “Your act of thoughtlessly glorifying this misogynistic… Continue Reading →

#Budget2018- Key Demands of Agriculture Community Ignored; Push for Corporate and Commodity Farming and Trading

Big Announcement on Celebrating Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary, but Budget Ignores Gandhian Economics   High on Rhetoric, but Complete Betrayal of Farming Community. Government Lies on Achieving 50% Higher MSP than the Cost for Rabi Crops.     Significant Announcement on… Continue Reading →

Rajasthan by-election – Who is Vivek Dhakad, Congress candidate who thrashed BJP

Rajasthan Mandalgarh by-election result 2018: Rajasthan Mandalgarh by-election: In a big jolt to the incumbent Vasundhara Raje government, the Congress has snatched the Mandalgarh Lok Sabha Constituency from the BJP. Congress’ Vivek Dhakad defeated BJP’s Shakti Singh Hada by a… Continue Reading →

SC Aadhaar Hearing – Shadow is becoming larger than the man

Constitutional validity of Aadhaar, Day 5:     Senior Advocate Shyam Divan continued to present the petitioners’ case on Day 5, reading from several cases related to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). He read from the Zakharov ECHR case… Continue Reading →

My Lady Fingers Are Better Than My Bullets! #Poem

by K. P Sasi   Death pressed 3 bullets on an old man The old man uttered two words On a God that Death did not know The old man did not die He walked past with a smile. The… Continue Reading →

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