Day May 1, 2018
. Medical doctors of the World Medical Association (WMA) met in Riga in Latvia at the end of April for their 209th Council meeting. I was privileged to be there as an invited guest to represent IPPNW and to discuss… Continue Reading →
The Swedish Academy has been swamped by allegations of sexual misconduct Members of the Swedish Academy have deliberated cancelling the prize amidst several sexual misconduct allegations. Credit: Flickr By Elton Gomes Literature lovers might be in for a shocker this… Continue Reading →
A nudge is better than a push by Pritha Chatterjee , Anant Bhan | Vaccination policy is based on the premise of the public good of pushing “herd” immunity against a disease, by vaccinating healthy children.The World Immunisation Week that ended Monday offers a good… Continue Reading →
BISWAJEET BANERJEE IANS Photo File photo of a protest against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Representative image In a shocking incident four upper caste youth beat up a Dalit farmer and then… Continue Reading →
The BJP legislator also said that children should not be given undue freedom and asked parents not to give mobile phones to them. 5COMMENTS Surendra Singh has been in news for making shocking statements in the past (File) BALLIA, UP: BJP… Continue Reading →
MAKAAM STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ATROCITIES AGAINST, RAPE AND MURDER OF A MINOR GIRL FROM PASTORALIST BAKARWAL COMMUNITY IN KATHUA AND THE CONTINUING ATROCITIES AND FORCED DISPOSSESSION OF HER COMMUNITY, AND AGAINST ALL SUCH ACTS THAT VIOLATE WOMEN’S BODIES AS… Continue Reading →
Incomparable data sets, cherry-picking, and dubious statistical analysis are behind the claims of robust employment growth. Only 1.4 million jobs were added in 2017. by Mahesh Vyas | Surjit Bhalla has invented an estimate that 15 million jobs were created in 2017… Continue Reading →
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is alarmed over the escalation of intimidation and violence during the poll process in Hooghly, Birbhum, Coochbehar and other parts of West Bengal during the run-up to the panchayat elections in the… Continue Reading →
DIPANKAR BHATTACHARYA Photo by Masrat Zahra/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images File photo of labourers working in a brick kiln. Representative image Marx, argues the author, is often misunderstood and even more often, misrepresented even as the world observes his bicentenary… Continue Reading →
BHARAT DOGRA Photo by Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images A representative image of construction workers A recent survey in Delhi revealed that 90% of construction workers have not got the expected benefits despite ₹2,500 crores having been collected in Delhi… Continue Reading →