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Obama and Modi want to sell nuclear power to India that is too dangerous and expensive even for US

Only two new nuclear plants are being built in the US and even they are way over budget. Hozefa Merchant, Jim Riccio and Sunanda Mehta  Photo Credit: IANS The recent “breakthrough” in the nuclear talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi… Continue Reading →

Varanasi: Doctor performs 73 sterilisation surgeries under open sky  #WTFnews

Rajat Rai   |   Mail Today  |   Lucknow, January 31, 2015 The doctor, it has also been alleged, forced the women to move out of the health centre and asked them to lie down under the open sky.In a shocking incident at a primary health… Continue Reading →

Modi Government Sabotaging India’s Nuclear Liability Act

Prabir Purkayastha, January 29, 2015 During the Obama’s visit, it was announced that the US and India have at last found a way around India’s Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act, 2010. Instead of the US nuclear suppliers having the… Continue Reading →

The saddest thing in the world is not poverty; it’s loss of dignity

Development is more than just achieving outcomes – it implies a different way of seeing the world and fellow human beings  A Pakistani homeless man rests by a road in Karachi. In a world of poverty and injustice, who are… Continue Reading →

Indian groups on PM’s statement at Indo-US Business summit

See below response of Indian patient and civil society groups to the PM’s statement on IPRs at the US Indian Business Summit and other developments during President Obama’s visit: Following the Prime Minister Modi’s talk at the US-India Business Council… Continue Reading →

Understanding Reforms in Environment, Land and Labour Laws in India

A talk by Dr. Usha Ramanathan, at the Madras Institute of Developmental Studies on 12 January 2015. (Transcript. 1 hour 40 mins) Karen Coelho – We are very happy to welcome you all to today’s seminar on understanding reforms in environmental,… Continue Reading →

IPS officer accused in Tulasiram Prajapati encounter appointed Director NRHM Gujarat #WTFnews

Tulsiram Prajapati encounter: Key accused now director of NHRM in Gandhinagar On right Tulasiram prajapati and left  Dinesh M N http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/tulsiram-prajapati-encounter-key-accused-now-director-of-nhrm-in-gandhinagar/ Written by Satish Jha | Ahmedabad | Posted: January 25, 2015 The Gujarat government has appointed 2001 batch IPS officer Vipul Aggarwal… Continue Reading →

#GazaHealthAttack – Operation Protective Edge: No Safe Place

On 8 July 2014, Israel initiated a military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Although accounts vary, most estimates put the number of residents of Gaza killed in the 50-day armed conflict at over 2,100, of whom at least 70% were… Continue Reading →

Press Release – Civil Society groups united to protest america’s pressure on India

CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS UNITE TO PROTEST AMERICA’S PRESSURE ON INDIA   Call upon the Indian Government to not trade away the health of people  in India, and around the world   New Delhi, 22 January 2015   With trade and… Continue Reading →

Disabled people are God’s mistake, says Goa CM Parsekar #WTFnews

PTI | Jan 21, 2015, 09.21 PM IST “There are some brothers and sisters in the society, who are born with certain disabilities. That is negligence on the part of God and for that the child has to suffer,” Parsekar said. PANAJI:… Continue Reading →

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