By Countercurrents.org 16 May, 2013 Countercurrents.org The gap between rich and poor widened more in the three years to 2010 than in the previous 12 years, said OECD, the group of industrialized nations. According… Continue Reading →
Press Trust of India | New Delhi May 16, 2013 Last Updated at 21:55 IST An MoU between an Odisha Mining Corporation and Vedanta has come in for questioning from the Tribal Affairs Ministry, which has contended that it is against the… Continue Reading →
CHENNAI | MAY 15, 2013 Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has postponed the expected date of commissioning of the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to next month. With a physical progress completed upto 99.66 per… Continue Reading →
After the hate speeches, a shocking subversion of the law. Rahul Kotiyal and Atul Chaurasia chronicle how BJP’s Varun Gandhi played dirty to save his political future Rahul Kotiyal Atul Chaurasia This is a story about a terrible travesty. Varun Gandhi, 33, has recently… Continue Reading →
Slum demolitions don’t attract press coverage; building demolitions do. Because buildings, not slums, are where people like us live. Where does this empathy go when slums are being demolished, asks JYOTI PUNWANI Pix: Medha fasts Posted/Updated Thursday, May 16 15:12:21, 2013 HERE’S LOOKING… Continue Reading →
Our cops continue to brutalize those they are meant to protect—the weak and the vulnerable G. Sampath, livemint.com First Published: Thu, May 16 2013. 04 26 PM IST Moral policing will continue to trump civilized policing, and we will continue to… Continue Reading →
By DAVID STUCKLER and SANJAY BASU, NYT EARLY last month, a triple suicide was reported in the seaside town of Civitanova Marche, Italy. A married couple, Anna Maria Sopranzi, 68, and Romeo Dionisi, 62, had been struggling to live on her monthly pension of around… Continue Reading →
BS Reporter | Bhubaneswar May 17, 2013 In its April 18 order, SC had directed the Odisha govt to conduct Gram Sabhas at Niyamgiri within three months to seek the mandate of the locals The… Continue Reading →
Author(s): M Suchitra Sugandh Juneja Issue Date: 2013-5-31 Photos: M Suchitra Bellary district of Karnataka and Goa portray India’s very own gold rush. Today, they are the bywords for rampant violation of mining and environmental laws, unscientific depletion of resources… Continue Reading →
World Health Organization – May 2013 Available online at: http://bit.ly/12uJNUs “….15 May 2013 – The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status… Continue Reading →
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