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Hindu, New Delhi, 8.8.2013 Various women’s groups today demanded release of adivasi activist Soni Sori, who was arrested for alleged Maoist links, and criticised authorities for not “granting her parole” after her husband’s death last week. release of adivasi activist Soni Sori,… Continue Reading →
National Food Security Bill adversely impacts household entitlements due to biometric Aadhaar based per capita entitlements approach Unlawfulness inherent in biometric based proposed Aadhaar for 60 crore and 61 crore citizens under National Population Register (NPR) “the insistence… Continue Reading →
New Delhi, 7th August, 2013 Women’s Groups and Civil Liberties Organizations Demand Justice for Soni Sori, Lingaram Kodopi and Other Adivasis of Central India Criticizing the denial of interim bail to Soni Sori for performing the last rites for… Continue Reading →
REETIKA KHERA, The Hindu Per capita entitlements under the food security bill will not cover beneficiaries as comprehensively as household entitlements The government hopes to secure in this session of Parliament, approval for the National Food Security Bill… Continue Reading →
| Aditya Chakrabortty Tian Yu worked more than 12 hours a day, six days a week. She had to skip meals to do overtime. Then she threw herself from a fourth-floor window Aditya ChakraborttyMonday 5 August 2013, The Guardian Tian Yu… Continue Reading →
FPIC is now endorsed not only by human rights bodies it also has the vote of pro-business institution Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint This attitude to adivasis can be crudely summarized thus: they don’t know what’s good for them, and… Continue Reading →
To Smt. Mamta Sharma, The Chairperson, National Commission for Women, New Delhi.Subject: Complaint against Dainik Bhaskar daily for continuously Publishing misogynist news against a victim of gender violence, who is fighting for her life in the hospital. Dear Chairperson, I… Continue Reading →
PATNA Published: August 5, 2013 18:22 IST | Updated: August 6, 2013 02:03 IST Two bottles of alcohol, a wad of notes and a snack treat were enough to buy the complicity of the police. A sub-inspector, constable and driver… Continue Reading →
SUVOJIT BAGCHI, The Hindu Within weeks of the Chhattisgarh Government’s decision to slow down public-private partnership (PPP) in diagnostic services in the State, another flagship project launched with a private partner has halted service. The staff of the much-touted mobile… Continue Reading →
Press note Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab The Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab welcomes the decision of the Patent Controller, Kolkata,1 to dismiss three applications for divisional patents on Trastuzumab (Herceptin), the life-saving breast cancer drug controlled by Swiss pharma major Roche. Hailed as… Continue Reading →