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Police turn a blind eye to harassment of minor Dalit girl #WTFnews

PATNA Published: August 5, 2013 18:22 IST | Updated: August 6, 2013 02:03 IST Two bottles of alcohol, a wad of notes and a snack treat were enough to buy the complicity of the police. A sub-inspector, constable and driver… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh- Another PPP project halted

SUVOJIT BAGCHI, The Hindu Within weeks of the Chhattisgarh Government’s decision to slow down public-private partnership (PPP) in diagnostic services in the State, another flagship project launched with a private partner has halted service. The staff of the much-touted mobile… Continue Reading →

Press Release- Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab #healthcare

Press note Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab The Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab welcomes the decision of the Patent Controller, Kolkata,1 to dismiss three applications for divisional patents on Trastuzumab (Herceptin), the life-saving breast cancer drug controlled by Swiss pharma major Roche. Hailed as… Continue Reading →

Gujarat- Public hearing exposes shortcomings in Adani’s proposed ship recycling facility at Mundra

Author(s): Soundaram Ramanathan Date:Aug 5, 2013 Company fails to satisfactorily answer public queries The public hearing for Adani’s ship-breaking facility near Mundra West Port in Gujarat’s Kuchchh district ended without the company being able to give comprehensive answers to the queries… Continue Reading →

#India- When mining interests prevail over SC order #WTFnews

Author(s): M Suchitra [1] Alok Gupta [2] Aparna Pallavi [3] Issue Date: 2013-8-5 The apex court had mandated environmental clearance from the Centre for mining minor minerals that includes sand last year. Uttar Pradesh where IAS officer Durga Shakti got suspended after taking… Continue Reading →

We all must confront the ferocious destructive power of nuclear energy

August 06, 2013 For decades, nuclear weapons and nuclear power generation have generally been treated as separate issues. But is this the right approach? Japan is the only nation to have experienced nuclear devastation with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima… Continue Reading →

Indian chases online-love to Pakistan, goes missing

26-yr old Hamid Nehal Ansari fell madly in love with a young student from across the border in Kohat in Pakistan on Facebook. When the girls’ parents decided to get her married, Hamid lied to his parents and went looking… Continue Reading →

Tribute- Sharmila Rege (1964-2013) Pursuing Knowledge for Social Transformation

Economic @ Political Weekly, Vol – XLVIII No. 32, August 10, 2013 | D N Dhanagare In her classroom teaching Sharmila Rege constantly focused on how the interaction of students with the lived experiences of activists in social/ protest movements… Continue Reading →

#India- Illegal Mining EXPOSE

dna expose: Who moved my mountains? Tuesday, Aug 6, 2013, 8:39 IST | Place: Porbandar | Agency: DNA Roxy Gagdekar Limestone mining in Saurashtra, Kutch & North Gujarat has turned many hills into flat grounds. Limestone mining in Saurashtra, Kutch &… Continue Reading →

Gujarat- GCZMA sends nuke plant proposal to MoEF for nod without site visit #WTFnews

  Indian Express, Ahmedabad, 6 August 2013   The Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has recommended Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited‘s (NCPIL) proposed 6,900-MW nuclear power plant to the Central Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) for Coastal… Continue Reading →

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