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‘My arrest was psychological warfare’- Urdu Journalist

On 6 March last year, the Urdu journalist Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi was arrested for his alleged role in the car bomb attack in New Delhi that injured the wife and driver of an Israeli diplomat on 13 February 2012. Out on bail… Continue Reading →

#Kolkata- Loose women and other urban Indian tales #Vaw

I am writing this to share a recent incident that brought me face to face with many issues I feel are of wider importance, and to use this as a collective sounding board for possible future action. My idea is… Continue Reading →

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#India- World Bank team faces protests in Odisha #Posco

By Express News Service – BHUBANESWAR 11th April 2013 09:05 AM IE CPI(ML) activists staging a protest against a World Bank team which was putting up at a City hotel in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. I Express The protest against World Bank,… Continue Reading →

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In Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, no Narmada water for dalits #WTFnews

Vijaysinh Parmar, TNN Apr 10, 2013, CHITALIYA (RAJKOT): In the villages of Jasdan taluka in drought-hit Saurashtra, dalit women prefer to remain silent. That’s for the fear of the upper castes in a state whose chief minister Narendra Modi is busy… Continue Reading →

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Protests TV won’t show Golibar Demolitions Protest. Hunger Strike for 7 days and counting

By- rapper activist, Ashwini Mishra 43 families living in Ganesh Kripa Society lost their homes in the first week of April in the illegal Golimar demolitions. The demolitions, driven by Shivalik Builders continued even after Union Minister of Housing Ajay… Continue Reading →

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India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement

JANUARY 2013 A revealing set of US studies has got Urvashi Butalia thinking about how the rich behave in Delhi. My office is located in an urban village in the heart of Delhi. Originally surrounded by fields where people grew crops, these areas now house… Continue Reading →

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Amnesty International Reports on Death Penalty Trends

By RICK GLADSTONE Published: April 9, 2013 At least four countries that had not used the death penalty in some time — India, Japan, Pakistan and Gambia — resumed doing so last year, the rights organization Amnesty International says in its annual compilation… Continue Reading →

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After India, Australia too eyes tighter drug patent standards #Novartis judgement Impact

Rema Nagarajan, TNN | Apr 11, 2013, 05.31 AM IST NEW DELHI: India is not alone in raising the bar for granting patents on pharmaceutical products. Australia, having reviewed pharma patents, has questioned the benefit of allowing patent extension beyond 20 years… Continue Reading →

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Novartis and Health – An analysis

Rajeev Dhavan on April 11, 2013 – 1 The Novartis judgment has started a huge war of words. The patent drug producers are livid. They declare: “Woe is us. This is the end of invention.” The generic drug makers say:… Continue Reading →

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#India- Shut all mines in tribal areas

DNA Special Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013, 3:00 IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA Iftikhar Gilani Tribal minister shoots letter to 9 guvs seeking cancellation of leases. Union tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has asked governors of… Continue Reading →

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