Month April 2018
Journalist Rana Ayyub gets threats following fake news circulated about her The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) notes with deep concern the sustained and apparently orchestrated social media vilification of journalist Rana Ayyub, author of the award-winning Gujarat Files:… Continue Reading →
by Dr. Sylvia Karpagam The article by Shiv Visvanathan “The Chilly justice of the Gulag” in the Outlook is a revealing indictment of all (and more) that is wrong with our Indian academia. Throughout the article, he skilfully weaves the narrative of a… Continue Reading →
IANS New Delhi: In an embarrassment for the government, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday removed a tweet that asked people “What’s your choice?” based on a photo that displayed two women — one overweight,… Continue Reading →
-सीएसएसएस टीम पिले कुछ समय से कौन राष्ट्रवादी है और कौन नहीं, इसे परिभाषित करना बहुत आसान बना दिया गया है। अगर आप वन्देमातरम् का नारा लगाते हैं, तो आप राष्ट्रवादी हैं, अन्यथा राष्ट्रद्रोही, अगर आप गाय को माता… Continue Reading →
New regulations provide 5% reservation for 21 disabilities Five months after a medico suffering from thalassemia major moved the Supreme Court for want of a disability certificate for quota in admission to postgraduate course, the Medical Council of India has… Continue Reading →
Switching from traditional rain-fed crops such as rice and wheat to growing vegetables through the year, women farmers of Saran district in Bihar have ensured financial and food security without any external assistance Mohd Imran Khan Saran, Bihar Women are… Continue Reading →
आरक्षण विरोधी यह क्यों नहीं कबूल करते कि दलितों और पिछड़ों की शैक्षणिक संस्थाओं और सरकारी नौकरियों में भागीदारी उनकी आबादी के अनुपात में आज भी बहुत कम है अभय कुमार हाल के दिनों में देश में कई लोगों ने आरक्षण की ‘मियाद’ तय… Continue Reading →
Thirty-two years after the explosions at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, we revisit the disaster and its legacy. 26 Apr 2018 Exactly 32 years ago, explosions at the then-Soviet Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant set off what has been described as the… Continue Reading →
Gorakhpur infant deaths: No evidence of medical negligence against Dr Kafeel Khan, says Allahabad HC
The court said Khan was kept in prison even as he was “not stated to be part of the tendering process” of the company supplying medical oxygen to the hospital. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath (left) Dr Kafeel Khan.The Allahabad… Continue Reading →
With every rape case reported in India, people are becoming immune to rape stories By Tarun Eldo Mathew More than 40,000 rapes are reported in India every year. With every reported case, there are intense calls for tougher laws, but… Continue Reading →