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Trade Unions PSI and EPSU stand in solidarity with workers of Ukraine

We support the call of Ukrainian trade unions and the Secretary-General of the UN to ask Russia to immediately stop the attack and to bring the Russian army back to Russia. We condemn this violation of the integrity of Ukraine…. Continue Reading →

Madras High Court held that authorities are not entitled to reveal specific information to alleged harasser if it is a security risk

In the case of TV vs. Joint Director of School Education, the Madras High Court on 15th December 2021 held that authorities are not entitled to reveal specific information pertaining to sexual harassment complaints and proceedings to the alleged harasser… Continue Reading →

In a first, Balco hires 4 members from trangender community

POSTED ON MARCH 6, 2022 According to Vidya Rajput, member of state third gender welfare board and director of Chhattisgarh Mitwa Sankalp Samiti, this is their second batch of women who have got employment. Written by Gargi Verma Balco (Bharat… Continue Reading →

Odisha Villagers Continue to Protest Jindal Steel Plant Despite Police ‘Brutality’

The plant violates the Forest Rights Act and will displace the Adivasis of Jagatsinghpur’s Dhinkia village, according to activists.Ditsa Bhattacharya  Mar 2022 Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) supporters stage a demonstration against the use of batons by police on people protesting… Continue Reading →

Indian Students In Ukraine -What it tells us about medical education in India

PHILIP MATHEW MAR 03, 2022 / More than the lopsided demand-supply situation, it is indeed the failure of the regulatory structures which is reflected in the exodus of students to medical colleges abroad  Russia-Ukraine crisis: Air India will fly two more… Continue Reading →

Sri Lanka: UN Report Describes Alarming Rights Situation

Governments Should Impose Targeted Sanctions, Press for Justice (Geneva) – The report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka shows the rights situation in alarming decline and contradicts government claims of improvement, Human Rights Watch said today. The report, issued on… Continue Reading →

Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis

THE CITIZEN COMMENT | 3 MARCH, 2022 Putin resolves to “denazify” Ukraine  Just recently the world media featured this sweet old great grandma, 78 year old Valentina Konstaninovska carrying an AK 47 and swearing to defend Ukraine. The ‘awww’ response would… Continue Reading →

UP’s young water evangelist

Hiren Kumar Bose Mar 02, 2022 Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh A young woman receives international recognition for her work ensuring 22 UP villages – and counting – get clean, safe water and learn how to fight against contamination. For her work in… Continue Reading →

Odisha- Hot iron branding of babies fizzles out

Tazeen Quereshy Feb 28, 2022 Kendujhar, Odisha In a unique approach, healthcare workers in rural Odisha engaged traditional healers – who once branded newborn babies with a hot iron to try and cure illnesses – to curb this harmful practice. Awareness campaigns… Continue Reading →

Poverty, Hunger and Disability: The Missing Link

The concept of “poverty” as a major obstacle for disabled people isn’t a new notion, according to the 2011 World Report on Disability, 15% of the world’s population has some sort of disability, with 80% of the projected 1 billion… Continue Reading →

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