Category Human Rights
First Published: Wed, Jun 05 2013. livemint On 6 May, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking to halt the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear reactors in Tamil Nadu till the implementation of key additional safety measures recommended after the catastrophic… Continue Reading →
June 6, 2013 by Aditya Nigam We are publishing below a communication received from Harsh Mander, a former member of the National Advisory Council, regarding misrepresentation of his position and his politics by no less a person than the editor-in-chief… Continue Reading →
PICTURE COURTESY- FACEBOOK GROUP– I MISLEAD INDIA https://www.facebook.com/IMisleadIndia Editor Times of India Subject- I lead India Campaign Sir, Times of India launched the ‘ I lead India ‘ campaign, with great fan fare on May 22, 2013 and which you claim… Continue Reading →
Nitin Sethi, TNN | Jun 4, 2013, NEW DELHI: Despite the Supreme Court‘s order, the village councils, or gram sabhas of the Dongria Kondh tribals may not be able to decide upon their traditional and religious rights against the mining interests… Continue Reading →
EXCLUSIVE Victim: Bhawna Verma with her partner Harvinder Mehta and their son Kiyan Mahta. Photo: David Thorpe Hundreds of foreign workers and students are being forced into debt bondage after paying up to $40,000 for a skilled worker visa, with some… Continue Reading →
June 5,2013 Preliminary report of the findings of the INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON LABOUR RIGHTS, released on 31 May 2013, New Delhi The International Commission for Labor Rights (ICLR) constituted a team of lawyers and trade unionists from France, Japan, South Africa, the USA… Continue Reading →
June 5, 2013 Kanimozhi, The Hindu Lawmakers are eager to appear resolute in the fight against crime, but seem to forget that certainty of punishment, not severity, is the real deterrent “An eye for an eye makes the whole… Continue Reading →
PARIS, June 5, 2013 Investors’ meet on for underwriting package for Jaitapur reactors even as protests continue Vaiju Naravane A crucial investors’ meeting to underwrite the financial package for two 1,650 megawatt Areva EPR reactors to be built in Jaitapur,… Continue Reading →
KADAPA, June 5, 2013 Special Correspondent, the Hindu Memorandum submitted to in-charge Collector Uranium mining at Thummalapalle in Pulivendula and Kadiri in Anantapur district is leading to radiation and causing water pollution, thus endangering the health of people, Rayalaseema Rashtra Samithi… Continue Reading →
Vol – XLVIII No. 23, June 08, 2013 | A K Shiva Kumar , EPW A report on the 2013 deliberation of the Kolkata Group at its 10th workshop which focused on healthcare, the status of women and social justice in India. A… Continue Reading →