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Tribal Ministry terms forestland diversion for Essel Mining ‘invalid’ #goodnews

BHUBANESWAR, March 26, 2014 Satyasundar Barik   Official points out irregularities and asks Collector to withdraw recommendation Taking strong exception to the hush-hush manner with which approval of gram sabha was attempted to be taken for forestland diversion in favour of… Continue Reading →

Sick India – Most states still struggle to provide basic healthcare

Rema Nagarajan,TNN | Mar 25, 2014, State spending on health ranges from 4-6 % of the total expenditure for all larger states. Delhi, which allocates 12% of its expenditure on health is an exception, but is not strictly comparable.  For one, Delhi… Continue Reading →

Delhi – Massive Rally By the Independent Trade Unions and Social Movements

23rdMarch , Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, India to celebrate the Martyr’s Saheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Death Annivarsary. Pl join in large numbers.      Political Statement – from the meeting of groups in Delhi on the 22/23-02-2014     As a follow… Continue Reading →

Top myths about Muslims

  Tanweer Alam | Mar 21, 2014, 12.05 AM IST       It’s absolutely untrue that benefits of economic development have bypassed India‘s largest minority As the 2014 general elections draw close, all major political parties have been vociferously showing their… Continue Reading →

India’s democratic institutions are too strong to let fascists win

THE FEAR OF FASCISM – Politics and play – Ramachandra Guha > I spent most of February in New Delhi, working in the archives, but also meeting friends old and new on the side. Naturally, much of the talk centred on… Continue Reading →

Indian Women Channel Rape Outrage into Elections #Womenrights

By Swapna Majumdar WeNews correspondent Thursday, March 20, 2014 For the first time, 350 women’s and civil society organizations in the influential state of Tamil Nadu are uniting against national parliamentary candidates who are “gender unjust.” Their coalition demands rights… Continue Reading →

NAMHHR raises concerns over maternal health

IANS  |  New Delhi  March 20, 2014 Last Updated at 20:04 IST    The National Alliance of Maternal Health and Human Rights (NAMHHR) with Oxfam India Thursday organised a two-day event here related to priorities in maternal health and upliftment of marginalised women… Continue Reading →

India – Right to health if implemented, would be a game-changer

The Congress party‘s suggested right to health, if implemented, would be a game-changer Nitin Desai   March 18, 2014 Last Updated at 21:50 IST This is the season for party manifestos with their vague and quite unexciting promises. But in this sea… Continue Reading →

People Over Profit: Why These Two Small Countries Stood Up to Big Mining

LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN, 17 March 2014 by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh – YES! Magazine If the governments of Costa Rica and El Salvador can resist the mining industry, maybe we all can. Would a government of a poorer… Continue Reading →

Quack inserts 7cm stick into woman to abort fetus #Vaw #WTFnews

Yagnesh Mehta, TNN | Mar 16, 2014, 01.48AM IST SURAT: A quack had pushed a seven centimetre stick into the urinary bladder of a tribal woman when she had gone to him for abortion a few years ago. This created multiple health… Continue Reading →

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