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Dear BJP, India needs green cities, not smart cities #WAKEUP

Statement by S P Udayakumar, on behalf of The Green Tamil/Pachai Tamizhagam The long list of the BJP government’s ‘long on rhetoric but short on content’ projects such as Swatch Bharat, ‘Make in India,’ and ‘Digital India’ gains yet another… Continue Reading →

Delhi govt cover for 29 facing criminal cases #wakeup #WTFnews

ByDhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Mar 14, 2013, Over 4,300 personnel drawn from Delhi Police (2,546), CRPF (686), Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (558), Meghalaya Police (171), ITBP (132), Nagaland Armed Police (98), Sikkim Police (86) and CISF (27) have been deployed to protect 436… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra faces worst drought in 40 years #wakeup

ByPrafulla Marpakwar, TNN | Mar 9, 2013, A high-ranking bureaucrat said situation in five districts—Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed and Osmanbad—is so bad that the existing drinking water will last only till the end of this month. MUMBAI: Summer may still be a… Continue Reading →

Privatisation of water supply set in motion #wakeupcall

SATURDAY, 04 AUGUST 2012 00:08 RAJESH KUMAR | NEW DELHI Following Planning Commission’s directions, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has approved a proposal to involve Public Private Partnership (PPP) for better distribution and maintenance of water supply in Malviya Nagar, Mehrauli… Continue Reading →

India moving from providing healthcare to only managing the services #wakeupcall

Govt ready with radical health plan State’s role to diminish from provider to manager, making way for private firms, individual practitioners Vidya Krishnan, livemint.com  New Delhi: The government is set to relinquish its role as a provider of primary healthcare,… Continue Reading →

Greenland ice sheet melted at unprecedented rate during July #Wakeupcall

Scientists at Nasa admitted they thought satellite readings were a mistake after images showed 97% surface melt over four days Suzanne Goldenberg US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 24 July 2012 22.48 BST The Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four… Continue Reading →

BJP IT cell official’s tweet asks people to kill JNU professors and students #WTFnews

If you thought the controversy over Shilpi Tewari, the former aide of Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani, posting doctored video of Kanhaiya Kumar to build a case for sedition was an aberration, think again. An active member of GujaratBJP’s IT cell… Continue Reading →

Maharshtra – 2012 drought worse than in 1972; study blames govt mishandling

Ketaki Ghoge , Hindustan times , April 4, 2013 MUMBAI: The drought looming in one-third of the state has been compared to that in 1972. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, among others, termed it as worse than the one the… Continue Reading →

Mumbai Train Blast -Wife of blast accused demands relief #mentaltroture #harassment

Mumbai, dhns, march 12, 2013 Saeedun-Nissa (42), wife of Mohammed Ali, one of the accused of 2006 Mumbai train blasts, has sought medical compensation as well as action against Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials for allegedly subjecting her to mental torture… Continue Reading →

Film on how a dalit women’s collective rose up against the failing public health system #Mustwatch

  Directed by-Vijaya Kumar Produced by : Jagruti (http://www.jagruti.org ) Duration :23 mins Language:Kannada with English subtitles. Synopsis of Guna Mukhi  GUNA MUKHI, reconstructs the narrative of how a dalit women’s collective in a small village in Belgaum district.Karnataka, defied class,… Continue Reading →

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