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POSCO- A battle that hasn’t been won in nine years

With numerous court cases, regulatory rulings and pending environmental clearances behind it, the South Korean steel major POSCO still persists with its plans in India. Kanchi Kohli looks at the latest in the case and wonders why.   05 May… Continue Reading →

Time to stem the rot

Tuesday, 6 May 2014 – 6:00am IST Updated: Monday, 5 May 2014 – 8:52pm IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Devinder Sharma By the time the ninth round of voting finishes on May 12, it will also be time… Continue Reading →

Were Top Managers at Neslté Connected to the Murder of a Colombian Union Activist?

  By Maddy French Global Research, May 05, 2014Region: Latin America & Caribbean Theme: Law and Justice, Police State & Civil Rights Image: Luciano Romero, murdered Nestlé trade union activist. This article was first published by WhoWhatWhy. Switzerland’s highest court… Continue Reading →

Who Is Behind the Pain Killer Epidemic? Big Pharma, Of Course

The FDA approved Zohydro, with five to 10 times the abuse potential as its predecessor, OxyContin. Photo Credit: Artem Furman / Shutterstock.com May 6, 2014  | There is good news and bad news when it comes to the nation’s decade-long opioid/heroin… Continue Reading →

#Sundayreading – The shocking artist

GEORGINA MADDOX In this show Chintan Upadhyay revives his stuffed toys, making them less erotic and more poignant Gallery Espace In this show Chintan Upadhyay revives his stuffed toys, making them less erotic and more poignant In this show Chintan… Continue Reading →

Delhi – Now, buy condoms at Metro stations

TNN | May 2, 2014, 02.15 AM IST So far, Delhi Metro stations have had shopping malls, coffee shops and restaurants, and food and drinks vending machines. Now, stations will also have condom vending machines. NEW DELHI: So far, Delhi… Continue Reading →

Hunger Death: Another Birhor Tribal succumbs to starvation

By Jitendra 10/29/11 Email Print SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend Bookmark and Share RANCHI – The death of Ratni Birhor, a member of diminishing tribe, Birhor tribe, due to starvation has raised serious concerns over the functioning of Government. Ratni, 55, died on… Continue Reading →

Action Alert- Tell PepsiCo cut Conflict Palm Oil and Protect Rainforests !

  The secret is out. I know about the hidden ingredient PepsiCo is putting into kid’s snack foods and other products. Conflict Palm Oil is enslaving children, killing endangered orangutans, and destroying the rainforest. I will not stand for it… Continue Reading →

#India – Manual Scavenging – Raising a stink

Prakash SINGH/AFP A manual scavenger carries human waste after cleaning dry toilets in Nekpur village, Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The court noted with dismay that dry latrines continued to exist notwithstanding the presence of the 1993 Act. The Supreme Court’s intervention has… Continue Reading →

Seeds of freedom

Apr 23, 2014, Vandana Shiva The jurisprudence of intellectual property rights related to life forms is, in fact, a jurisprudence of ‘Bio Nullius’ — life empty of intelligence. The Earth is defined as dead matter. For thousands of years farmers,… Continue Reading →

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