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Month December 2015

UIDAI plans to formalize child enrolments for #Aadhaar #UID

  Once the entire population is covered, it will be the newborns who will get added and allocated Aadhaar numbers—a continuous process < Saurabh Kumar The Unique Identification Authority of India plans to identify clusters of five to seven schools… Continue Reading →

As Sea Levels Rise, Are Coastal Nuclear Plants Ready?

Some low-lying plants face a watery future, but the legacy of Fukushima is spurring action. The San Onofre plant on California’s coast has shutdown, but there’s disagreement over storing its toxic waste close to the shoreline. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK BOSTER,… Continue Reading →

Poisoned legacy of Bhopal: Campaigners call on Dow Chemical to answer criminal charges

31 years after toxic explosion In 1984, an explosion at a pesticide plant exposed 500,000 people to a cloud of toxic gas in India. The tragedy killed 25,000 people and activists claim it is causing deformities in children today. Andrew… Continue Reading →

Corporate games: can mining baron Anil Agarwal fry fish in its own oil?

ICD/ CATCH NEWS ADITI ROY GHATAK & PARANJOY GUHA THAKURTA | The case Anil Agarwal‘s Vedanta India plans to merge with oil company Cairn India Cairn India shareholder R Dasgupta has moved court against the merger Dasgupta alleges minority shareholders… Continue Reading →

Juvenile Law: A Bloodthirsty Media is Dangerous for Democracy

SEEMA MUSTAFA. Tuesday, December 22, 2015 NEW DELHI: Her family wants the young girl raped so brutally in a moving bus in Delhi to be known by her name Jyoti Singh. But we in the media are stuck on Nirbhaya, for reasons… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra reports highest ever farmer suicides in 2015

 ALOK DESHPANDE Last week, a day after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a Rs 10,512 crore package for Maharashtra’s farmers while refusing to declare complete loan waiver, Vishal Pawar, a farmer in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal district ended his life on Thursday…. Continue Reading →

Unethical ways in which media has reported Hema Upadhyay murder case

.   The unethical ways in which most media outlets have reported Hema Upadhyay and Harish Bhambhani murder case, pointing accusing finger at Chintan Upadhyay. Subhashish Nath‘s post   on Facebook  asks counter questions to those horrible accusations.   Conjecture… Continue Reading →

Stones Arrive At Ayodhya For Ram Mandir, Mulayam Singh (Nero) Fiddles

THE CITIZEN BUREAU  Two truckloads of stones arrive at Ayodhya for construction of Ram mandir AYODHYA: Twenty three years after the demolition of the Babri mosque and construction of a ‘makeshift temple’ at the site in Ayodhya, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad… Continue Reading →

Saint Teresa? Thanks, but no thanks #AwardWapsi

Sainthood Could Be A Comedown For Mother T Jug Suraiya Poor Mother Teresa. Why on earth or, rather, why in heaven ­ are they saddling her with sainthood? The Catholic Church ­ headed by a truly enlightened Pope, who has… Continue Reading →

Eat your words , Advocate General of Maharashtra

EAT YOUR WORDS, ADVOCATE GENERAL! Mumbai Mirror | Dec 24, 2015, 12.00 AM IST By Shanta Gokhale The abandonment with which potent words are flung around, with little attention to their meanings, implications, associations or usages, is astonishing to see. One has got… Continue Reading →

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