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Month June 2017

JSA- Unscientific Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) promoted under Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana

To, Shri Ananth Kumar Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Government of India New Delhi 110 001 Subject: Unscientific Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) promoted under Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Dear Sir, We, the members of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Indian chapter… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra -Debt-ridden farmer’s suicide note says `don’t cremate me till CM visits

‘ Radheshyam Jadhav & Vivek Waghmode Pune: TNN Tension prevailed in Karmala taluka of Solapur district on Thursday after a suicide note left behind by a 42-yearold farmer mentioned his body should not be cremated till CM Devendra Fadnavis visited… Continue Reading →

Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a literary castration of the hypermasculine nation

In its dogged refusal to become a thing of beauty, it celebrates the androgynously loving, hideous leftovers of 21st century Indianness. ANGSHUKANTA CHAKRABORTY   The prefatory shroud that nestles the gravestone on the cover jacket of Arundhati Roy’s second novel,… Continue Reading →

Momo is a kille ,Meat is a disease… Milk is the cure – BJP- RSS Food Politics

The poison is not in the momo but BJP’s food politics Should pork, chicken, mutton, fish, all be banned? AMIT SENGUPTA These days in India, something carcinogenic and poisonous is floating in the air. Is it? So what is the… Continue Reading →

U.S. Maternity Leave Policies Aren’t Just Inadequate, They’re Unequal Too

By: Kristin Budde= Government of Alberta on Flickr, under Creative Commons (WOMENSENEWS)–Around 10:30 one night, I walked across the emergency department to see my next patient, a woman who’d had a panic attack. I took a deep breath before turning… Continue Reading →

Odisha government must not ignore forest rights claims on POSCO project site

The Government of Odisha must urgently process individual and community forest rights claims on land it had taken over for a POSCO project instead of transferring the land to a land bank, said Amnesty International India today. Authorities must also… Continue Reading →

Narendra Modi government offers cash to states to get rid of kerosene subsidy

By: Saurabh Kumar | Every state decides on the amount of subsidised kerosene it needs and and accordingly seeks allocation from the Centre. Given the lukewarm response to the pilot projects for direct benefit transfer of kerosene subsidy (DBTK), the… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra to have Ministry of Happiness ? #HaHaNews

MINISTRY OF HAPPINESS By Shanta Gokhale Did you notice a news item in an inside page of your newspaper which told you that the government of Maharashtra was in the process of starting a Happiness Department to ensure your happiness?… Continue Reading →

Outrage over Delhi jazz bar hosting ‘Bhangijumping’: Our casteism must be exposed

We need to use our privilege and influence to amplify Dalit voices, without falling into the trap of occupying their space and claiming to speak ‘for them’. BHANUJ KAPPAL   “never trust anyone who says they do not see colour…. Continue Reading →

Cow politics is Modi government’s diversionary tactic

The cow has always been an effective weapon for the BJP not only to divide people communally but also to divert their attention from real national concerns. Written by M.B. Rajesh | Published:June 6, 2017 4:31 pm Contrary to the… Continue Reading →

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