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Day December 26, 2014

Kashmir Law student #Acidattack – culprit’s family turns him over to cops #Vaw

Two weeks after acid attack, By Anil Raina, Mumbai Mirror | Dec 26, 2014, 12.44 AM IST Top: Fareen, a law student, protests the acid attack in Srinagar on December 12; Above: IGP Mir at a press meet on Thursday Two youth including Omar… Continue Reading →

Why we can’t educate racism away

(Spencer Platt/Getty Images) RYAN COOPER | DECEMBER 25, 2014 How prejudiced are Americans? The internet knows. Whether it’s racism, sexism, cissexism, transphobia, classism, sizeism, or ableism, online residents are watching out for it and pointing it out at tremendous volume. Whole tumblrs are dedicated… Continue Reading →

Make in India – A critical examination of an economic strategy

This is a guest post by LEILA GAUTHAM ‘Make in India’ is now an all-pervasive catchphrase – every newspaper and television channel trumpeting the Modi’s ‘clarion call’ to investors – but surprisingly empty in terms of substance. The website is flashy and vastly… Continue Reading →

Press Release- Justice Sachar junks F.D.I. in Insurance and Coal Mines Bill

Justice Rajindar Sachar former President of People Union for Civil Liberties has issued the following statement:   The Central Government decision to promulgate Ordinances for enhanced F.D.I. in Insurance and Coal Mines Bill is absolutely illegal and fraud on the Constitution of… Continue Reading →

Who funds political parties? 90 percent of donations came from corporates #WTFnews

by FP Staff  Dec 25, 2014 09:25 IST Corporates and business houses provided 90 percent donations to national political parties in 2013-14 while BJP was the only party not to furnish details of financial assistance to the Election Commission, advocacy group… Continue Reading →

Christian couple booked under MP’s anti-conversion law #WTFnews

Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal |Posted: December 25, 2014 3:40 pm | Updated: December 25, 2014 3:50 pm A Christian couple was taken into custody under the state’s anti-conversion law from Bitnera village, about 30 kms from district headquarters Khargone, after a… Continue Reading →

Assam violence: 7-year-old boy shot 7 times #WTFnews

TNN | Dec 26, 2014, 04.55 AM IST Violence-affected Indian tribal Adivasi children. (AP photo) GUWAHATI: Seven-year-old Kalu Todu, who is battling for his life at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH), took seven bullets as Bodo militants went on rampage in Assam’s… Continue Reading →

#Gharwapsi – shadow: No X’mas in church near Aligarh, security up #WTFnews

Security deployed at the church in Asroi. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna) Written by Kaunain Sherrif | Aligarh | It is Christmas, but there are no signs of celebrations at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Asroi village. The church is… Continue Reading →

Delhi #Acidattack on woman doctor – Jilted doctor friend plotted #Vaw #WTFnews

Raj Shekhar,TNN | Dec 26, 2014, 12.33 AM IST NEW DELHI: The barbaric acid attack on a 30-year-old woman doctor in west Delhi was the handiwork of her “best friend” and doctor colleague, Ashok Yadav, who hired two minor boys for the… Continue Reading →

Goa’s Ghost Mines – Face of iron ore mining set to change

Face of iron ore mining set to change forever with stricter rules, greater transparency By Megha Mandavia, ET Bureau | 25 Dec, 2014, 04.00AM IST Twenty-seven year old Rajesh Sulebhavikar, hailing from the mining belt of North Goa, is still struggling… Continue Reading →

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