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Day February 6, 2016

Nuclear plant at Kudankulam stops power generation because of steam leak

349 0 0 AA Chennai: The 1,000-MW nuclear power plant at Kudankulam stopped generation on Thursday night following a steam leak, Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO) said. The unit was restarted only on 30 January after nearly seven months… Continue Reading →

India – 70 generations ago, caste stopped people inter-mixing

Subodh Varma & Sharon Fernandes | TNN |   Study traces Indians’ origins to five ancestral groups. India‘s present diverse population arose from five types of ancient populations that freely mixed and interbred for thousands of years before the rigid… Continue Reading →

A farmer’s wake-up call to India: try to understand why we die PARTH MN@parthpunter |16 December 2015 The tragedy Marathwada has seen 1,000 farmer suicides in 2015 alone Successive droughts have rendered the farmers unable to pay off their debts… Continue Reading →

Doubting India’s ‘fastest-growing’ GDP stats, economists devise their own

Reuters | Feb 5, 2016, 10.46 AM IST   While that number appears strong, the lack of a historical series – still in the works – makes it hard to conc… Read More MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: From rural motorbike sales to… Continue Reading →

Soni Sori- Tribal activist and AAP leader gets letter threatening to burn her alive

Zee Media Bureau New Delhi:  Soni Sori, Tribal Activist and AAP leader has reportedly received an anonymous letter threatening to burn her alive if she entered Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh. Soni Sori has received three hand written pamphlets which branded… Continue Reading →

UN study “contradicts” Make in India claim: Urban population growth to slow down in decades to come

Urban population (%): UN estimates By Rajiv Shah A recent United Nationsreport predicts that, contrary to Government of India claims that Make in India campaign will boost urbanization, the country’s urban population is unlikely to grow fast enough. The report… Continue Reading →

Caste clashes in Madurai as caste-Hindu parent takes offence to Dalit boy sitting cross-legged

Both the families have since attacked each other. TNM Staff| Friday, February 5, 2016 – 09:19 Image: Dalitnation A father-son duo belonging to an upper caste attacked a 16-year-old Dalit boy in Madurai following an argument at the boys’ school,… Continue Reading →

Forest staff molesting women in Sunderbans #Vaw #WTFnews

  Forest staff molesting women in Sunderbans, claim activists KOLKATA BUREAU AP Environmental activists and legal experts, who recently visited Sunderbans, accuse government of negligence in protecting forest-dependent communities. Activists say the primary concern of the forest department officials is… Continue Reading →

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