Project in Odisha is over, says Posco NITIN SETHI | New Delhi Apr 09, 2016 12:46 AM IST Image via Shutterstock Korean steel major Posco told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday that it would not pursue any more its Rs 50,000-crore… Continue Reading →
Anupam Chakravartty Once rescued from Korean company POSCO, Odisha‘s ecologically rich Khandadhar hills have now been handed over to the state’s mining body. Tribal communities in the region gear up for another round of fight to save their… Continue Reading →
EPW Editorials, Two stories of corporate culpability that have followed parallel trajectories. When the annals of corporate accountability, culpability and negligence in India are compiled, the erstwhile Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is sure to top the list. But not far… Continue Reading →
Bhadra Sinha, The SC asked the government to give details of expenditure on the MGNREGA scheme in drought-hit states. (HT File Photo) As 10 states battle a drought and the consequent agrarian crisis, the Supreme Court pulled up the Centre… Continue Reading →
The shameful out-of-pocket expenses situation in our country highlights the need for universal healthcare. Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP Kiran Kumbhar, Scroll.in How far will you go to save your child or parents? To poverty and beyond, is what… Continue Reading →
. In solidarity with those fighting for an end to the inhuman practice of Manual Scavenging and to say, loudly and clearly, that this not their battle alone, and that manual scavenging is a practice that all of us demand… Continue Reading →
Mumbai | 6th April, 2016: Slum residents from all over Mumbai threatened by illegal forcible eviction and annoyed by lack of basic amenities in slums, marched from Carnac Bunder to Azad Maidan, Mumbai on 5th April, 2016 in… Continue Reading →
Son of the soil Jai Prakash Singh is sowing seeds of hope for farmers buried under debt and failing crops Utpal Pathak You’ve probably never heard of Jai Prakash Singh, from Varanasi district, but this man is quietly leading a… Continue Reading →
Kalpana Sharma Scroll View photos Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has joined the chorus of voices demanding that every Indian stand up and shout, “Bharat Mata ki jai!” to prove their loyalty to the country. Like his fellow believers, he… Continue Reading →
By Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch | US nuclear weapon test MIKE of Operation Ivy, October 31, 1952, the first test of a thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb). (Photo: courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Field Office) Undoubtedly, for nearly two decades, the most dangerous… Continue Reading →
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