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#India – Meet Swapna , First transgender to take civil services Exam #gender #sexuality

M. Vandhana The Hindu S. Swapna,( centre) a transgender, appearing for TNPSC Group-II Services examination in Madurai on Sunday. Photo:S. James It was a moment of victory for 23-year-old transgender Swapna, when she appeared for the group II examination conducted… Continue Reading →

#Tehelkacase – Build up Resistance and sustained agitations against all such cases

CONDEMN THE TARUN TEJPAL SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE   BUILD UP RESISTANCE AND SUSTAINED AGITATIONS AGAINST ALL SIMILAR CASES         The unfolding of Tarun Tejpal’s deeds and the attempted cover up have again raised the question of incessant… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE – 29th Anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster

At a Press Conference today, leaders of five organizations of the survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal presented their list of demands on the occasion of the 29th Anniversary of the disaster. The leaders expressed hope that… Continue Reading →

Saudi family hang Ethiopian maid from hook – brutally beat her #Vaw

Saudi Arabian Family hang their Ethiopian maid upside down from a hook and beat her to a bloody pulp. She is drenched in blood from the whips and sticks that the Saudi men use to beat her. Non-European Foreign workers… Continue Reading →

#India – Tehelka, Jhatka and now Tamasha #mustread

DECEMBER 2, 2013 Guest post by Satya Sagar Eight years ago I remember listening to Tarun Tejpal in Bangalore as he held forth on how the news media could change the world for the better. It was a gathering of… Continue Reading →

#India – MongoDB, CIA funded company will join with UIDAI #aadhaar #WTFnews

  MongoDB startup hired by Aadhaar got funds from CIA By Lison Joseph, ET Bureau | 3 Dec, 2013, 04.00AM IST  Post a Comment The yet to be announced contract between MongoDB, part-funded by the US’ CIA and UIDAI for… Continue Reading →

#India – Parliament should debate #deathpenalty

S. VIJAY KUMAR, The Hindu The HinduFormer CBI director D.R. Kaarthikeyan. File photo: G. Moorthy Former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation D.R. Kaarthikeyan has called for a special session of Parliament to debate whether India should abolish death… Continue Reading →

#India – Call for developing DNA identification cards

Hyderabad: DNA identification cards can be developed for Indian citizens to serve as a single comprehensive identity cards, said speakers at a conference on DNA here Saturday.Such DNA fingerprinting card with unique marker can not only be a single comprehensive… Continue Reading →

#India – Data fudged for mining clearance #WTFnews

Sugandh Juneja [1] Issue Date: 2013-12-15 Iron ore mines in Goa also concealed facts to get environmental clearance, shows report SEVERAL mines in Goa fudged data in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) to get clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment… Continue Reading →

#India – Reliance and right-wing politics gain a foothold in Raghav Bahl’s media empire

The Network Effect By RAHUL BHATIA | December 1, 2013 GURINDER OSAN / AP PHOTO Raghav Bahl and Mukesh Ambani in a CNBC-TV18 programme from 2007.   |ONE| AS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FOOD SECURITY BILL played on displays around the room, Rajdeep Sardesai took… Continue Reading →

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