Day August 8, 2017
New Delhi- Social activists and researchers today exposed the claims of the government about savings due to Aadhaar and about the benefits of Aadhaar in welfare programs and schemes. On February 7, 2017, the Prime Minister in the… Continue Reading →
By Nikhil Pahwa In what is an inexplicable instance of censorship, India appears to have blocked access to the Internet Archive (also known as the Internet Wayback Machine). The block seems to be new, and is currently propagating. We checked, and on visiting… Continue Reading →
In this Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, photo, organizers of a peace prayer event light up torches on floats on the Motoyasu River next to the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, on the eve of the 72nd anniversary of… Continue Reading →
A first-of-its-kind national record of the death of construction workers, compiled by NDTV, sheds light on the dark side of India‘s real estate boom. by Sreenivasan Jain and Sonal Matharu | Workers in India’s construction sector are forced to work under alarmingly… Continue Reading →
NBA will continue its legal and ground fight till full justice is achieved to all in Narmada Valley NBA will decide on continued indefinite fast of Medha Patkar and 21 others only after she is allowed full… Continue Reading →
About 37 lakh students of more than 49,000 government schools in Rajasthan may soon be deprived of midday meals as they are yet to get Aadhaar numbers Aparnesh Goswami Hindustan Times Children have mid-day meal at a government school in… Continue Reading →
21 Green Nobel Prize Winner extend solidarity to the struggle of Narmada Bachao Andolan and write letter to Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. More than 50 International organisations extend solidarity, ask PM to intervene and stop drowning or… Continue Reading →
Indian women are well acquainted with stalking, harassment, and assault because Indian men are bombarded by pop culture heroes who tell them that behaviour is ok. Rega Jha Imagine opening up Twitter to see strangers theorising about the exact shape… Continue Reading →
People’s Watch appeals to the police and citizens not to disturb Irom Sharmila in Kodaikanal. People’s Watch condemns the engineered moves, presumably by non-government organisations, objecting to the proposed marriage of Ms. Irom Sharmila, the Iron Lady of Manipur with Mr. Desmond Coutinho… Continue Reading →
Different sizes of Rs 500 notes being printed, alleged Congress in Rajya Sabha, ‘one for the ruling party and one for the others’ By JKR Staff – Opposition Congress, supported by TMC and JD(U), today forced four adjournments of the… Continue Reading →