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Privacy for the other five billion #Aadhaar #UID #Biometrics

Privacy International 29 May 2013 A US Army soldier takes a biometric scan of an Afghan police officer before paying his monthly salary, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, October 2012 REUTERS/Erik De Castro The following piece originally appeared on Slate. It was written by… Continue Reading →

#RIP- Rituparno Ghosh, national award winning filmmaker, no more

  _ _ Rituparno Ghosh, national award winning filmmaker, dies PTI | May 30, 2013, 11.04 AM IST Acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh passes away at 49 KOLKATA: Noted filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh on Thursday died of cardiac arrest at his… Continue Reading →

Women’s conference slammed for allowing Indian MP accused of #Rape #Vaw

Thu May 30, 2013 5:24am IST NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An international conference on women’s health and empowerment currently taking place in Malaysia has sparked controversy in India after it allowed Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien, who… Continue Reading →

#India – Salwa Judum’s record: 99 allegations of rape, not a single FIR

by Pallavi Polanki , First Post When the Supreme Court in 2011 banned the Salwa Judum, a state-sponsored tribal militia propped up to counter Maoists in Chhattisgarh, it ordered the state government to investigate and register FIRs against all alleged criminal activities… Continue Reading →

Subramanian Swamy tweets ‘being gay is a mental disorder’ #WTFnews #Homophobia

Former cabinet minister and president of Janata Party Subramanian Swamy‘s anti-gay tweet attracts criticism 29 MAY 2013 | BY ANNA LEACH Indian politician Subramanian Swamy, the president of the Janata Party, wrote ‘Being gay is a mental disorder’ in a tweet on… Continue Reading →

Anti-Vedanta campaign gathers steam

TNN May 28, 2013, 12.17AM IST   KORAPUT: With the Supreme Court leaving it to villagers to decide the fate of Vedanta‘s mining plan at Niyamgiri hills at gram sabhas, the anti-mining campaign at villages situated in and around Niyamgiri hills… Continue Reading →

Sole convict in Suryanelli rape case retracts charge against PJ Kurien #WTFnews Timing ?

PTI  THODUPUZHA, KERALA, MAY 29, 2013 | UPDATED 18:18 IST TAGS: Suryanelli sex scandal |Suryanelli rape case | Sole convict Dharmarajan | P J Kurien | Congress leader |Suryanelli rape victim | Kurien| Kerala court | Kerala | Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien In yet another twist to the nearly two-decade-oldSuryanelli sex scandal, the lone… Continue Reading →

Women Deliver unaware of charges against Kurien, is that Enough ? #Vaw #Rape

AARTI DHAR, The Hindu The HinduP J Kurien. File photo “Had we known of the controversy, we would not have permitted PJ Kurien to speak at the side event,” say the organisers of Women Deliver conference With twitterati in India… Continue Reading →

#India – “Tribal autonomy answer to Naxalism’’ #Maoists

May 29, 2013 12:30:50 AM | By Pramod Chunchuwar Mumbai : Killing Naxals is not the solution, says the Congress MLA from Gadchiroli, Dr Namdev Usendi, a medical practitioner. On Monday, home minister R R Patil and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray had… Continue Reading →

Stop cutting trees for Posco plant: tribunal

Livemint National green tribunal says large number of trees are being cut without permission of any competent authority Neha Sethi  |  Ruchira Singh     First Published: Tue, May 28 2013. 11 39 PM IST Environmental clearance for the project was suspended by the… Continue Reading →

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