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U.N. Probes Canada’s Neglect of Aboriginal Women #Vaw

By Sally Armstrong WeNews guest author Sunday, March 9, 2014 The first CEDAW investigation in a developed country is a “big black eye for Canada,” says one activist. The findings may not produce government action, but can stir activism, says… Continue Reading →

What Sunderbans’ closed schools say about climate change

IANS | Mar 3, 2014, 08.46 PM IST   KOLKATA: At the Boatkhali Kadambini Pre-primary School on Sagar Island in the Sunderbans, classes stop for five-six days each, twice a month, during June to August. Sea water invades the classrooms to a height of one-and-a-half feet,… Continue Reading →

Delhi records highest IMR among metros, Chennai lowest

  Special ArrangementA low birth weight child at the Institute of Child Health at Egmore in Chennai. In Delhi, 64% newborns die within the first 28 days The National Capital had the worst Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) among the four… Continue Reading →

Democracy bulldozed to clear way for nuclear industry: villagers protest against farcical public hearing

DiaNuke correspondent Why does the government brutally silence local dissent and turns the public hearings invariably into cruel jokes, when it is so sure about the shining claims of nuclear energy? If it is the safest technology and the best… Continue Reading →

India’s Muslims Wary of Rising Political Star- Modi

By GARDINER HARRISMARCH 3, 2014 Men listened to Narendra Modi at a political rally in Lucknow, India, on Sunday. Mr. Modi is the candidate from India’s main opposition group, the right-of-center Bharatiya Janata Party.CreditSami Siva for The New York Times Continue… Continue Reading →

3 yrs after : Radioactive waste piles up in Tokyo area

  THE ASAHI SHIMBUN   Kikuji Enomoto wanted to live his retirement in peace while helping to beautify his neighborhood, but he is now stuck residing near more than 500 tons of radioactive waste.   The waste, consisting of incinerator… Continue Reading →

Gujarat model of development: What would it do to the Indian economy ?

by Rohini Hensman, 7 March The cornerstone of Modi’s and the BJP’s campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections is that the UPA has ruined the Indian economy and the BJP led by Modi will make it boom. These claims have been… Continue Reading →

Political Prisoner Marshall Eddie Conway Released After 44 Years

  Wednesday, 05 March 2014 09:09 By Susie Day, Truthout | Report Robert Boyle, Marshall Eddie Conway and Phillip G. Dantes. (Photo: Laura Whitehorn) A small hearing March 4, 2014, in an obscure courtroom at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City ended with… Continue Reading →

Rs 20,000 per head dinner date with AAP party chief Arvind Kejriwal

Lok Sabha elections 2014: A Rs 20,000 per head dinner date with Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal By Shilpa Phadnis & N D Shiva Kumar, TNN | 8 Mar, 2014, 08.47AM IST BANGALORE: Not under but at the table; that,… Continue Reading →

Khabar Lahariya: Making rural media a force for change #Sundayreading

One major problem the women reporters faced during news gathering was being continuously mocked at by the people, writes Rupesh Dutta. These women reporters from the rural parts of UP and Bihar have broken every social stereotype to set an… Continue Reading →

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